Introduction There are many disadvantages in the law that Indigenous people suffer with, some attempts have been made to change the relationship between indigenous people and the law of Australia This essay will examine some of those disadvantages and will describe some changes that are needed for Indigenous people of the community so they can regain some social status that has avoided them in the past. The first discussion will address the legal signifance of the Mabo case, define and analyse what took place and what was achieved. The second discussion will look at reconciliation and its role in advancing the rights of Indigenous Australian’s. The
1.2- Indirect Discrimination: Indirect discrimination occurs when policies and practices, which appear neutral or fair because they are applied to everyone, actually disadvantage people and particular groups within society. Unfair or unequal treatment of an individual or group on the grounds of age, disability ,gender, race, religion, beliefs or sexual orientation, being treated less favourable than someone else in the same situation, being treated unfairly. Positive Discrimination: Positive discrimination is regarded as the preferential treatment of members of a minority group over a majority group, either by sex, race, age, marital status or sex orientation. Racial Discrimination: If a practitioner
Inherently, Australia is a multicultural society and each person should have a right of feeling welcome. Rutton (2013: 10) reports that he has witnessed discrimination based upon race in Australia. If the changes are effected, then people from other races will be subject to humiliation, just because of their race. The proposed changes makes unlawful acts that will intimidate by means of causing fear or physical violence. Clearly, this does not protect vulnerable people from being unfairly discriminated against or humiliated due to their race or national or ethnic origin
To be socially integrated and accepted. 1.2 Describe the potential effects of discrimination The effects of discrimination can come from indirect and direct discrimination. Directly for example is when an employer discriminates due to:- Religious or spiritual beliefs, Age, Sex/gender, Sexual orientation Nationality, Ethnic background, Race, Colour, Pregnancy/maternity leave Marriage/civil partnership, Gender reassignment (sex change), Disability. Indirectly for example
While sex differences are fixed, gender differences vary between cultures and over time. Sexist attitudes are stereotypical beliefs about gender and culturally constructed and transmitted through socialization. Gender equality will happen with change of society’s socialisation patterns, they seek to promote appropriate role models in education and the family. Over time they believe such actions will produce cultural change and gender equality will become the norm. They can be seen as a critique of the functionalist view of the gender role.
These include: * The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 * The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 * The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 * Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 * Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN, 1989) * The Human Rights Act 1998 * The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (as amended) * Employment Equality Regulations 2003 The aim of the legislation is to promote equality of opportunity for all. This is regardless of age, sex, sexuality, disability, race, religion or any other difference. The legislation should have an impact on the way organisations provide and organise services, and on the way practitioners approach their practice. It is important to recognise however that whilst legislation is important, as it does protect people. It cannot change people's attitudes.
Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice 2600.001 Social Construction is a norm that is created by society to persuade females and males into what occupations, groups, accessories, and ways of lifestyle that are accepted and what is not accepted by society making them outcasts. There are also standard implications for racial groups that divide race into perspective groups as well. Another contributing factor is class, people from a certain class level stay within their group and it is difficult to overcome the social norm and ascend the ladder of the classes. Our analysis of diversity issues created by the social norm of the people was in the aspects of the clothing, media, occupations, athletics and literature. There is an implied social
It is about giving equal access and opportunities and getting rid of discrimination and intolerance. Discrimination - Discrimination could be direct or indirect, and both are covered by equality & diversity legislation. Direct - Where one person is treated less favourably than another is, has been or will be treated in a comparable situation. Indirect - Where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice will put persons at a disadvantage, compared with other persons. Also included in discrimination are harassment and victimisation.
− Is it necessary? − Constructing hierarchy − Constructing inequality through ideology − ideology: a set of beliefs and values − typically, that are a worldview, or that explain a worldview − often (not always) characteristic of a culture: shared ideas about how the world works, and shared values about what is good, bad, appropriate, etc. − Most or all societies have an ideology that naturalizes their social organization − makes it seem normal, reasonable, necessary, natural − ideologies are emic − they are ideas that the people in a society have about their own society − how they see their own cultural world − Some societies have ideology of equality − such as the Ju/’hoansi − most societies societies today have ideologies of inequality Intro to Cultural Anthro S 2011 / Owen: Social and economic hierarchies p. 5 − that is, they have an ideology that naturalizes inequality − makes differences in status, prestige, wealth, power, etc. seem normal, right, natural, inevitable − that allow people to construct and think about ranked categories in ways that
The two texts suggest that to generalise Australian culture and identity into one category is problematic. The question posed is whether Australia is a nation of migrants or the country of Anglo-Celtics? The land of freedom or the land of ‘white Australians’? The people of respect and understanding or the people of prejudice? There are many