Texts are often generated to produce radically different perspectives whereby the theme of the play is revealed. No Sugar is a postcolonial play set in 1929 to 1934 and first performed in 1985 to highlight the disempowerment and segregation of Aboriginals which came as a result of the colonisation of white, British settlers. While many people suffered economically and socially during the Great Depression, the effects of this event were often more severe for the Aborigines. Colonisation often involves not merely the settlement of new lands, but the dispossession of indigenous people who share their own histories and cultures. The play No Sugar provides social realism into the effects of colonisation through the construction of an Australian
Unjustly, the white Anglo-Australians who are the majority if the population and stereotypical image of Australians tend to be the one having the most influence in determining what their national identity is. The whole idea of national identity revolves around them so much that people thoughtlessly uses their physical features to identify themselves as an Australian. Blond hair, blue eyes and golden skin have unfortunately become the ideal Australian image. This in itself is a contradiction as not all white Anglo-Australian have blond hair and blue eyes. In fact only a very small proportion of the populations are.
Stage Dramas involve different dialogue between two groups or characters, which plays a significant role in shaping the audience’s opinions. In ‘No Sugar’ a stage drama depicting the lives of a stereotypical noongars-aboriginal family in the Great Depression, Davis uses different dialogue to separate the Millimurra family or the aboriginals, with the ‘Wetjalas’ or the white authoritarian society of the time. Davis separates the groups in various aspects. Davis does not position the audience to feel that the aboriginals are perfect, but positions the reader to feel sympathetic towards them and are given a favoured by the author as the better people. Yet, through the use of diction adds flaws to the aborigines, who are at times are abusive and rude.
Furthermore, indigenous writers have expressed anger and protest towards the loss of their culture to white civilization. Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a poet who seeks to raise the issues of the native land title and the oppression of Australian Aborigines. "Civilization" comments on the effects of white civilization on Aboriginal people. Throughout the text, various poetic techniques such as imagery, irony, tone and point of view, as well as poetic form are used to express deeply held views about the values and issues
A simple answer is that racism is the concealed norm, inscribed in organizations, institutions and state level, in our Canadian society. To better illustrate, Herman Ouseley (Ouseley, 1990) states that the pride and ignorance of being British has induced the local government for not improvising equal human and employment rights for the minorities. This has an adverse impact on the population as it reinforces the racist ideology, White are
Thus, the aborigines were excluded from the majority (white) due to their different skin colour. This example of exclusion based on race infuriates me as I am also an immigrant and am of a different race, allowing me to empathise with
MacGregor conveyed the Australian Identity through a variety of ideas, showing different aspects of identity, such as acceptance, experiences and understanding. Through the symbolism in "hand-on-heart sentimentalism", it depicts a sense of patriotism, bravery and courage. This and the concept of multiculturalism subsequently in "with its attendant discrimination against Indigenous people and non-Anglo immigrants", places an aberration towards the racism and prejudice displayed by White Australians, further enforcing the notion of what exactly does it mean to be a true
Thus cause different behaviour on the way they treat their family and friends. The attitude of the men in the play becomes self centred and causing alcoholic behaviour to cope with the unfortunates of life. This is a loss of culture and it affects their family. Alcoholism was introduced by the white people, and soon caught on for the Aboriginal as it was unavoidable as the society was enriched with alcoholism. “Dolly-Now where did you get this money from?
This short story obtains many facts about how the white people were racist towards the Indians. They had thought of Indians in a very stereotypical way. This may have opened many minds because of the advancement of Indians was not
In a white supremacist culture, all white people have privilege, whether or not they are overtly racist themselves. There are general patterns, but such privilege plays out differently depending on context and other aspects of one's identity (in my case, being male gives me other kinds of privilege). Rather than try to tell others how white privilege has played out in their lives, I talk about how it has affected me. I am as white as white gets in this country. I am of northern European heritage and I was raised in North Dakota, one of the whitest states in the country.