Electoral majoritarianism can sometimes be selfish and indifferent to wrongs and discrimination. Both major political parties currently actively support discrimination against asylum seekers, as well as the continuation of the Northern Territory intervention. There is simply not a feasible option for the Australian people to show their distaste for the discrimination that is occurring, even if they are both aware of and oppose it. As long as these policies benefit the major parties politically, they will continue. III.
David Keig represents Australians negatively in the poem, The Stolen Generation, as in his image we see that Australians did not consider Aboriginals to be their equals or to be worthy of holding a valid place in society. His image also
Australia's identity is said to piggy-back off the English and Americans, the key countries that influence Australia. In the article "Australian identity: who the bloody hell are we?" it is written that "It’s a case of stealing someone's heritage and pasting in your own; except not everyone knows the Australian version yet." The article expresses the struggle for Australia to generate its own unique identity. This problem with this is that fact that Australia does not have the Revolutions of France and America, neither the rich history of the Spanish or Chinese, Australia is too young.
These are stereotypes.-the second anecdote adds dry humour to the situation | Inclusive language | “I can’t even light a BBQ. I know , I know that’s supposed to be instinctive…” | Positions the reader to accept the author’s view more readily because he has mounted an argument against counter ideas.
True Blue? On Being Australian "Australia needs sudden shocks of reorientation within its society that will divorce it from the largely irrelevant problems of the British, make it possible to speed necessary changes and to develop some new sense of identity, some public feeling of being a people who can be described - even if incorrectly - as such-and-such a kind of nation, and act at times as if it were so. Australians are anonymous, featureless, nothing-men. This modest anonymity reveals itself in the argument that Australia does not run to the kind of person we could turn into a president. "Donald Horne - 1964 Australia is a country filled with so much multiculturalism that it is often hard to distinguish what qualities and values
When Australia started to become its own country in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s it is said that many immigrants were treated poorly or with disrespect. It is incorrect to say that indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders received an equal choice between 1788 and the early 20th Century, although there were a few sincere attempts to assist them, these attempts would be considered unfair if it were in the 21st century. Afghans, Japanese Chinese and Pacific Islanders were all treated differently and it is not fair to state whether they had a fair go or not. Many people tried to help these races but sometimes it wasn’t quite enough. European immigrants got a fair go compared to the other immigrants but it is hard to say whether the
Some of you might think that it's better to have some graduating than none at all. You're wrong in thinking this because this shows that you have given up all hope on those students that aren't graduating. Since you have given up on them what hope do they have in reaching their goals. We must have faith that everyone can achieve the American Dream, not only some but all. Only then will america once again be the land it use to
It is a day where the citizens of Australia come together as a nation and celebrate the positives of Australia as a country and being an Australian, and also to reflect on what Australia has achieved as a country and how we can make it a better place. Although there has been a lot of controversy with the date of Australia day as Australia day is seen racist to the ingeniousness people. They see it as January 26th was the day they lost their land, and their
These allow for moral disengagement through a gradual process of detachment in which individuals or groups are placed outside the boundary within which moral values operate (Waller, 2006). These processes also involve a tendency to perceive the world as just and fair. “Just world” thinking (Lerner & Miller, 1978), is the belief that the world is just and those who suffer must have deserved it. Victims of genocide are therefore excluded from the moral universe, so moral values no longer apply to them and they are seen as deserving of their fate (Woolf & Hulsizer, 2005). For example, following World War II there were some who questioned whether Jews were partly responsible for the Holocaust as they were “weak”, “allowed it to happen” and “gave in” (Waller, 2006).
By terminating mandatory detention and the misinterpretation of refugees in the community, the world would be a better place and Australians would actually be proud of who they are and what they stand for. Asylum seekers must be allowed to enter Australia to stop the misconception of refugees in the Australian