What Is Racism In Australia

Racism Still Subsides Australian Society

Introduction

Racism in Australia traces both previous incidents in the past and present racist attitudes which is the result of continuous defamation of indigenous people and the mass migration of people to Australia. In Australia the most prevalent people who in Australia’s past and still to this day show acts of racism on a large scale are the white settlers who after dispossessing the land from the aboriginals started a continuous wave of racism and hate. The main target of racial attacks in Australia are the Aboriginals and migrants who after suffering are still subjected to continuous racism and racists remarks. Racism in Australia is a large scale problem as it has numerous detrimental effects

The three main points that are to be looked at and mentioned today include; the Stolen Generation, the migration of people to Australia and racism as shown in modern day Australia. There are a number of different of poems and texts which talk about the racism in Australia ranging from the stolen generation to modern day speeches and texts. Stolen Generation by Daniel Kieg and Aboriginal Australia to the Others – Jack Davis are poems which show the truth about the stolen generation, the dispossession of children and the pain and suffering aboriginals had to endure through the history of Australia. Be Good Little Migrants – Uyen Nhu Loewald and Pauline Hanson’s Speech in the Maiden House – 1996 are the prime example of how since the stolen generation racism has still continued through time as Australia has become more multicultural and the rates of migration have increased. These texts show us how white Australians try to justify what has happened but without much evidence and supportive statements they don’t do a good job. The Apology by Kevin Rudd (2007) and State of Denial: Racist abuse in Australia by Waleed Aly are

The text is based on the view of a child who was part of the Stolen Generation, and it talks about what he had gone through and seen. This text shows us the emotional torment that was placed upon the children and their families. The message that is trying to be passed on is how wrong the white Australians were to forcibly take the Aboriginal children from their mothers and families, and shows us that we should be ashamed for the large amount of loss the aboriginals were faced with. “They took me from my mother” (Stanza 1, Line 1) this sentence shows how the children were taken away, ripped from their mother’s arms, having their family pulled apart, children of young age being taken away, and all this adding to torment and suffering they had to go through. By using emotive language in this line and stanza it makes the reader feel a part of the emotions and understand how they felt being taken away from such a young age. “Or they’ take the brush to me” (Stanza 4, Line 12) this line also uses emotive language to show us to what extent the white people had tortured the aboriginals, and the sole reason was to make them white and ‘fit’ in. Even though this did not in any way make them white, it showed how persuasive and persevered they were to change them as