prejudice and discrimination
Prejudice and discrimination is still very evident today in Australian Society.
‘’In Australia, a society created on the basis of racial division and superiority, the ugly face of prejudice and discrimination is unsurprisingly, still very evident today.’’ (Kerry Deligiannis, 2011)
In 2011, Kerry Deligiannis stated that prejudice and discrimination is still evident in Australian society. While Australia espouses the ideas of multiculturalism, in truth, racial division and superiority can be seen in the workplace, in sporting events and in the general public arena. It is true that the ‘’ugly face of prejudice and discrimination is, unsurprisingly, still very evident today.’’
Despite Australia’s multicultural ethos, prejudice and discrimination is evident today and can be seen in the workplace. A study published in the Sydney Morning Herald in 2009 found that job seekers with indigenous sounding names had to submit 35% more applications to receive the same number of interviews as an Anglo Australian applicant with equivalent experience and qualifications. This is a clear example of how prejudice and discrimination are at work with the Australian Society. We should all share the same rights as Australians and, therefore, we must all have equal access to work and employment. There is nothing to gain by being racist and discriminating against people of different cultural heritages.
Prejudice and discrimination is still evident today in sporting events. A current event that highlighted that racial prejudice is evident in the sporting field was the incident where a spectator in an AFL game called player Adam Goodes an ‘’ape’’. As Adam Goodes is of an indigenous Australian heritage, this was offensive and racist. A person’s cultural heritage should not be used in a derogatory way in any situation. Each of us has a varied and diverse cultural heritage and this should be embraced, not used as leverage to insult and degrade.
A further arena where prejudice and
‘’In Australia, a society created on the basis of racial division and superiority, the ugly face of prejudice and discrimination is unsurprisingly, still very evident today.’’ (Kerry Deligiannis, 2011)
In 2011, Kerry Deligiannis stated that prejudice and discrimination is still evident in Australian society. While Australia espouses the ideas of multiculturalism, in truth, racial division and superiority can be seen in the workplace, in sporting events and in the general public arena. It is true that the ‘’ugly face of prejudice and discrimination is, unsurprisingly, still very evident today.’’
Despite Australia’s multicultural ethos, prejudice and discrimination is evident today and can be seen in the workplace. A study published in the Sydney Morning Herald in 2009 found that job seekers with indigenous sounding names had to submit 35% more applications to receive the same number of interviews as an Anglo Australian applicant with equivalent experience and qualifications. This is a clear example of how prejudice and discrimination are at work with the Australian Society. We should all share the same rights as Australians and, therefore, we must all have equal access to work and employment. There is nothing to gain by being racist and discriminating against people of different cultural heritages.
Prejudice and discrimination is still evident today in sporting events. A current event that highlighted that racial prejudice is evident in the sporting field was the incident where a spectator in an AFL game called player Adam Goodes an ‘’ape’’. As Adam Goodes is of an indigenous Australian heritage, this was offensive and racist. A person’s cultural heritage should not be used in a derogatory way in any situation. Each of us has a varied and diverse cultural heritage and this should be embraced, not used as leverage to insult and degrade.
A further arena where prejudice and