Racism In Australia

In today’s society, racism is currently being reported on SBS, which has critically impacted on healthy delivery and cultural realities in work practice. Racism is the prejudicial discrimination against any member of a particular race, founded on the belief one’s personal race is superior. Racism can be distinguished through culture in work practices, communication in the workplace between clients and health care workers, cultural safety in workplace and professional relationships, and partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. Therefore, it is important to understand their health delivery and cultural realities in work practice.

The impact of events and issues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have been practicing traditional culture and medicine for thousands of years. Prior to European settlement the Aboriginals were a strong and healthy race of hunters-gathers socially isolated from the illness and disease that plagued the modern world. Therefore, their lifestyle has changed dramatically over the years. Europeans have removed their culture and health delivery within the work practice as they dismissed the traditional health practices. However, with the arrival of the Europeans, Aboriginals found themselves dispossessed of their traditional lands and eventually restricted to mission statements. Thus, led to loss of their traditional lifestyle. Aboriginals population were annihilated by European disease and violence, Aboriginals were not dependent on unhealthy diets which led to experience of obesity and were exposed to alcohol and smoke, and a drug that was unknown to their cultures. Hence, Aboriginal population began to decline and the effect of alcohol became a severe health problem for those who
Inappropriate communication strategies towards Aboriginals are non-awkward use of silence, which must not be interpreted, as it’s a lack of understanding. For example, where people are remaining non-committal, waiting for a consensus, and listening. Other strategies such as use of indirect eye contact, which implies respect in Aboriginal culture, and facial expression can express the way the health care worker is feeling and the Aboriginal people can feel intimidated. Thus, health care workers need to take into consideration what is being done and said to make the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to feel comfortable in a foreign