Census Bureau started letting people choose more than one race category to describe themselves‚ and it still only recognizes five standard racial categories: white‚ black/African-American‚ American Indian/Alaska Native‚ Asian‚ Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.” This quote shows that there is no mixed option and you can’t pick more than one‚ one must pick only one. To go back to her son‚ he can either pick Asian or white‚ this depends on what he wants to identify himself as. The article is written to
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existence” and it is the “coming together of a people that establishes the integrity of a territory”. Taking from Walzer’s argument‚ a similar stance can be adopted in the case of the Falklands War. Popular sentiment surrounding the opinion of the islanders favored British control and maintaining links with their European ancestors. Despite concessions made by the British government in the form of a lease back agreement that would allow Britain prescriptive rights over the island and recognize Argentinean
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petitions‚ Wave Hill walk-off‚ Mabo Case and the Native Title being introduced all contributed into the development of Aboriginal Australians land rights. The initial struggle for rights began in 1963 (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies‚ 2016). This was the struggle of the Yolngu people and their land. They produced a petition and sent it to the government. Subsequently denied‚ the Yolngu people were not defeated. Instead‚ they started another case against the government
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Core 1 Summary Based on Syllabus dot points Key Questions 1. How are priority issues for Australia’s health identified? 2. What are the priority issues for improving Australia’s health? 3. What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians? 4. What actions are needed to address Australia’s health priorities? Core 1 Summary - Students Learn about…. Students Learn to… Notes/Points to Cover Examples 1. How are priority issues for Australia’s health
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“The 1905 Act was an Act to make provision for the better protection and care of the Aboriginal inhabitants in Western Australia” (AustLII‚ 2010). The above 1905 Act to the reader seems like an act of goodwill by the Western Australia (WA) Government but indigenous history has been somewhat hidden and untaught in classrooms overtime. The 1905 Act created a system of unjust treatment‚ control and separation of indigenous people between 1906 into the 1970s. In fact‚ the WA Government introduced this
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the Kula Ring in his ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’(1922). This exchange of gifts was half ceremonial‚ half commercial. Twice annually‚ the inhabitants of the Trobiand islands will visit other islands to give gifts‚ barter and celebrate. The islanders aim to acquire‚ as well as give‚ to their special Kula-exchange partners. They exchange armlets of white shells and necklaces of red shells. These shells are carried from island to island in a ring‚ the necklaces in one direction and the armlets
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It is interesting to note that many advanced societies and civilization fell. Why is that? Jared Diamond believes that environmental degradation is the reason for past flourishing societies to collapse. He defines the term collapse as: “A drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity‚ over a considerable area‚ for an extended time” (p. 348). In essence‚ Diamond believes that the trouble we are having in society now‚ leads back to environmental deterioration
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-Outline 2 physical characteristics of the Great Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It is located on the northeast coast of Queensland next to the Pacific Ocean. The reef extends from the Torres Straight Islands to Sandy Cape near Fraser Island. Nearly 3‚000 individual coral reefs and some 300 small coral islands form the reef‚ which ranks as the world’s largest structure made by living organisms .The reef is approximately 37‚000 square kilometers‚ accounting
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Appleyard‚ 2007). For example‚ Cook Islanders that still reside in a communal way of living‚ everything from chores to eating and entertainment are done together with the other members of the family or community‚ but many are pulling away from this way of life because they prefer to do things on their own.. Also‚ to consider is the migration of people from a different culture and tradition into the pacific‚ who will have an influence on the Pacific islanders who may turn away from the communal lifestyle
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interests means the communal‚ group or individual rights and interests of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders in relation to land or waters‚ where: a. the rights and interests are possessed under the traditional laws acknowledged‚ and the traditional customs observed‚ by the Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders; and b. the Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders‚ by those laws and customs‚ have a connection with the land or waters; and c. the rights and interests
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