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Racial Discrimination Act 1975

Issa Hailu Deer park West PS

www.Issahailu.com.au

What is Racial Discrimination?

What is Racial Discrimination?

Racial discrimination occurs when someone is treated less fairly than someone else in a similar situation because of their race, color, descent or national or ethnic origin. Racial discrimination can also occur when a rule appears to treat everyone in the same way but actually has an unfair effect on more people of a particular race, color, descent or national or ethnic origin than others

How does Racial discrimination affect people?

A study of over 800 Australian secondary school students found that racism had huge mental health impacts on young people who experience it, including:

Ongoing feelings of sadness, anger, depression and being left out

Headaches, increased heart rate, sweating, trembling and muscle tension

a constant fear of being verbally or physically attacked

Not wanting to go to school

Having little or no trust in anybody apart from family.

These impacts can reduce people's ability to work or study, and to achieve their future goals.

Racism also affects people's general well-being when they are denied equal access to jobs, services and education.

What does it affect?

Why was there Racial Discrimination?

In the past many didn’t understand how or why they would distinguish others on their race. But the prime minister at the time, Gough Whitlam, wanted to stop this and have a diverse country where everyone could live equally. The racial discrimination act was a major action influencing to trade and peace within the Australia

Why was there Racial Discrimination?

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Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam, prime minister for fewer than three years between 1972 and 1975. He radically changed Australia's economic, legal and cultural landscape. The Whitlam government abolished the death penalty for federal crimes. Also having a liking and being liked by the indigenous Australians. Other than the Racial Discrimination Act he has made others such as, such as amending the commonwealth electoral act lowering the age to vote.

Legacy

legacy

Whitlam remains well remembered for the circumstances of his dismissal. It is a legacy he did little to efface; he wrote a 1979 book, The Truth of the Matter (the title is a play on that of Kerr's 1978 memoir, Matters for Judgment) and devoted part of his book, Abiding Interests, to the circumstances of his removal. According to journalist and author Paul Kelly, who penned two books on the crisis, Whitlam "achieved a paradoxical triumph: the shadow of the dismissal has obscured the sins of his government".

Australia before time

At first people only thought for themselves not apprehending that people of different races weren’t other human beings, mainly the indigenous Australians. People realized soon after women were allowed to vote. That people from different countries (immigrants and migrants) and Indigenous Australians didn’t have the same preferences as the English also called the White Australians. They recognized it was a major issue and wanted act on it.

Australia before time

1900s

Vincent Lingiari

Vincent Linagari

Fifty years ago, on August 23, 1966, Vincent Lingiari led a walk-off of 200 Gurindji, Mudburra and Warlpiri workers and their families from a remote Northern Territory cattle station, escaping a century of enslavement. Vincent wanted to make a stand. Everyone ignored him. But one a man heard. Fortunate enough he flew to Sydney, to speak to the government. He spoke to them and they listened to him. He flew back to Northern Territory. Then he waited. Soon enough Helicopters and the media were surrounding his group. That man was Gough Whitlam, the 21st prime minister of Australia. There a difference was made to the Australia then and there.

Proposing The Racial Discrimination Act

Proposing The Racial Discrimination Act

After the Vincent Lingiari event. People wanted change so did The Australian Human Rights Commission. So the AHRC (The Australian Human Rights Commission) proposed to abolish Racial Inequality, they kept on trying to get it passed through the legislative assembly. Until it finally passed and was enacted by the House of Representatives. Justice Mordecai Bromberg (a well-known barrister) of the Federal Court found that two articles written by journalist Andrew Bolt and published in The Herald Sun newspaper had breached the Racial Discrimination Act. The case was controversial and instigated community debate about freedom of speech.

Now in 2019 we respect others. Since that act was made Australia’s population has risen and more people from different races and cultures have been accepted into the community.

Now

References

https://en.wikipedia.org

https://www.humanrights.gov.au

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