09:30am
Need to make sure to turn up to Role Play starting 6 March and 13 March.
Checking who has done assessments.
Will go through Role play again.
We need to do some research for the role play that will form part of the discussion with Hussein.
Cultural Safety
Need to make an effort to understand other people, their culture and divercity.
Systemic racist is an ongoing problem.
Systemic racism, also known as institutional racism, refers to the complex system of public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms that work in various, often reinforcing ways to perpetuate racial group inequity. It identifies dimensions of our history and culture that have allowed privileges associated with "whiteness" and disadvantages associated with "color" to endure and adapt over time. Systemic racism is not just the result of individual prejudice or racial bias, but is embedded in the laws, policies, and institutions that govern our lives.
In essence, systemic racism involves:
1. Historical Legacies: The historical context that has contributed to the unequal status of racial and ethnic groups, with roots in colonialism, slavery, and segregation.
2. Institutional Practices: Practices and policies within institutions (like schools, law enforcement, the judicial system, the labor market, healthcare, and housing) that, intentionally or not, produce outcomes that chronically favor or disadvantage racial groups.
3. Cultural Norms and Values: The dominant societal norms and values that reinforce assumptions of racial superiority or inferiority. This includes how racial groups are portrayed in the media and popular culture.
4. Interpersonal Relationships: While systemic racism is not merely about individual acts of prejudice, the interactions between individuals can also perpetuate systemic biases.
5. Economic Structures: Economic disparities that affect different racial groups, influenced by historical exclusion from wealth-building opportunities, education, and jobs.
Systemic racism is widespread and deeply rooted in society, making it challenging to dismantle. Addressing it requires comprehensive reforms across various sectors of society, including legal, educational, healthcare, and economic systems, to ensure equity and fairness for all racial and ethnic groups.
Stolen generation is an example of systemic racism
Its part of eugenics = cultural geonocide.
Indigenous were not even treated as people till only recently.
Migrants of different cultues were not trated properly, like Indians, Italians, Vietnamese, etc...
What has been the impact of migration in this country?
There are many Indian doctors.
Troy: Diversity of religion.
White australia policy?
The White Australia Policy refers to a series of laws and policies that were enacted by Australia to restrict non-European immigration to the country. Initiated in 1901 with the Immigration Restriction Act shortly after federation, the policy sought to maintain Australia as predominantly white and to exclude people from Asia and the Pacific Islands, among others, deemed "undesirable" immigrants. Although not officially termed the "White Australia Policy," the legislation and subsequent administrative actions were designed to favor immigrants from certain European backgrounds. The policy was progressively dismantled after World War II, with significant steps towards non-discriminatory immigration policies occurring in the 1960s and 1970s, officially ending with the Racial Discrimination Act in 1975.
The White Australia Policy was a set of laws starting in 1901 that aimed to keep Australia predominantly white by restricting non-European immigration. It was gradually dismantled from the 1960s to 1975, ending with the Racial Discrimination Act.
Karen McBridie: That we are a racist country.
In sociology and in everyday usage, it is a synonym for "ethnic pluralism", with the two terms often used interchangeably, and for cultural pluralism in which various ethnic and cultural groups exist in a single society.
27:00
Ray: In recent years, many more Indigenous student enrolling to study.
Arran: You can see it in universities where people complain about there being too many international students when they only make up 10% of campus population
Matt: Worked in a pub with a lot of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and there would be a lot of alcohol or drug related fights had these people involved – that when cops would turn up, they would blame "those people" again, instead putting the problem on the alcohol.
Ray: Language marginalises people.
JW: In my experience, the NSW Police Force are exceptionally racist but NSW has one of the least accountable police forces in the world.
Ray: Where do people learn racism.
Karen: Government needs to take some responisibility. Rat experiment of ringing a bell and shocking rats – their babies were born with fear of bell even though they didn't get the shock!
Karen: It is degrading to call Greeks Wogs. Stronly against Irish oppression. That the "jokes" labelling people should be redicated.
Troy: It's a cop out to say, "This is the way we were brought up." It's a cop out.
Break to 10:30am.