Issues in diversity

Running head: SOCIOLOGY
Issues in diversity
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ISSUES IN DIVERSITY
Question 1:
Answer: Racism exists as a problematic belief in the society, the idea that one race is superior
to the other based on skin colour is off putting (Jonason 2015). This tends to create division
within the society inciting often prejudiced and aggressive behaviour towards a certain section of
the society or race. There are several forms of racism such as individual, institutional, overt and
subtle discrimination. Even though it is a well-accepted fact that racism is an evil practice it still
persist, though it is more subtle and often difficult to detect.
Personally, I have experienced racial harassment in an individual level while travelling to
work. When a person out of nowhere asked me to leave the country, and called me a brown dirt.
It was disturbing since the basis of the stereotype was since I am a non-white person, I was
definitely an immigrant someone who was not worthy of being in the same place as the white
person. I was called out based on my skin tone and that was believed to be dirty, a physical
attribute that I have no control over. The stereotype is extremely common for a Caucasian
person to assume that any non-white person cannot be a valid citizen of Australia and it is a right
solely reserved for the whites only. Discrimination such as these is humiliating and frustrating,
for not being recognised as a citizen in my own country but equally through provoking that
immigrants must face these prejudices often because of their skin tone and never fully
acknowledged for the person they are (Santiago-Rivera et al. 2016).
Reference
Jonason, P.K., 2015. How “dark” personality traits and perceptions come together to predict
racism in Australia. Personality and Individual Differences, 72, pp.47-51.

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ISSUES IN DIVERSITY
Santiago-Rivera, A.L., Adames, H.Y., Chavez-Dueñas, N.Y. and Benson-Flórez, G., 2016. The
impact of racism on communities of color: Historical contexts and contemporary issues.
Question 2:
Answer:
My grandfather has always told me the story of how my grandmother left Bangladesh
during the partition war of 1971. They escaped genocide that killed hundreds of Hindu
Bangladeshis; my grandparents lost their homes and families in the war and decided to come to
Australia to start afresh. My mother was born in Australia and the initial days were filled with
struggle, language barrier often created problems for my grandparents. Slowly they adjusted to
their new life and opened up a restaurant, which is specialised in Bengali cuisine that has become
quite popular over the years.
Migration has contributed to Australia’s long-term productivity. The immigrant
demographic contributes immensely to the economy, contrary to the popular belief that they
drain resources (Peri 2016). Immigrants tend to take up more manual intensive jobs or the left
over jobs that the natives do not want and face more discrimination, exploitation than their native
counterparts do. They contribute to up skilling of the labour market and helps to increase the
country’s per capita income. Immigrants often aid the economy by starting new business
ventures and help to expand the consumer market for local goods and services of the host
country as well. Additionally, the immigrant do not compete with the jobs of natives either ( Le
2019). Immigrants add to the multicultural diversity in Australia that is very necessary to
achieve a globalised diverse society. Diversification helps people to be culturally knowledgeable