The deconstruction of a question

Running head: DECONSTRUCTION OF A QUESTION
Deconstruction of a question
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Introduction
The structuring of a society is dependent on many factors. Human beings are perceived as
one of the most important constituent units on such societies. Societies did not exist in their
formal structure since the beginning of human civilization (Klostermann and Forstadt 2016)n. It
slowly started to formulate itself as a result of several human activities which included in itself
the various ethical considerations and other obligations. Such ethics and values of the society had
to be adhered by the people of the society in order to give to it its essence and nature. Within this
context, it can be observed that there are several individuals within the society who do not abide
by such ethical requirement, leading to the gross degeneration of the societal values and customs
(Wiers, Field and Stacy 2016). The purpose of this essay is to understand the implication of the
issue of alcohol and drug addiction among the Aboriginal population. In this context, the essay
has attempted to analyze the assumptions made in the question asked and if this question shows a
tendency to stereotype. The essay concludes with the importance of posing a question in a
manner whereby there is proper understanding of the issue at hand.
Analysis of terminologies
The question “Why are Aboriginal people prone to Alcohol and drug addiction?” needs
to be analysed in its contextual frame work. It is first essential to understand the idea of
Aboriginals. The Aboriginals refer to those people who inhabit the regions of Tasmania, the
mainland of Australia and that of the Tiwi Islands (Clough et al. 2016). The Aboriginals are
considered to be the only native population of Australia while all other people are seen to be
migrants who came to this country during the period of colonization and migration. Initially, the
Aboriginals were concerned with the activities of gathering and hunting.

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The second important word that is used in the question is that of “prone”. Prone is an
adjective which mainly refers to the tendency of being inclined to something.
The third important element which needs to be understood in the question is that of
“alcohol and drug addiction”. Alcohol and drug refers to the substances which are highly
undesirable within an ethical community. The consumption of this substances in an unregulated
manner has the potential to cause certain illegal and socially undesirable activities whereby the
different people of the community and their property have the chance of being hurt or being
damaged (Glei and Weinstein 2019). Being addicted to such substances imply that the
individuals do not have the practical ability anymore to judge their competence of consuming
these substances and therefore, they run in to the problem of over consumption and creating a
problem in the society.
Implication of the question
The question has tried to imply the fact that people belonging to the Aboriginal cultural
ethnic back ground have the potential or the tendency of being addicted to the consumption of
alcohol and drugs. Furthermore, they can also become highly addicted to these substances,
thereby causing a problem not only to their own health but also lead to the degeneration of the
societal values and their customs and traditions (Munro, Allan and Shakeshaft 2017).
Assumptions made by the question
The question “Why are Aboriginal people prone to Alcohol and drug addiction?” has
certain inherent assumptions made within it. The question makes the assumption that the people
belonging to the Aboriginal ethnic community have a tendency and are prone to drug and alcohol
consumption. This can be understood by the manner the question is posed as it did not ask a