Racism and Cultural Safety

RUNNING HEAD: RACISM AND CULTURAL SAFETY 1
Racism and Cultural safety
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RACISM AND CULTURAL SAFETY 2
In many multiracial societies such as Australia, racial discrimination is still rampant.
Despite the fact that government has formulated laws against racial segregation, organizations
also have to enforce measures that also supplement government efforts of ensuring equality of all
people not only in the face of law but also in service delivery. Organizational policies therefore
are some of the major mechanisms that are used to cultivate high moral and ethical standards that
can stand out against racial discrimination. This essay focuses on what can be done to end racial
discrimination in the field of health care and clinical practice in Australia.
Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders are among Australia’s minority groups
that have more than often been faced with certain racial discrimination based on their
differences. The aboriginal Australians have lived the longest in Australia but they contribute
only a little percentage of Australia’s population. It therefore happens that these aboriginal
Australians are often overshadowed by larger section of the population. The aboriginal
Australians have often been segregated and discriminated due to their genetic differences and for
a very long time in Australia, they received poor health services and were considered more prone
to disease than the non-indigenous Australians (Hunt, Ramjan, McDonald, Koch, Baird, &
Salamonson, 2015).
There are several things that can be done to end discrimination in Australian healthcare
system. Burke, & Cooper, (2018) explains that in the recent past, the Royal Australian College of
General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) have
made various efforts towards ending racial discrimination in hospitals in Australia. AIDA is a
committed organization towards elimination of racism in the health sector and advocates for zero
tolerance to discrimination. Besides AIDA also advocates for increased cultural tolerance and
competency among health workers as well as promoting traditional medicine and values to