Sociological Foundations

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Sociological Foundations 1
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Social Initiatives to Tackle Racism............................................................................................2
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

Sociological Foundations 2
Introduction
Racism is a prejudice or discrimination which is done to a particular set of community
or persons of different race by other group of people or individual who believe that their own
race or religion or community is better or advanced than others. People or communities
indulge in this act of racism to prove that they and their respective race are superior to others.
It is based on the country in which they are born or the ethnic origin or gender, skin colour.
Racism can be identified in three forms: prejudice, it can be a stereotype created against a
religion or group of people of certain sect, and any form of discrimination among people.
Social Initiatives to Tackle Racism
The Australian Human Rights Commission has made it a point to say no to any type
of discrimination among people. The Racial Discrimination Act of 1975 has made it illegal
and unlawful to discriminate against a person, race or community on basis of their race,
colour, and country of origin or immigrant status. It includes: life in public domain, like
education, employment or accessing public services. The department of home affairs has set
up that the government intention is to create resistance to all forms of extremism which can
be political, religious and racially motivated (Ferguson and Lavalette, 2014). The best way to
overcome racism is to prevent any form of extremism arising out of political, social or
religious areas.
There are theories in sociology that can be related to the issue of racism. The theories
are: functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism. These theories help us identify the real
motive of racism and how to create a stable social environment. The functionalism theory
focuses on the role of society in shaping the stable environment in the society. In this case,
the society has values in common which they share among themselves. Therefore, in any
such case of racism occurrence, it means that people don’t have shared values and there is