Sociology Assignment 2022

Running Head - SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
Name of the Student
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Introduction
According to the parliament, freedom of expression is a critical component of a democratic
society. Hence this freedom should be limited only to the extent which can be justified by an
open and democratic society. One of the essential values of society is the right of all the citizens
towards equivalent participation. The racial and religious tolerance act of 2001 took effect in the
year 2002 January the context in which this policy was made into prohibiting the nature that
encourages or insights serious contempt, hatred or revolution against another individual or a
cluster of people for the reason of their religion or race (AustLII Communities. 2019). Some of
the arguments in line to the policy include proper implementation of the policy over the people
of Victoria coming from indigenous backgrounds and with several religious practices and
beliefs. The thesis statement of this essay aims to highlight and list some of the main points
regarding the effectiveness of the policy, the scope and the goals of the policy together with the
impact of the policy on the targeted population and the nation as a whole.
Preliminary findings of the policy
Scope of this policy to promote religious and racial tolerance by the provision of specific
conductance that involve vilification of individuals on the basis of religious and racial activities.
The main goal of this policy is to make consensual amendments to the equal opportunity act of
1995 and to provide the meaning of redress what's the victims of religious and racial vilification
in Victoria. The objectives of this policy as highlighted in section 4(1), are to promote the equal
and full participation of each and every individual in the society valuing freedom of expression
in the multicultural democracy (Woodruff et al. 2014). The policy for the more target to promote
dispute resolution by resolving tension among individual vilifying others and those who have
been the victim of vilification on the grounds of religious and racial beliefs. The targeted

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population for this policy is the people of bacteria who come from indigenous and diverse ethnic
backgrounds. The majority of the people in Victoria embrace the benefits that are provided by
the cultural diversity and seeks to live harmoniously in the diverse ethnic-religious and
indigenous background in Victoria. Contexts of which policy includes the desire that the
parliament of the country in act law for the people of Victoria supporting religious and racial
tolerance so that they can contribute and fully participate in political social and cultural aspects
of the society equivalently, thus reducing diversity.
Discussion-sociological analysis
Effectiveness of policy
The racial and religious tolerance act 2001 deals with the behaviour of the public and not the
person believes by making it against the law to conclude racist comments in publication. The act
aims to promote equivalent and full participation of each and every individual within the society
valuing the freedom of expression (Gelber and McNamara 2015. However, the act is under
several controversies regarding the implementation.
The victorious controversial act specifically prohibits the conduct which incites hatred against
the revolution and serious contempt of person in the ground of activity and religious belief.
Disturbingly this act renders motives that are irrelevant towards determination of offence
occurred and also boasted regarding the extraterritorial effect that covers the conduct that might
have transpired out of Victoria. According to Patel (2017), the law does not afford any sort of
protection towards a religious belief what the only e towards adherence as the class of persons
and individuals.