Sociology Assignment | Responses to Questions

Running Head: SOCIOLOGY
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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Authors Note

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Introduction
It is important to be understand there is lack of economy, lack of a stable
socioeconomic status, lack of nutrition and food, lack of job and employability, lack of
accessibility to good and quality health care, lack of knowledge and awareness about the
prevention and the management of the diseases and lack of knowledge and education
pertaining to the improving of the quality of life affects the overall quality of life and health
conditions of the aboriginal community families in a great manner (Aldrich, 2017).
Response to question 1
In the family of Billy, lack of economy, lack of job and employability, lack of
accessibility to good and quality health care, lack of nutrition and food, lack of a stable
socioeconomic status, lack of knowledge and awareness are the factors that affected their
quality of life in the aboriginal community (Funston & Herring, 2016). The social
determinants of health shaped the Bill’s life in a unique manner (Wilson, 2017). Billy and his
family have to move from one location to another location in search of proper living and a
proper food supply that caused a very deep emotional transformation in the subject (Murphy,
2018). There are many and multifaceted as well. It is highly important to understand that Bill
belongs from an Aboriginal background of Australia and the social determinants of health
play a huge role in the prevention and the management of diseases as well as mental health
conditions in the aboriginal community people but in an adverse way. In order to understand
the social determinants affecting and shaping the life of Billy – social determinants of health
has to be analysed at and that too in relation to the aboriginal community. Similarly, in the
context of Billy, when he was separated from his family in accordance to Australian law and
as Billy was a victim of stolen generations – his family which already had disruptive food
supply and nutrition at times and economy problems but a happy life together with each

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other, when it was separated and he was taken way and his brother too and he was isolated
forcefully from his parents – this had a strong impact in his mental health causing stress and
anxiety, trauma led depression in future life, post-traumatic stress disorder, negative
psychosocial behaviour and as a result, he was also involved in series of relationship
problems and undertaking of anti-social activities as well.
Response to question 2
Aboriginal people are affected by intersectionality in an immense way and manner. It
is highly important to understand and consider that the gender, race, sexuality, class,
ability, disability, nationality, occupation, heritage, ethnicity, age, immigration status,
religion, heritage, occupation, family status and education play a huge role in the
intersectionality problems faced by the aboriginal people in Australia. It is critical to
understand that the subcultural complexities pertaining to lack of authority, power, confusion
width nationality and confusion with identity as the citizens of the nation, lack of socio-
political support and oppression by the legislative framework of the country has caused the
incident of stolen generations that has in turn affected the lives of the children in a very
adverse manner and ,led to affection of the parents and of their children with trauma due to
separation from each other. The intersectorial dynamics of the aboriginal community has
various complications and lack of authority and power and due to oppression by the dominant
communities or social groups – led to the negative shifts in the community and culture, the
cultural heritage of the aboriginal community (Grace, Burns & Menzies, 2017). It is to be
noted that the aboriginal parents, due to these intersectorial problems and intersectorial
complicacies – had to give away their children, even if it was mostly or rather in most cases
unwillingly as because thee intersectorial complicacies were too much to handle. Stolen
generations left a huge impact on the lives of the children and on the lives of the parents and
it is highly important and also very vital to note that the community heritage was forced to be