Impact of Racism on Indigenous Population

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Introduction
Racism in the world traced back to the contemporary and historical attitudes of the racist
community together with the negligence of the government over the standards of the United
Nations human rights and the incidents in the entire globe. According to () racism forms one of
the major social determinant regarding the inequitable distribution of the benefit and the
opportunity across the racial and the ethnic groups affecting the lives and their relationship with
the other community members of the country (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015).
The link among the self reported perception or the experiences regarding the racism and the poor
health status followed by the lack of social life has been well established in the context of the
lives of the Indigenous population of the world. The essay aims to highlight the effect of concept
of race towards the lives, well being of the indigenous population together with their relationship
with the non indigenous population in the globe. With the reference regarding the contemporary
times and the news paper article, the interview regarding indigenous current status and the
advertisement, the thesis statement of the essay argues with the impact of racism.
Discussion
In the context of the phrase regarding race as the imaginary concept that impacts the lives
of the first people of Australia, who are the indigenous people , it has been found that the impact
of racism has also extended towards the relations among the indigenous and the non indigenous
people in such an extensive way that there lies no differences among the fiction and the reality of
life.
Towards the effective acknowledgement of the existing factor of racism in the country of
Australia, Racism 'alive and it's kicking': June Oscar challenges new race commissioner's stance.

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(2018) stresses over the unique experiences regarding racism that is faced by the indigenous
people furthermore driven by the historical advantages and the colonialism. The indigenous
population through out the globe has long been discriminated against, deprived of their chances
and their opportunities and denied their basic and inalienable human rights towards the
participation in the society in the world as the equal citizens.
The history of the racism of the indigenous population ranges back to the disposition of
their lands under the approach of the Terra Nullius in the context of Australia. The indigenous
population have been denied their recognition in the founding document of the nation and were
subjected to exclusionary policies and legislations. Historical factors of race furthermore
includes the forcible removal of the children from the indigenous families accounting to the
painful history of racism in the globe.
According to the 2010, Australian Reconciliation Barometer, it has been found that 91%
of the Indigenous population and 64% of the other Australians had previous experience
regarding rate based policies that affected their community. As per the statistics of the barometer
it has furthermore been found that more than 81% of the indigenous population experienced race
as the factor of disadvantages.