The Common Good and Catholic Social Teaching: Problem of Racism

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The Common Good and Catholic Social Teaching: Problem of Racism
As we are living in the 21st century, and talk about Nano-technology and Space science, still
in our country we are facing problems like racism. Although racism in Australia is not a new
problem, rather it can be treated as a mental disease in our community. Even law of our
country, our Catholic principles, and ethics teaches us that all humans are equal and they
have equal right to live freely with dignity, some of the people suffering from the disease
called ‘racism’. In my opinion, whatever I think that this is the most brutal crime doing by
people to treat others because of their religion, colour, or sex. As a Catholic, I feel that it is
my responsibility to serve any human being who arrives at my doors for any help. It is not
because he/she is a Catholic, but because I am. Our culture rooted through our seven
principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and these seven principles teaches us that every
human being has rights to living together, freely and with dignity.
Gregory said that racism is a disease like Polio, Zika, Cancer, and Ebola etc. and must be
cure from community to make our society healthy and happy (Gregory, 2016). All these
diseases have some causes and some cures, but if we talk about racism then this is different
from all other diseases (Gregory, 2016). Nevertheless, we should look for the proper cure
about this disease because every group believes that one group is superior to other groups due
to race. In my opinion, racism can be treated not as a disease rather it can be treated as a
crime by people committed with other people on the basis of differences and feel that they are
superior from others. However, he also added further that like other medical serious diseases
that may seem to have been brought under control, racism people had hoped, was on the
wane (Hattery, McGettigan, and Smith, 2014). However, even the presidential elections in
the USA it was not declined and even the people were not convinced. Australia is a culturally
diverse country and half of the population were born overseas or had one or more parents
born overseas (CAN Catholic News Agency, 2018). If racial conflicts develop, then not one
or two rather most of us affected whether we are neighbours, students, workmates, friends, or
fellow Australians. Actually, racism is a disease and with this disease, people cannot develop.
They create their own society where people do not trust or respect other people.
The first CST principle said that human life is sacred and dignity of human beings are the
compulsory base on which we create our society and its moral vision, but racism challenged