Analyzing Australia's Antiracism Policy Using the 5-E Framework

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Australia's antiracism policy, focusing on its historical context, the challenges of racism, and the government's commitment to antiracism strategies. The analysis employs the 5-E framework, evaluating the policy's effectiveness, efficiency, ethical considerations, and alternatives. The report examines the policy's impact on various aspects of Australian society, including the indigenous population and multiculturalism. It also provides a detailed overview of the policy's components, such as training programs and grievance procedures, and assesses its strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, the report offers recommendations for improvements, including enhanced monitoring, refined indicators, and participatory approaches to foster positive changes and address racial discrimination effectively.

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Introduction
The concept of racism in Australia has a deep root in the distant past. The
contemporary condition of Australia is comprised of indigenous and native people of
Australia. Along with this, there are various waves of immigration that originally came from
the United Kingdom and Ireland. Hence, there are various policies of multiculturalism that
emerged during the period of post-war (Jonason, 2015). According to the legal status of
Australia, the indigenous people of the country belong to the recognition of British Common
law. During the year 2011, the Government of Australia made a commitment to developing
and implementing some strategies for antiracism. The strategies of antiracism include some
goals which are
 Maximum number of Australians will be recognized the concept of racism as a
serious issue dwelling in the society (Nelson, 2014).
 A maximum number of citizens will be involved with practical action to handle the
concept of racism.
 The majority of the individuals will be resourceful to address the issues of racism and
implement required initiatives in the required areas.
Context
Australia is a country that possesses a strict attitude against the unlawful distinguish
among the people irrespective of age, gender, disability, the status of intersex, the identity of
gender, and sexual orientation within a certain field of life (Grigg & Manderson, 2015). The
federal law of Australia is associated with various aspects of legislation and acts, including
age discrimination, discrimination against discrimination, discrimination against racism, and
sexual discrimination. There are some general departments to assist the infrastructure

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departments, regional department, and the department of the industry with proper innovation
of science and technologies.
The concept of racism began the journey from the beginning of European settlement
within Australia. The aboriginal people of the country were forced to enter into the
surrounding territories and divided into some new political entities comprising as the
Australian colonies. From these settlements, internal violence or conflict occurred among the
aboriginal people and the European population of the country (Lentin, 2016). During the late
19th century, the aboriginal people forcefully tried to relocate themselves within Australia.
From this period, the colonial government started to establish various laws and policies to
protect the aboriginal people of the country.
In the recent era, the policy by White Australia was dismantled within the decades
with proper following the unformed trends of the Second World War (Forrest & Dunn, 2013).
Antiracism in Australia can be analyzed from different perspectives. It includes
 It contains the principles and practices caused and signified with the insufficient
distribution of rights, experiences, opportunities, and the other cultural and racial
groups.
 The concept of structural racism refers to the macro social system of the policies and
practices performing in various and reinforcing racial groups (Collins, 2013).
 Systematic racism refers to an interpretation with structural perception to operate the
concept of racism, combining the separate and entire approach.
 There is significant differentiation between the minor and non-minor groups. The
difference lies in the accessibility of appropriate housing, quality of the education, and
the concept of employment (Came & Griffith, 2018).

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Outline of relevant framework
Hence, in this section, the paper will analyze the antiracism considering the framework or
approach of 5-E. The 5 – Es are – Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Ethical consideration,
Evaluations of alternatives, and Establishment of recommendation for positive changes.
Effectiveness – To measure the effectiveness of the antiracism policy, it is worth becoming
aware of the strategies the policy includes addressing the challenges. This policy is a kind of
training focused on the enhancement of the antiracism behavior and beliefs among the
participants or among the entire generation (Kowal, 2015). According to the general
antiracism policy of Australia there is no room for supporting the notion of racism in the
workplace hence, the teachers and the others staffs of education department of Australia
needs provides the grievance procedure as a procedure of their own responsibilities.
Efficiency – The efficiency of antiracism policy can be measured by understanding the
impact of the policies on the entire generation. Firstly the strategies include providing
knowledge about the importance of culture or tradition. The cultural root of any individual
group does not teach to disrespect the other groups. However, researchers believe that it is
important to challenge the misleading beliefs of any group. Aquino (2016) found a firm
relation between racism and disrespect towards the aboriginal people of Australia. According
to the 'Aboriginal people will pay for one car and the government will pay the rest.' Secondly,
the policy of dissonance is to consider the self with egalitarian principles and expressing
prejudiced behavior for the rest of the people (Onsando & Billett, 2017). Hence, the policy of
the education department is efficient enough to raise the feeling of compassion for and avoid
racism from the entire generation. With due regards to the general policy of antiracism the
education department and the policy ensures the feeling of empathy to reduce racism.
Empathy commonly includes the emotional approach for the aboriginal people of the
Australian population.

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Ethical consideration – The antiracism policy creates a kind of doubt in the minds of the
Australian population. In Australia the concept of racism is intrinsic in nature. There is some
ethical consideration associated with these policies. Firstly, the policies are only initiated to
reduce the concept of racism from the entire Australian generation. It does not promote any
biasness for any particular culture or group belonging to the nation (Hollinsworth, 2013). On
the other hand, the policies do not promote favoritism for any particular group. It only
intended to bring back the feeling of compassion and sympathy between every two
commodities of the society. Along with this, the policy promotes the concept of
multiculturalism and tolerance for each other (Ho, 2013). Hence in the educational
department the antiracism policy is following the intrinsic concept of the general policies.
The antiracism policy, along with the immigration policy, is mend to preserve the so-called
undesired races of Australia. Both the policies are observed with patterns for their emergence
and disappearance from the society. However, there are ample evidence provided that praises
the utility of these policies to secure the cultural dignity of any particular generation along
with the origins (Davis & Thakur, 2016). Hence, the most important consideration attached to
the antiracism policy is it spreads the importance of equal justice for both the minor and non-
minor communities of Australia.
Evaluation of alternatives – The 5 E approach is a theoretical approach that was established
on the ground of constructivist learning theory. It helps the students to understand the
efficiency of any particular theory or approach. The students can reflect on various activities
with five perspectives that include effectiveness, efficiency, ethical consideration, evaluation
of alternatives, and establishment of recommendation (Walton et al., 2014). The original
components of this model are namely engaged, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate.
These are the main components with which a student can measure the efficacy of the selected
topic of 'analysis of antiracism policy'.

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However, as an alternative approach, one can opt for the WPR approach. The
approach includes three major perspectives to analyze any particular agenda. Firstly, it
incorporates the question, including 'what'. It refers the question – what is the suitable
problem that should be infused within a policy? The second component of this approach is
understanding the 'problem'. It can be said that it is the way to address the first question and
finding the problems within the antiracism policy (Onsando & Billett, 2017). Finally, the
third component of this approach is understanding the importance of 'representing' the
problem within the question. This approach can help the researcher to find out the
background of the emergence of antiracism and also the policies (Lobo, 2016). Along with
this, the identified problem will keep the researchers engaged throughout the entire activity
and finally represent the necessity of studying or analyzing the antiracism policy for the
Australian population.
Establishment of recommendation to bring positive change – In spite of the huge
efficiency of the antiracism policies of Australia, there is a room for a recommendation.
Discrimination of the concept of racism from society should incorporate the following
recommendations to be considered.
 Monitoring – proper monitoring is always an important tool to make any policy more
efficient. Monitoring racial discrimination is a demanding and tough endeavor to add
value for all those who are associated with the policy.
 Refined indicators – there should be a different monitoring scheme with proper
indicators according to the requirement of the cities. Different cities have different
perspectives for or against racism. Hence, there should be different indicators for
refining the policies according to the nature and perspective of the city.
 Participatory approach – participation is a process to strengthen communication or
interaction between all the members of society. Communication or cooperation

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among all the perspectives of the world, including the community and the
professional world, expands the way of thinking and can change the perception of
any particular community.
 Public administration – the administrating body of Australia is the key performer to
describe a constant behavior for or against racism. The municipal administration help
to address the space among different communities of the entire generation. On the
other hand, the antiracism can be replaced with the growing concern of equal
treatment and equal opportunities for all individuals of one community.
 Processes – both the top-down and bottom-up procedures should be followed by the
researchers to address the fruitfulness of the policy. To perform with proper
efficiency, the policy needs to measure the top-down and bottom-up approaches from
the same point of view. The former one will help to describe the political
commitment of the antiracism policy that is a strong indicator of the hierarchical
institutions. And the later one will help to generate a communication structure for the
organization to support the inter-hierarchical order.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be said that the concept of racism and antiracism plays a
significant role within the community of Australia. The original people of Australia are
known as aboriginal or indigenous people. The issues related to aboriginal people and racism
is constantly visible from the initial stage till the recent age of 21st century. The antiracism
policy was initiated to address all the issues regarding the aboriginal people. As per the name
suggest, the policy is to promote respect for all people comprising the entire nation. It was
initiated to promote non-discrimination with proper adherence to fundamental principles. The
concept of equality is an integral part of human dignity and is essential for every individual
being of the society. Providing mutual respect for each other should be the basic principle

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associated with every individual being of the nation. According to the fundamental rules,
racial discrimination is an unwanted situation that is prevalent between the generations with
various forms. There are various instances of racial violence, verbal insults, prejudice and
stereotyping prevalent according to the perception of the community. Hence, the emergence
of antiracism policy is an important aspect that helps to address the challenges of racial
discrimination. According to the researchers, no state is free from racial discrimination and
there are ample amount of challenges to eliminate the concept from the society. For a positive
information, every individual nation implement different perception for eliminating racism
from the society.
Racial discrimination is one state of mental health that is termed as Xenophobia by
the researchers. They have also mentioned that, it is the basic responsibility of the
government to eliminate these disorders from the community to experience a healthy living
with each other. It is worth mentioning in this regard that, the framework of United Nations
Decade for Human Rights Education has developed a remarkable and comprehensive plan for
educating the nation with the concept of antiracism. Australian policy framework should
follow the plans to address the challenges of racism within the nation.

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