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From Racism to Multiculturalism. Ethnicity and Inequality. Ethnicity and immigration The relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginals in Australia. “ terra-nullius ”. Waves of immigrants in different time British European immigrants
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Ethnicity and Inequality • Ethnicity and immigration • The relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians
Waves of immigrants in different time British European immigrants Germany and China
White Australia Policy 1901 Immigration Restriction Act (1901) against Chinese and other non-white immigrants
From White Australia to Multiculturalism Labor government’s assisted migration racism—the normal way preferred migration groups assimilation
Multiculturalism from 1973 • Non-discriminatory programs for NESB • Three areas of Multiculturalism policy Cultural Identity Social Justice Economic efficiency
Critical reactions to Multiculturalism Pauline Hanson and the One Nation Party present situation of NESB migrants
Migration today increased immigrants against still predominant Anglo Australians social inequality among minorities
Aboriginality Today • Four stages of the relationship between the colonizers and the Aboriginals: • expropriation of land and the killing of the Peoples • Segregation and “Protection” • Assimilation, segregation and the attempted destruction of the cultures of the Dreaming • citizenship and the fight against racism
Examples of Aboriginals’ struggles Aboriginal Protection Act of 1909 Protests against the denial of citizenship Stockmen’s strike of Western Australia Freedom Rides Royal Commissions to restore land rights The Mabo Decision The Wik Decision
Social inequality today “relative poverty” survivors or victims?
The History Wars rejection of the negative aspects of Australia’s history understanding of the past remember or “disremember”?