Racism

Many people in Australia claim that Australia is a classless country says THORNTON MCCAMISH (2009). Craig McGregor (2001) argues that there is no such thing as a classless society in our modern times. Radicals talk in class, Example working class, middle class and higher class.   Our Australian Schools in our society are divided into two. Private schools which only rich parents can afford and public schools which the not so rich go. This is due to the level of education both schools offer. Many successful people graduate from private schools. Social status and money makes up a person’s class. Also the suburb you live in, the schools you go to, people you socialise with and your occupation all play a role in your status (James Arvanitakis, 2009). In Sydney, people who live on the coast are known for their higher social status, as for someone who lived in Sydney’s inner suburbs has a lower social status.
THORNTON MCCAMISH (2009) concludes by saying Australia should work on becoming equal and illuminate class status in our society, starting with our schools.

Media focuses on the negative and racism in order to make a storyline. Racism in the media sells. For so long, especially after September 11, there has been an attack on the Muslims. Muslims in the media are portrayed as terrorist and fanatics. We see this in the media through many television shows like Navy seals (Lewis Teague, 1990), true lies (James Cameron, 1994), and iron eagle (1986, Sidney J. Furie) and so on.   One major incident that occurred in Australia 2005 was the Cronulla riots which created headlines all over the world. These incidents that occurred sparked of hatred between the Muslims and the west. The video news report of Mr Gad amr demonstrates a channel 7 cameraman sticks a camera in the face of Mr Amr after court. Mr Amr insists the camera to stop rolling, and then the cameraman calls him a terrorist. The reaction of Mr Amr is just what the cameraman wanted in order to reveal stereotypical... [continues]

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