Go Back To Where You Came From Persuasive Speech
Martin Buber once said, “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller in unaware”. After viewing the SBS television documentary, Go Back to Where You Came From, I have developed a strong compassion to the refugees coming to Australia, and who are under threat of persecution. In the article from your previous issue, titled Seeking Safety, or Reckless Refuge, you had highlighted this documentary regarding refugees and asylum seekers, and stated that people should not be coming illegally to Australia. Though the argument was compelling, I don’t fully agree with the ideals and ethics within the statement, but I still have a strong desire to help those who are coming to our country legally, and under threat of persecution.
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I feel that the television show opened the eyes of our country, showing us that the social attitude towards other races we are perceived to have does not reflect positively on our country. Most of the participants started their journey with strong, negative perspectives on the topic of refugees in Australia, but as the show continued to air, it was evidently clear that the views of the partakers were changing. The program also allowed for the public to view refugees and asylum seekers from a different light, and I commend the producers for being able to do …show more content…
and Rosa Parks took a stand for dark skinned people in America who were victims to racial abuse. But these people want someone who has been the situations on a first-hand experience, not just some typical Australian who wasn’t running for their lives, trying to survive on treacherous oceanic journeys to a safer place. And the participants of the Go Back to Where You Came From series and other white and inalienable advocates for refugees do not fit the description they were looking for. Yes these people are privileged individuals who have no need to run from immediate threat or prosecution, but they acknowledge their privileges and strive to use them to do legitimate good, which is everything these people claim they want, but as soon as they start, they tell them to stop speaking. Because their need to hate and wallow in wilful ignorance is more important to them than seeing actual change take place anywhere in the
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I feel that the television show opened the eyes of our country, showing us that the social attitude towards other races we are perceived to have does not reflect positively on our country. Most of the participants started their journey with strong, negative perspectives on the topic of refugees in Australia, but as the show continued to air, it was evidently clear that the views of the partakers were changing. The program also allowed for the public to view refugees and asylum seekers from a different light, and I commend the producers for being able to do …show more content…
and Rosa Parks took a stand for dark skinned people in America who were victims to racial abuse. But these people want someone who has been the situations on a first-hand experience, not just some typical Australian who wasn’t running for their lives, trying to survive on treacherous oceanic journeys to a safer place. And the participants of the Go Back to Where You Came From series and other white and inalienable advocates for refugees do not fit the description they were looking for. Yes these people are privileged individuals who have no need to run from immediate threat or prosecution, but they acknowledge their privileges and strive to use them to do legitimate good, which is everything these people claim they want, but as soon as they start, they tell them to stop speaking. Because their need to hate and wallow in wilful ignorance is more important to them than seeing actual change take place anywhere in the