Isolation And Alienation

Isolation and alienation are two recurring factors that have occurred throughout history and are ongoing aspects which materialize in contemporary society. These forms of isolation and alienation are caused and influenced by the power of language, discriminating against individuals and groups due to a myriad of reasons including religion, culture, values, beliefs, appearance, and gender. The knowledge and understanding towards particular minority groups have been drastically affected by segregation and the misleadence of the media and political voices. As society and technology have evolved, however, the form of segregation has changed and the degree of treatment and isolation towards minority groups. Although the majority of contemporary
Due to the social and political circumstances that characterized the interwar period in Germany, resulted in Hitler and the Nazi Party rising to power. The Jews were blamed for ‘backstabbing’ and spreading defeatism as the Germans could not concede their country’s defeat in World War I. Thus destroying the German army and being the reason for their vanquish. The Jewish reputation within Germany and contemporary society are one of an era of vigilant memorialization, immigration, reintegration, and a demonstrative national quest for normalcy. Alienation is representative of the varied experience of Jewishness that emerged after the wall come down (McKeon, L., 2014). In the prevailing socio-culture of Australia, the harsh treatment of the Jewish community, from after World War I, is seen as a catastrophe that should never be repeated. Taught about in education as a damaged religion, full of stereotypes and ruling financial classes of undeserving German guilt the Jewish religion is alienated out of pity (McKeon, L., 2014). Another minority group alienated during the time of World War I, as well as being isolated for a particular trait they possessed were women. Both women and Jews were expelled during the prevailing socio culture of that period, yet, with both differing in treatment and the extent of time
In the Post 9/11, Muslims were facing a new era where they were not only accountable for their actions, but for those who had a false banner in their name. Their civil rights were abridged. Their faith was constantly under attack. “Muslim became victims of the same kind of stereotyping and scapegoating faced throughout history. They too became targets of suspicion, hate crimes, vandalism, and violence, all in the name of patriotism and national security” (Nakano, L., n.d). The Islamic faith became isolated from all forms of media as they were perpetuating the myth that Islam is a violent faith and by the new uprising fear of Islamophobia, ‘alienation, discrimination, harassment and violence rooted in misinformed and stereotype representations of Islam and its adherents’ (dictionary, 2016). Anti-Muslims bias has become an endemic disease. The media have played a major role in isolating the Islamic faith, through the power of language. The treatment of Muslims within Australia has continued to increase with discrimination and religious segregation, due to the ‘Racial Discrimination Act’ not protecting the Muslim community. As the ‘Racial Discrimination Act’ has limited ability, protecting Muslim Australians has become difficult as the act only covers bigotry based on race, ethnic, colour, immigrant status and national origin.