Equality and Inconsistency of Laws

This week, I read an article on inconsistency of South Australia's discrimination laws. Based on the article, no wonder that discrimination and racism toward the Muslim and the Middle Easterns are still going on, even in such pluralist and democratic country like Australia.
Often, the government works in tandem with most Australians in creating a society of inequality and injustice.

The issue above might be related to Cronulla riots and the stereotype towards the Middle Eastern. The attack was actually a result of a clash between the culture of the Lebanese and the surfers. Yet, the media tended to portray the event as an ethnic violence, objected and generalized all the Middle Easterns as hostile or even "ethnic decent" without considering that not all of them involved in the attack. Just because such basic stereotype as skin colors and religions, all Middle Easterns suffer from the worsening discrimination and prejudice even more.

The story behind the attack from the Lebanese was that it was actually a following attack as a revenge toward the first attack the night before from the locals toward the Middle Easterns. Both attacks have resulted in deaths, pains, and injuries. To what extend are they become worthwhile? Never. Racism has not only led to injustice and inequality in the society but worse, violation and hostility with human beings as the victims. The case also shows that the attack from the Lebanese is caused by the first attack from the locals. The riots happen because a particular group was being stereotyped and discriminated, invited conflict and contradiction, and shows that Australia has failed to tackle pluralism in ethnicity and culture.

Posted by : Stella Chandra