Anti Racism- Must Be Stopped
Anti Racism- MUST BE STOPPED
What is anti-racism? It means treating everyone fairly, not making racist jokes, respecting people and being friendly to each other, regardless of where they come from or what they look like.
We were born to trust and accept each other. We were not born with particular attitudes or prejudice. Today we often read and hear people criticise one particular race, their religion and their behaviour. Sometimes we are encouraged to take on the mistaken belief that there are distinct groups or races with the human race. These groups have particular characteristics that effect how they behave. This is simply not true.
We distance ourselves from others because we think they look different or they come from different countries. As a result of that distance, we treat people unequally and isolate people for no real reason. This is very hurtful to them.
The last time I was in the car with my parents on our way to the shopping centre. We stopped at the traffic lights. A group of teenagers standing in front of our car called us “Ching Chong Chung” They were teasing us because we were Chinese. We ignored them. This kind of behaviour did not upset us it only showed their own ignorance, but it could have and it does upset a lot of other people who might be irritated. This behaviour towards different cultural and racial groups makes them feel they do not belong to our country. They feel frightened and unwelcome to our country Australia.
Racial incidents are not just a small problem between two or three people. They are for everyone to fix. You can understand how they bring hatred and jealousy into our society. I think we should treat each other as individuals, not as a whole group or religion.
Le me tell you about good things that can happen between cultures. I remember once my dad's friend invited us to his house for lunch, this was the first time I went to visit an Australian friend. When I arrived at his house I called him Uncle
What is anti-racism? It means treating everyone fairly, not making racist jokes, respecting people and being friendly to each other, regardless of where they come from or what they look like.
We were born to trust and accept each other. We were not born with particular attitudes or prejudice. Today we often read and hear people criticise one particular race, their religion and their behaviour. Sometimes we are encouraged to take on the mistaken belief that there are distinct groups or races with the human race. These groups have particular characteristics that effect how they behave. This is simply not true.
We distance ourselves from others because we think they look different or they come from different countries. As a result of that distance, we treat people unequally and isolate people for no real reason. This is very hurtful to them.
The last time I was in the car with my parents on our way to the shopping centre. We stopped at the traffic lights. A group of teenagers standing in front of our car called us “Ching Chong Chung” They were teasing us because we were Chinese. We ignored them. This kind of behaviour did not upset us it only showed their own ignorance, but it could have and it does upset a lot of other people who might be irritated. This behaviour towards different cultural and racial groups makes them feel they do not belong to our country. They feel frightened and unwelcome to our country Australia.
Racial incidents are not just a small problem between two or three people. They are for everyone to fix. You can understand how they bring hatred and jealousy into our society. I think we should treat each other as individuals, not as a whole group or religion.
Le me tell you about good things that can happen between cultures. I remember once my dad's friend invited us to his house for lunch, this was the first time I went to visit an Australian friend. When I arrived at his house I called him Uncle