Seminar blog

Summary of Seminar; Racism is not defined but racial discrimination is for the sake of law. Therefore, everybody is not a racist as the definition has been argued. The real answer would be, everyone is prejudice, even though it is very vague. Racism is an umbrella term for the defined terms of racial discrimination, institutional racism, segregation-ism, etc.

   The term kiwi is an umbrella term for all those that live in NZ and practise the NZ culture by natural means. As it seems one would have to experience the culture of a nation to say they are a part of that world, and it is based on choice too.

Extra;
   Because in this modern world immigration is more wide spread, the mixture of cultures and ethnicities is more common. Many people are at least part of two or three ethnicities, even if they may not associate themselves with all of them. Being fully one ethnicity is fading fast. Purist communities are now embracing the changing and accepting other cultures and people that may not be originally a part of their nation. The tolerance of people over the few years has increased, but with the new developments of ideas and guidelines of morals coming into place, arguments break out.
   Recently, the tolerance for race and other things, (ones' individuality), has lowered. The people, mainly patriarchs, are getting defensive and don't like the challenge to their superior position, that they get offensive. This retaliation from the ones in the high status makes the political and social borders narrow, and it may feel like the world is going backwards in it's notion of equality and acceptance of individuals.



   Here are some things that I did not say for my seminar. An extra about stereotypes, and how they propagate racism.

   Everything we say is taught to the system, institutional racism, which spawns segregation-ism  Racial segregation in America for example. The people of colour had to sit at the back of the bus, they used different toilets, not allowed in the bar, and so on. So the white kids grow up being taught this shit. Their parents say the blacks are dumb, dirty and less than normal/alien. With that drilled in their head, they start to believe it, then they practice it.

   It is still being practised  through stereotypes. The stereotype of South Auckland, it’s the place you get mugged. South Aucklander’s are labelled as criminals. Why do people steal? The typical answer would be; they’re dumb, can’t get a job and has no education. Therefore, they’re dirty, because they can’t afford it, they live in the slums. Then they get alienated for not living up to societies expectations, smart, clean and contributes to the world.

   So this discrimination through stereotypes brings us back to the idea of being acknowledge. Post-colonisation. To say, we are here, we are just as capable as you. Everyone is not racist, as it would be said that only the people in power can be racist, but that’s another argued subject. A true statement would be everyone is prejudice. We are prejudice because of institutional racism. Whether it is the colour of someone’s skin, their culture, beliefs, and morals.