Journal article
Learning about the 'Other' - Intercultural Learning and Refugees
Social Alternatives, Vol.21(4), pp.17-20
2002
Abstract
The last few years have seen several waves of antipathy towards different ethnic groups in Australia. Media coverage of criminal incidents linked to offenders from a non-anglo-celtic background had led to a tangible hostility towards certain ethnic groups. Sometimes, such aversion is only subtle and unspoken. In the case of the Sydney gang rapists it became quite outspoken and specifically targeted the Lebanese neighbours or anybody with a vaguely 'Middle-Eastern' appearance. 'Middle-Eastern' rapidly grew into the new 'Asian' on the scale of feared foreign appearances, and although the connotations of 'Middle-Eastern' are rather blurry, 11 September 2001 and its terrorist burnt an image into the collective mind of Australia that will forever be linked to 'Middle-Eastern.'
Details
- Title
- Learning about the 'Other' - Intercultural Learning and Refugees
- Authors
- Simone Smala (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Social Alternatives, Vol.21(4), pp.17-20
- Publisher
- Social Alternatives
- Date published
- 2002
- ISSN
- 0155-0306
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2002 Social Alternatives. Reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449939302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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