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Social Darwinism The main proposals put across by Social Darwinism is that people in a society ? and societies themselves ? must compete for survival. Also, that
Social Darwinism Something that many people still do not comprehend is that Indigenous people in Australia are actually very much a part of a system that has been
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social darwinism Social Darwinism is ?stated as a social theory which hold to Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection', but this statement can be proven slightly
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Something that many people still do not comprehend is that Indigenous people in Australia are actually very much a part of a system that has been a major part of their own oppression. The way that our society operates and the values we place on our community are a flow on effect, if you like, of the early ideas put forward by anti-Indigenous theorists. Social Darwinism has had a profound effect, and while some may consider it a relic of a forgotten and backward period in history it is still present, and this is something that Indigenous people have to live with. The system that they now have no choice but to try and fit into is the very same system that wreaked such a great amount of havoc in the past. It would be folly to suggest that the system should be changed to fix this problem, but as educators we can make a significant difference. It is paramount that educators have an understanding of the way that Social Darwinism has affected Indigenous people. It is important for them to recognise that Social Darwinism and it’s related theories have oppressed and ruined the lives of many Indigenous people. It is then also very important that they have a strategy in place to address these issues now and in the future.
One horrid exclamation point of colonisation was that, all things considered, Indigenous people were considered to be nothing more than unwanted savages. They were classed as an inferior race even before the beginnings of Social Darwinism. It is a theory that has not all together disappeared. A flick through some leading Australian newspapers will attest to this. Race had been a fictional term, but it became a much used and important term and ‘provided an explanation for the rise and fall of civilisations.’ It also provided the explanation for the prominence of white races throughout European colonisation. Racial groups were at the time considered quite different species to one another, a knowledge that was consolidated by the...
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