ATSI (variations in rights within countries)

who are the ATSI people

Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders

in 1967….

they were not considered Australians and so didnt have the right to vote and were forced to live on reserves.

what two aspects do they face inequality on

health and education

what % of ATSI people smoke

41% compared to 13% of non-indigenous Australians

How does smoking affect the health of ATSI people

• increases risk of avoidable cancers

• a combination of systemic racism and the fact 30% of ATSI people lack literacy rates makes ATSI people unwilling or unable to seek medical aid

• this increases death rate and reduce life epextcnacy due to a lack of medical intervention.

how are ATSI children disadvantages in education

20% of compulsory school aged ATSI children are not in eductaion

why arent enough ATSI kids in eductaion

• pshycolgocial trauama from the ‘stolen generation’ who have become parents.

• this had resulted in a lack of trust in the system who tore away their childhoods

who are the stolen generation

a group of ATSI people who until the 1970s risked being stolen from their parents to be raised in more ‘civilised’ Australian cultures.

what does the Australian Civial Rights movement focus on

• denouncing racial intolerance

• reconciliation with the ATSI people