They Stole our Jobs: The Effect of Labour Market Competition on the Acceptance of Ethnic Diversity in Australia (original) (raw)

Constructing Racism in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2004

There is a dearth of empirical evidence on the extent of racist attitudes, broadly defined, in Australia. A telephone survey of 5056 residents in Queensland and NSW examined attitudes to cultural difference, perceptions of the extent of racism, tolerance of specific groups, ...

Race and Multiculturalism in Australia (Draft pre-review)

Routledge Handbook of Race and Ethnicity in Asia, 2021

Race and whiteness have shaped Australia’s history as a settler-migration country since its colonisation and beyond its introduction of multicultural policies in the 1970s. This chapter reviews scholarship on race, multiculturalism and racism in Australia focusing on sociological research. It covers the foundational role of race and whiteness, the trajectory of Australian multiculturalism, its critiques and interpretations; the relationship between multiculturalism and national identity; and research on racism and anti-racism.

Attitudes towards Immigration and Immigrants a) Perspectives Findings of a survey on racist attitudes and experiences of racism in Australia

There is a dearth of concrete evidence as to the extent of racism in Australia. This paper reports on research into the extent and distribution of intolerant attitudes in Australia, as well as data on the reported experience of racism. A telephone survey of residents throughout the states of Queensland and NSW generated a completed sample of 5056. The constructs of racism that were tested included: tolerance of cultural difference, perceptions on the extent of racism, tolerance of specific groups, ideology of nation, perceptions of Anglo-Celt cultural privilege, and racialism, including separatism and hierarchy. Findings suggest a substantive degree of racism in Australia. Anti- Muslim sentiment is very strong. There is a persistence of intolerance against Asian-, Indigenous and Jewish Australians. Most Australians recognise the problem of racism, yet less than half recognise the cultural privileges that racism accords. Racist attitudes are positively associated with age, non-tertia...