Searching for a Place to Belong in a Time of Othering

Hyacinth Udah
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Hyacinth Udah: School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, Logan 4131, Australia

Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Australia is a land of opportunity, where hard work can bring a better life. Most immigrants come to Australia to establish a new life and fulfil hopes and dreams for better life opportunities. Like many immigrants to Australia, I came to establish a new better life for myself and for family. In this paper, I share my challenges of being different, and of being black and the experiences of black Africans in Australia. The paper invites more conversations on finding ways forward to change the system that favours some and disadvantages others. It indicates the need to humanise the Other and make Australia a more inclusive and liveable multicultural environment.

Keywords: Othering; belonging; inclusion; white privilege; immigrants; tall poppy syndrome; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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