Sociology

I position myself in writing this essay on the present aboriginals where I will distill what some of the writers have observed as aboriginal events and society. To make sense on the modern Aboriginals life I must include the effects of European colonization.  This was an era of collision of paternalistic intentions to try and save the dying horse and the removal of children from their parents and families. At present, the aboriginals are disappearing and predictably in the course of a generation or two, to the at most, these families will be extinct.  (Richard P 2006)

In my essay the main thesis is that the judicial racism of the illiterate and economically disadvantaged minorities in the Australian constitution led to the inferiorities and human injustices tendering them as endangered people.

The government had tried to save the aboriginals from extinction. The act of separating the children from the parents was determined to save the children where some of the parents were in agreement with this proposal. They saw it as a way of protecting their young ones health and the general well being. Despite the grief for separation, some children were forcibly removed from their parents and were taken to the government reserves or to the church missions. (Sally P 2006)

To date there is a problem of child abuse across all social groups. Some aboriginal youths and children cause a lot of trouble and some indulge in drugs.  The missions totally turned their life where they belonged to neither of the world. The manner of life that they were used to living had a total change in direction. They were restricted to the reserves where they were introduced to the European foods and language. They turned to be dependent and deprived their traditional rituals including initiations that were illegal. (Richard P 2006)

The fractured family life and institutional upbringing provided poor modeling of parenthood for the Aboriginals. This could also be in their behavior too.  For those in missions, they were introduced to monogamy and matrimonial marriages as opposed to the traditional relationships that they had exercised for generations. Medical and educational facilities were introduced in the missions and the reserves with support from the government. This further assimilated the children into the modern lifestyle of the Australians.  But the experience in the missions was not humane where some of the children used to receive even physical punishments. These injustices were a result of the children who still withheld on their traditions. In this case, the number of these children was not large though this forceful commanding was denial of the childrens rights. However, the missions were later removed by the use of a government act. (Sally P 2006)

There was increased racism and discrimination that led to poverty and lack of political power, which in turn led to reinforcement of the poverty and discrimination cycle. Poverty leads to poor health, and lack of education and this was the case with the aboriginals. The group was terribly in despair and cyclical alienation, confusion and loss of purpose prevailed, but for some there was growing defiance. The old turned into alcohol consumption and the young enjoyed sniffing of petrol and glue. The only opportunities left for the aboriginals were in the sports and art industry. (Sally P 2006)

The aboriginal rights movement worked to achieve the human rights for the aboriginals. Later, the aboriginals were enrolled with citizenship recognition and also the right to vote. They were eventually offered a department in the legislature and their determination were renewed. Today, the aboriginals and their generations are acknowledged and their impact on the social and cultural life is recognized.
However, their social and economical disadvantages are yet to be addressed. Though racism is to the lower extreme, it still exists and ignites now and then. Aboriginals experience poor health with their families still experiencing complications including diabetes and mental health problems just to name a few. The families are still in poverty thus discrimination is sill existing. They have a low life expectancy of around 50 years in comparison to the life expectancy of the non aboriginals. During the 2007 census it was revealed than the number of aboriginals consuming alcohols is lower compared to that of non aboriginals, but most of those who consume are excessive drinkers.  This means that there is an unacceptable discrepancy in the life expectancy and maternal and prenatal mortality for the aboriginals.  Though the population of aboriginals is small, they have secured jobs in almost all the professions. Around the country side, the regional communities are creating employment and they were able to get a co-operative in the year 2004. (Richard P 2006).

Sociological theories help to explain the human relationship and its effect to the social world. They put into consideration the social conflicts which defines the nature of hostility and can lead to social and family structure change. Conflict results from struggle for resources and power with an aim to eliminate the rivals. The nature of the conflict depends on many factors including the love, social roles and the practical and emotional support for extended family. The change is not rapid but this is slow and marginal. (George R 2005).

The functions of conflict include achievement, but since the society does not provide room for every one excellence some people opt to use conflict as the means of excellence. Conflict works also too speed up the process of solving a problem. Thus, conflict can work in the reinforcing and consolidating the family structure whereas it can also lead to the separation. (Paul S 1998)

The family structure provides an index for the general health and the well being of a society. This determines the investment for the future social fabric and significant shape to its future.

In conclusion, the aboriginals life might be headed for extinction at present. But considering their presence in professional and political circles, this may result into a powerful high social class in the future. This is by extinction of the low class by poverty and strong emergence of the strong few that would remain. This is in relation to the sociological theories.