Zadiner Herald
Special Report - Monday 14 December 2015
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Racism in Zadiner - Is Multiculturalism Really Working?
By Danielle Windolow
Zadiner's history started way before the common era, when the land was inhabited by the Zurain. However there are some that regard the start of history in 1756, when Austral settlers claimed the country for themselves. This is just one form of 'light racism', where another race is not acknowledged. It happens all the time in Zadiner, and often leads to more serious arguments.
It is written in the constitution that any form of racism is a crime, and people have been imprisoned. However the police cannot track it and the victims do not report, making everything so much harder.
So with so many cultures meeting in one place, and no one you can immediately turn to help to, an individual can experience prejudice and discrimination very quickly and can feel like a stranger to the country they call home.
In the previous census, racism was included and results came back with alarming figures.
Percentage of a race admitting to being racist at one point of time:
Asliziad (Anglo): 67%
Zurain (Native): 49%
Asian: 33%
Latino: 31%
African: 17%
Other: 16%
Percentage of race having experienced racism against themselves:
Asian: 78%
Latino: 52%
Other: 43%
Zurain: 38%
African: 36%
Asliziad: 31%
Note: Results from June 2015. Results may be inaccurate or varying.
These results show that almost every race has had at least one third of their population discriminated against, and around one seventh have been discriminative.
Multiculturalism has always been accepted as a norm for Zadiner, but with a recent influx of refugees from the previous country called Ryccia, and some races being marked as 'terrorists', tensions have boiled over and more and more people are complaining of abuse and assault.
In another poll, 84% agreed multiculturalism is good while 14% disagreed. There is obviously strong support, but has it really improved anything?
As is stated in the word, there are now multiple cultures represented in Zadiner, and more things are brought up such as restaurants and foreign themed shops. But it just allows criminals to attack new people simply because they 'look different and act different'.
Under David Gurnin's leadership, there has been seven major racial attacks across the nation, and two have been killed by criminals with three others committing suicide.
School kids are no longer taught properly how to deal with multiculturalism and new figures suggest an individual will probably experience racism somewhere at least twice in their lifetime.
The city is a safer place for all these different races but the smaller towns still hold their differences as dividers. And the Government is not doing enough to stop them. One in five tourists commented on Zadiner's racism, whether it be jokingly, light, harsh or physical.
What every person in Zadiner needs to do is step up, and do something about the issue. Zadiner is one of the most multicultural in The South Pacific, and also one of the most discriminative. In order for the culture of all cultures to survive, something needs to be done now.
I am Zadiner/Zak. Part of Assembly, some other stuff, Founder of some other region.
Hey, I have a bunch of issues. You don't need to care.
Emoji of the week: :dodgy:
