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Harmony day 21 March

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  Harmony day | 21 March  Harmony Day is about  celebrating differences and embracing new cultures . To bring equality between different cultures and religious groups, 21 March has been selected to mark this day as it coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination since 1999.  Our cultural diversity is a great strength and brings with it a whole host of traditions, religions, languages and of course, food! It helps us to do things in different ways, reduces discrimination and lets us accept difference. Despite this, being anything other than Anglo can sometimes be challenging in Australia. It can feel like there’s nobody else like you and people’s lack of understanding sometimes leads to conflict.  History Behind Harmony Day  Harmony Day was first celebrated in Australia in 1999, but its roots go back hundreds of years. In 2017, researchers published evidence in the journal “Nature” that the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians landed th

Workplace Discrimination

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Discrimination | Type of Discrimination  Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, disability or sexual orientation, as well as other categories. Age discrimination  Disability discrimination  Religious discrimination  Race, color and sex discrimination  National origin  I have also faced discriminations at workplace many times. I came to Australia after pursuing my year 12. After two months, I stared working in an Indian restaurant. As having no experience in restaurant and not have great ability to understand Australian accent, I faced a lot of discrimination and bully at work from work colleagues and owner. They used to pass taunts on me saying, "Go back to your home, this country is not for you", "your parents hasn't taught you anything as they might be illiter