Sang+Nguyen

My name is Sang Nguyen
 * __UN Declaration of Human Rights__**
 * Article 7**
 * All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. **

I have chosen this article as most crimes are committed has to have full proof which, are usually shown in court. Once all the evidence is shown the jury would decide if they are guilty or not. If the people of the jury are racist, sexist or discriminating against the person, the person is more likely to get convicted even if they are innocent. This can result in a person being sent to jail for number of years before they find out they are innocent. Once you are in jail it stays in your record for the rest of your life.

__**a) Identify the rhyming pattern of this poem and provide an example.** __ The rhythm of the poem is AABBCCDDCC and repeat. An example of this is: decise Let's forget the old-time **slavers**: (A) Give us fellowship, not **favours**; (A) Encouragement, not **prohibitions**, (B) Homes, not settlements and **missions**. (B) We need love, not **overlordship**, (C) Grip of hand, not whip-hand **wardship**; (C) Opportunity that **places** (D) White and black on equal **basis**. (D) You dishearten, not defend **us**, (C) Circumscribe, who should befriend **us**. (C)
 * __Aboriginal Charter of Rights__**

__ **b) Explain what a 'charter' is and how this title links to the content of the poem.** __ A charter is a piece of legislation's of agreements written by the people who is in power of the country. This links to the title "Aboriginal Charter of Rights" as in the poem Oodgeroo Noonuccal is talking about what the Indigenous people want and what the are receiving from the white people and how their right have been violated. __ **c) "Opportunity that places White and black on equal basis" How do these two lines link the poem to the concept of social justice?** __ That quote relates the the poem because the poem is about how the Indigenous people have been treated throughout time. It also links to social justice as in the quote black people arent given a fair go which is also relevant in the poem. __ **d) In paragraph form select TWO techniques used in this poem and write about them using the four step process:** __ __ **1. Identify technique** __ __ **2. Provide example** __ __ **3. Explain the effect** __ __ **4. Link back to Social Justice** __ __ **NOTE: You must use complex/sophisticated techniques not basic 'repetition'** __ Through out the poem the repetition of the technique juxtaposition is evident. An example of this is, "Must we native Old Australians in our land rank as aliens?" This quote is referring to how the Aboriginals were the original inhabitants but they are the one being treated differently from the rest of the nation. The use of juxtaposition allows us to see the contrast between the two ways the Aboriginals have been treated. This is similar to the different ways people are being treated differently around the world, either due to their skin colour, race or even culture. Another technique evident in the poem is biblical allusion. This is used in the line " You the law, like Roman Pontius". The quote is talking about when Pontious Pilate condemned Jesus to be crucified on the cross. This is similar as the law is condemning the Aboriginals without a fair trial. This effects describes to the reader what is happening to them and they refer it back to something that most people would know, in this case it is Pontius Pilate.

__ **e) What is the purpose of the poem? and How do you know this?** __ The purpose of the poem is to inform us of the injustice the Indigenous people of Australia had to endure to this day. We know this as it quotes " White and black on equal basis". This tells us that the black people ha not been treated equally to the white people.

__ **Aboriginal Social Justice** __