Racial discrimination became illegal in Australia in 1976, but that hasn't protected Indigenous people from still being much worse off, including in terms of health, education and unemployment. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 12.5 times more likely to be in prison than non-Indigenous people, according to the Australian Government. The report says 75% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members and staff experience racism and discrimination in the workplace – a 3.5% increase from the 2011 survey. 3. According to Statistics Canada’s 2004 General Social Survey (GSS), Aboriginal women experience much higher rates of violence than non-Aboriginal women. 2. Racism is a key determinant of the health of Indigenous Australians that may explain the unremitting gap in health and socioeconomic outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We quantified the population-based prevalence of experiences of racism of Indigenous adults in the Australian state of Victoria and investigated whether this was … Statistics Canada also reported the following findings: Aboriginal women 15 years and older are 3.5 times more likely to experience violence than non-Aboriginal women. The State of Reconciliation report released February 2016 found that 1 in 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had experienced verbal racial abuse in the six months before the survey.All people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, have the right to live their lives … Many end up trapped by poverty and crime. Close to 20% of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background reported experiences of racial discrimination from their teachers. ‘Racism is a major barrier for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in accessing quality and appropriate healthcare,’ Associate Professor O’Mara said. Statistics from a few years ago show that up to 22% of people with African backgrounds, too, felt they received work-based discrimination. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults make up two per cent of the national population, but 27 per cent of the national prison population, according to the ABS. Aboriginal Australians could be the oldest population of humans living outside of Africa, where one theory says they migrated from in boats 70,000 years ago. 1. Chair of the RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Associate Professor Peter O’Mara said that racism was a major contributor to poor social and emotional wellbeing. 32% of people of Aboriginal origin in a similar survey stated that they received what they felt to be racial discrimination simply by … The former Victorian premier said he was concerned about the impact of racism upon the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. By almost every measurable indicator, the Aboriginal population in Canada is treated worse and lives with more hardship than the African-American population. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience racial discrimination all the time.