The morbid effects associated with racism experienced by immigrants: Findings from Australia

Racism can be defined as the avoidable and unfair inequalities in power, resources, capacities and opportunities across racial or ethnic groups, occurring through stereotypes, prejudices, violence or discrimination that range from racial slurs to deeply embedded inequities in social systems and structures (Berman and Paradies, 2010). In the context of increasing globalisation and unprecedented migration flows across the world, racism remains a social problem of worldwide significance (United Nations, 2009). Survey evidence from around the globe indicates that racism is on the rise in Europe (Brika et al, 1997; Semyonov et al., 2006), the USA (Gallup Poll, 2014), the UK (The Guardian, 2014) and Australia (Markus, 2014)….