How did the ethnocentrism of the British and the First Australians cause conflict between the two groups?

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one's ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one's own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern to language, behavior, customs, and religion.

Ethnocentrism plays a big role in the history between the British and the Aboriginals. Long ago when the British came to establish a bond with the first Australians, the Aboriginals. The British saw the Aboriginals as a less advanced race that was inferior to them. Unlike the British who wore clothes, the Aboriginals dressed much like cavemen. The British wielded guns while the first Australians wielded spears. As we all know, a gun is definitely more advanced compared to a spear. That aside, after the British had learned about the Aboriginal’s ways, the British tried to help them. Their so-called ‘help’ meant taking the Aboriginal’s children into a white colonized school. To the British, the Aboriginals were savages. So by taking their children to a British school, they believed that they were helping them become more civilized. This act greatly impacted the land of Australia. Eventually, the Aboriginals rebelled against the British. But sadly spears were just toys to the superior British with more advanced weapons such as a gun. Today the Aboriginal race is unknown to many. The large race of Aboriginals has decreased from more than 250 clans to less than 50. The harsh life that they had lived through shows us that ethnocentrism only allows us to see the great things we have that others don’t. The colonization of Australia was a terrible act. Such a phenomenon must never be repeated again.

An Apology from the Australians to the Aboriginals

Dear people of Australia,
I believe that you should apologize for all the wronged doings you have done. Long ago you people came and took away everything that the Native people had. At first contact, these people may have seemed like uncivilized barbarians. In order to change them to follow your 'civilized' ways, you people stole their children. By stealing their children, you tried to wipe out their dark skin tone by making them mate with one of your white people! You may call these people animals, but the real animals are you. They may not have shared the same customs or traditions, so what right did you people have to change them? A sorry may not be able to remove all the horrible things that has happened; but I believe that it is never too late to say 'sorry.'

The Rabbit Proof Fence

In my opinion, a hero is somebody who can lead and help others when in need. Molly is a leader and a hero to her sister, Daisy, and her cousin, Gracie. The three girls were taken to Moore River where they would learn the 'proper' British manners and customs. Sick of the British, Molly decides to take Daisy and Gracie and escape from the school. A storm had broken out which gave Molly the upper hand. Covered up by the storm, the tracker had trouble tracking them. This shows that Molly is a cleaver girl who can lead and guide Gracie and Daisy to safety.

Duet Acting, Shakespeare- Act 1, Scene 2

CASSIUS
Will you go see the order of the course?

BRUTUS
Not I.

CASSIUS
I pray you, do.

BRUTUS
I am not gamesome: I do lack some part
Of that quick spirit that is in Antony.
Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires;
I'll leave you.

CASSIUS
Brutus, I do observe you now of late:
I have not from your eyes that gentleness
And show of love as I was wont to have:
You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand
Over your friend that loves you.

BRUTUS
Cassius,
Be not deceived: if I have veil'd my look,
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. Vexed I am
Of late with passions of some difference,
Conceptions only proper to myself,
Which give some soil perhaps to my behaviors;
But let not therefore my good friends be grieved--
Among which number, Cassius, be you one--
Nor construe any further my neglect,
Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,
Forgets the shows of love to other men.

CASSIUS
Then, Brutus, I have much mistook your passion;
By means whereof this breast of mine hath buried
Thoughts of great value, worthy cogitations.
Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face?

BRUTUS
No, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things.

CASSIUS
'Tis just:
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
That you might see your shadow. I have heard,
Where many of the best respect in Rome,
Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus
And groaning underneath this age's yoke,
Have wish'd that noble Brutus had his eyes.

BRUTUS
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?