Suicides From Discrimination
Aboriginal community members of Narrogin, a small West Australian town 200km south of Perth, attribute to suicides which occurred in 2008 to racism and discrimination. They claim that discrimination included being told there were no jobs at the council, only to see the jobs offered to white people. Discrimination and racism can have a negative impact on people’s mental and physical health. Members of Aboriginal communities have a perception that also police treats them differently than white people when they respond to calls.