Social Justice. Minority Rights. Regain of public spaces and civil movement from the Philippines

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The oppressions that different classes and ethnic groups face are linked to a greater institutional issue. "Overly long working hours exploits the time of Hong Kong adults to cook, to shop, to take care of their children and elderlies" (Constable, 2005). Many workers are thrown into the labour force in order to earn an income to support their families, in which they sacrifice the time to spend with each other (the basic family reunion) and the the to take care of the family. "Comparing with the importation of labour, the cost of offering free childcare and services for the elderly is much higher. It would have been the responsibility of the government, but the importation of foreign domestic helpers help the government to escape from the obligation in a certain extent. The government lays the responsibility of nursing and caring problems back to the families themselves and regards these out of its responsibility. This is seen as a solution that is similar to neo-liberalism. In this paper, it is going to analyse how the ethnic minorities contend against the institutionalised racism they face in daily life, by using the movement where the Philippine domestic migrant workers fight for their rights and justice as an example. What's more, it also investigates the relationship between liberalism and polyethnic rights by stating and reviewing Will Kymlicka's Liberal Multiculturalism.

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Andrea Fung developed an early interest in languages for she grew up in a bilingual environment in Hong Kong. Having a unique linguistic background in the bilingual policy of two written languages (written Chinese and English) and three spoken codes (spoken Cantonese, Putonghua, and spoken English), she developed a curious mind as to with regards to cross-cultural exchange. Due to this, she decided to take up a course that is related to language, communication and culture. During her university years, and upon graduation in 2016, Fung received scholarships in recognition of outstanding academic performance. Such awards gained her a nomination for research assistant to professor on Gender Studies. Her summer internship position at German Swiss International School also delivered career benefit of working under a multicultural environment. While attending secondary school, Fung showed herself as a multi-talented young lady with strong sense of commitment and positive outlook of life. She was the prize winner of the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (English Speech) every year. Apart from pursuing her interest in the above, Fung had also proven herself capable of working independently and effectively as a responsible student. She served well as Editor of the School Chinese Newsletter, Project-based Learning Prefect, Personal, Society & Humanity Education Prefect, English Ambassador, and Vice Chairlady and Chairlady of the School Orchestra. Outside of the school, she took the role of a Sunday-School assistant and joined a local wind performing arts association that gave her opportunities to perform in annual concerts, Band Fairs and masterclasses. When she is not preoccupied by other local activities, Fung enjoys spending her time writing as it is one of her dreams to have her writings published. She also spends a great deal of time listening to classical music and volunteering with local NGOs for animal adoption and wildlife conservation. Right now, she is expanding her field of knowledge on TED as translator and transcriber, and is learning to edit for court reporters under Ms. Linda Evenson. In a few years, she will now be able to fulfil one of her life's wishes: to achieve a Master's Degree in Linguistics and use this to provide people with true information about language and set aside the groundless thoughts about language that humans are all prone to, which is important for all reasons to do with fairness, equality and the future of humanity.