Notes from the margins: systems of exclusion

Just as the Jewish religious system in Jesus’ day was an order of exclusion – so society in Australia has promoted exclusion. Fortification and ghetto-isation are profoundly disturbing communities. Suburbs with high walls, gates and security entries are being built. Public housing of the 70s has been refurbished and sold off at inflated prices. By the same token, low cost housing is placed in isolated areas and with no, little or poor quality infrastructure support!

Notes from the margins were taken from notes I made while reading the book “Rethinking Youth”. Johanna Wyn and Rob White. Rethinking Youth. St Leonards, NSW. Allen and Unwin. 1997.

Posted by Peter Hotchkin