Comments on: Racism in Australia

By: samuel welsh

samuel welsh — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:51:56 +0000

awesome bless you,love aboriginal culture and people
May God bless you aborigines are awesome people.

By: samuel welsh

samuel welsh — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:48:31 +0000

indian students should hold thier ground racists are criminals and the police and society should correct them .
Im sure most aussies get on well with indian people.

By: samuel welsh

samuel welsh — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:45:38 +0000

hold your ground there ,get the cops on those idots enjoy chinese and aussie culture
racists have no voice they need serious councling and punishment,
you are a citizen you can get those fools sorted , they have no support .

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:00:02 +0000

I can only speak from my own personal experience. I immigrated to Australia with my parents when I was 9, and have lived there until I was 21. I am of Chinese descent. Since I arrived, feelings of inferiority and unworth crept up on me, to a large extent due to racial abuse and general aggressiveness. I had a huge rock thrown at my head when I was only 9, from older school boys who muttered ‘chinese’ derogatorily as they did it, laughing away. I was also victim of random verbal attacks, and sometimes physical intimidation by strangers. And believe me there is no way of misunderstanding these due to cultural differences nor could I attribute them to Australians just being aussies and having a laugh. I have lived in the diverse inner west of Sydney and the vibrant but anglo-dominated Eastern suburbs, but was still subject to hateful and contempuous attitudes. On the other hand, a lot of Australians I’ve come across are very warm and personable. People seem to be of extremes. I moved to the UK and during the past 5 years I received not a single physical or verbal attack, save for some minor staring at times. I have never felt safer since leaving China.

Also I think if you are not one of the ethnic minoririties then you don’t have personal experience of obvious as well as subtle racial abuse..you don’t have much evidence to speak from.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:58:12 +0000

By: MUAFOR

MUAFOR — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:13:18 +0000

WTF!!
I HATE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE RACIST

By: Australian Sites

Australian Sites — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:37:30 +0000

Firstly – wonderful blog (I have subscribed – and I hope you don’t mind I’ll be adding your site to my directory)

Secondly – A wonderful, thought provoking post !

It saddens me the negative image Australia is getting overseas for being racist.

I do believe a large number of Australians are racist to a certain degree but the same can be said for just about every developed country in the world.
Be it a case of one country having a hatred or rivalry with its neighbour, out right persecution of a particular race or simply a nations belief that it is superior to others, racism is seen in varying degrees throughout the world and mostly the cause is fear and ignorance.

Every nation has work to do when it comes to all “isms” not just racism and not just Australia.

Australia became my home 27 years ago and I instantly fell in love this the place. The biggest challenge to me though was the Australian language. No I did not have to learn English, I came from England … but Australian English was the cause of much confusion (and frustration) for a long time

Thanks for a great post

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:07:57 +0000

I left Australia because there is too much discrimination and racism. I feel sorry for the people who has to live over there against their will. No job, No money, no future, No house only hardship

Good luck with your land

Robert

By: Bruce Tritton

Bruce Tritton — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:06:19 +0000

I find it amazing how many ‘Poms’ criticize Australia as racist. Perhaps it is time for a reality check.

England built the largest empire the world has ever or will ever see. How? By butchering the natives, taking their lands and enslaving them. And they call us racist?

I lived in England for 12 months and one thing stood out and that is that they hate everyone. This is truly a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

When a group of people bring their culture to our country along with their belief systems, expect us to change to suit their culture, gang rape our women, whine and complain about racism even though they would never leave this country of course it creates ill will. The simple fact is that much of the racism in Australia is bought here with immigration.

And somehow it is white people’s fault that ‘some’ Aboriginal communities suffer alcoholism, child abuse? They do not suffer poor health care. That is what the media tells us. They have completely free medical care and many choose not to use it.

I have worked with ‘real’ aboriginal people in the Northern Territory and they are wonderful. They have their own communities where alcohol is banned and child abuse is never an issue.

Randall is correct. Australia is one of the least racist countries on earth.

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