Is Australia racist? (1 Viewer)

[darkfenrir]

We are racist in our hearts, but our society forces us through political correctness to speak otherwise or be shunned.

 

[kaz1]

We are racist in our hearts, but our society forces us through political correctness to speak otherwise or be shunned.

no one is born racist, it is society that makes racism in a person

 

[nerdasdasd]

Racism is a complex issue, though its human nature,... People generally fear or have suspicion of those who do not 'act' or 'look' normal. E.g. People turn their heads when they see 2 men holding hands.

 

[isildurrrr1]

Multicultiralism isn't a problem. Those who fail to integrate and assimilate are.

weakest argument against immigrants ever.

you expect people who just moved to a country to automatically "assimilate" lol.

Yeah remember the time everyone was bitching about the greeks, irish, germans and the italians for not assimilating? Australian is a new world/ immigrant country in the first place. It's in the name that were bound to have different cultures everywhere. And also define "assimilate." It's funny when I see white boys chewing down chinese food and bitch about asians immigrating. real smack on the head.

 

[SylviaB]

Yeah remember the time everyone was bitching about the greeks, irish, germans and the italians for not assimilating? Australian is a new world/ immigrant country in the first place

Yeah, except notice how all of those cultures you just listed were EUROPEAN.

Show me a single country where sudanese or somalians have assimilated like the greeks or the Germans have.

 

[SylviaB]

no one is born racist, it is society that makes racism in a person

hey let's just assert things!!!!!

 

[nerdasdasd]

Yeah, except notice how all of those cultures you just listed were EUROPEAN.

Show me a single country where sudanese or somalians have assimilated like the greeks or the Germans have.

Assimilation would mean that they need to give up their culture and customs.

 

[SylviaB]

Assimilation would mean that they need to give up their culture and customs.

which is precisely why we shouldn't let them come here in the first place then?

 

[soloooooo]

Yeah, except notice how all of those cultures you just listed were EUROPEAN.

Show me a single country where sudanese or somalians have assimilated like the greeks or the Germans have.

There is none as they haven't.

 

[soloooooo]

weakest argument against immigrants ever.

you expect people who just moved to a country to automatically "assimilate" lol.

Yeah remember the time everyone was bitching about the greeks, irish, germans and the italians for not assimilating? Australian is a new world/ immigrant country in the first place. It's in the name that were bound to have different cultures everywhere. And also define "assimilate." It's funny when I see white boys chewing down chinese food and bitch about asians immigrating. real smack on the head.

The problem isn't just some first generation immigrants, we are seeing the problems occur in second generation muslims also.

 

[SylviaB]

"They just need time to assimilate!!! They'll be just like greeks and germans and irishmen!

 

[nerdasdasd]

Without immigrants, Australia wouldn't be the place it was totay.

 

[SylviaB]

Without immigrants, Australia wouldn't be the place it was totay.

Without EUROPEAN immigrants

 

[LANADELREY]

Without immigrants, Australia wouldn't be the place it was totay.

So you're admitting that immigration can change a country. I assume you mean that in the sense that immigrants have made positive contributions to Australia. On the other hand, does this mean that there could be immigrants that disproportionately make negative contributions?

 

[soloooooo]

So you're admitting that immigration can change a country. I assume you mean that in the sense that immigrants have made positive contributions to Australia. On the other hand, does this mean that there could be immigrants that disproportionately make negative contributions?

Yes, absolutely.

 

[darkfenrir]

I love it how there's like 4 or 5 critical thinking people beating the verbal shit out of >20 opponents in this debate LOL

 

[isildurrrr1]

Yeah, except notice how all of those cultures you just listed were EUROPEAN.

Show me a single country where sudanese or somalians have assimilated like the greeks or the Germans have.

Yes and I purposely mentioned that, because before everyone bitched about the greeks and italian "wogs" destroying australian way of life with their pesky smoked meats and their non-protestant Christianity. If you got any non-british blood in you (which is most australians), you can absolutely not bitch about immigrants at all, especially if you're irish, greek or italian.

Yeah comparing refugees with the regular immigration population is a real accurate depiction of total immigrants. Actually, African immigrants in the USA (at least) are considered a model minority.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/mar/19/20070319-092045-6645r/

Yeah we might as well bring back white australia policy and let only white people in, that'll really show how australia is trying to integrate with the world. Our neighbors are asian countries, no shit Australia is going to have mass amount of asian immigrants. Lets bring back yellow peril and get these gooks off our land! White australia fuck yeah! worked out so well for our country right!

 

[Kurby]

Multicultiralism isn't a problem. Those who fail to integrate and assimilate are.

It takes time for people to assimilate. Take the example of Greeks and Italians. They seem to have settled well. It'll be the same for *New Australians* such as Asians, and Muslims. Plus what's the problem with having different separate cultures and identities anyway?

 

[isildurrrr1]

It takes time for people to assimilate. Take the example of Greeks and Italians. They seem to have settled well. It'll be the same for *New Australians* such as Asians, and Muslims. Plus what's the problem with having different separate cultures and identities anyway?

because bigots need a scapegoat for their ills. immigrants are somehow a threat to society lol. omg they live together and don't assimilate but also tell them please don't move into my nice white neighborhood. yeah real great way of trying to get people to assimilate.

 

[SylviaB]

If you got any non-british blood in you (which is most australians), you can absolutely not bitch about immigrants at all, especially if you're irish, greek or italian.

Well I don't, but not all immigrants are the same.

Yeah comparing refugees with the regular immigration population is a real accurate depiction of total immigrants. Actually, African immigrants in the USA (at least) are considered a model minority.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/mar/19/20070319-092045-6645r/

yeah, because the smart ones get expansive benefits and funding to go to america to study. They're an elite sample, they're not comparable to Australia or european countries.

And isn't it strange? African immigrants in the progressive welfare states of europe commit more crime than in "Racist" america? That didn't set of any alarm bells that something might be a little bit different?

Yeah we might as well bring back white australia policy and let only white people in, that'll really show how australia is trying to integrate with the world. Our neighbors are asian countries, no shit Australia is going to have mass amount of asian immigrants.

I didn't actually mention asians.

Lets bring back yellow peril and get these gooks off our land! White australia fuck yeah! worked out so well for our country right!

Uh, it kind of did work out tremendously well? You can't really say that Australia would have been considerably worse of without a bunch of south-east asians?