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Old 06-11-2009, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by dpastern View Post
That said, I always felt that John Howard was a racist and to be honest, that many Australians are racist. I watch many Australians give foreigners dirty looks and it isn't nice or pretty. Coming from a NESB, I view things a different way I guess.
It's funny, racism often involves people stereotyping a particular race or culture based on a minority of "bad eggs". And the irony here is that your basing your feelings that many Australians are racist based on a minority you see in day to day life. Put it this way, I think your focusing too much on a select few because your sensitive to this kind of reaction, and missing the many who walk on by seeing just another human being regardless of race/culture.

Sorry, but I just take offence to the notion that many Australians are racist. That's just simply not true.

Last edited by h0ughy; 07-11-2009 at 11:30 AM.