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I took a trip recently to Sydney and Melbourne with a few of my employees who are not caucasian.
At night walking they did receive a couple of verbal racist insults. One of them was called Leb for some reason, yet he is from India.
However, during the day people were very personable with them and often engaging them in business discussions rather than myself.
I ask them about their experience and they seem to relate the racism in the US as more undisclosed and more sinister in nature. Overall, the positive influences during the day outweighed the racist jeers they received at night.
I think that interesting in the US that type of conduct would be simply not tolerated in most locations.
I was wondering if any of you have thoughts on this difference between these 2 countries.
Well, Australia through most of the 20th Century has a "White Australia" immigration policy. This was so strict that an international scandal erupted when an African American scholar or official, I don't remember who it was now, traveling to a conference in Australia, was detained trying to enter the country.
Well, Australia through most of the 20th Century has a "White Australia" immigration policy. This was so strict that an international scandal erupted when an African American scholar or official, I don't remember who it was now, traveling to a conference in Australia, was detained trying to enter the country.
Whats that got to do with Australia in 2012?
The White Australia Policy was abolished in 1966.
Last edited by danielsa1775; 07-11-2012 at 12:11 AM..
I live in a VERY diverse area of Melbourne and a lot of Lebanese people actually use the word 'Leb/Lebo' with pride and post stuff on Facebook like, "LEBO PRIDE FOR LIFE!" Kind of like how some black people in the USA use the 'n' word amongst themselves.
I have never heard leb/lebo used in a racist manner - but that could be due to my upbringing in a really diverse suburb.
Well, Australia through most of the 20th Century has a "White Australia" immigration policy. This was so strict that an international scandal erupted when an African American scholar or official, I don't remember who it was now, traveling to a conference in Australia, was detained trying to enter the country.
whats that got to do with anything?
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Originally Posted by baddoctor
It was in Sydney and it did not carry on more than a single yell. They noticed no one seemed to be bothered by it and were not repeatedly taunted.
Old attitudes die hard. Just because Civil Rights laws were passed in the US in the 1960's doesn't mean the population became tolerant overnight. Attitudes get passed down over generations. Both Australia and the US voted against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2 of only 4 nations to do so, and they fought the document's drafting process all the way, for about a decade and a half. In the 90's, Australia welcomed White South Africans fleeing "regime change" in their country. Why would Afrikaaners find Australia so enticing? (They also flocked to Russia. This tells you something about Russia.) The youngest generations are the hope for the future. In the US, at least, there's more interracial dating, and mingling in the workplace. The tech sector seems to be leading the way, hiring all talented persons they can find without regard to race. We can only hope the trend continues.
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