What do you of when you some one mentions a racist.The usual stereotype is some ignorant hick with a beer in his hand. But we all know, racism exists every where. You don't have to look far to see it. Just check out your grandparents. I'm sure they'll have plenty of stories about how some race is untrustworthy, dirty players, another is dumb or something.
Let's face it. Racism is dumb. It stems from an irrational fear. And it's even dumber if you live in Australia. One of the top ten racist phrases include "go back to where you came from". Well, if you have any basic knowledge of Australian history, you'd know that the first white settlers were convicts who pretty much stole the land from the Australian aborigines. This applies to America with the American Indians and many other places. Because back then, it was all about conquering everything. That's why so many languages have gone missing. Because ages ago, conquers would eradicate entire clans, eliminating cultures, values, languages in the thought that they were superior and therefore these inferior beings and everything that came with them did not need to survive.
Skipping the history lesson, what I'm trying to say is, out of all people, Australians really have no right to be racist. Because in reality, unless you're an Australian Aborigine, you could technically "go back to where you came from."
Let's face it, in this globalised era, everything's everyone's. It's all about the human race now. You invent something, we'll take it and turn it into this. All this fear about immigrants taking jobs away. Jobs exist because of other nations. Who else is buying Australia's coal? Most immigrants don't even have high paying jobs because of language barriers. And in reality, those complaining don't want the immigrants jobs, they just want to complain for the sake of it. If i hired them and gave them a broom and washcloth most of them would probably chuck it right back at me.
Complaining is the easy way out. If you really want to see change, make something happen through actions.
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