Originally posted by Toya

Oh my ****ing god Lawwwd. Smh.

This is like a white American saying this about Native Americans. Omg.

Originally posted by willmcclure9

I've only lived in Melbourne for about a 3 months and the amount of racism i've witnessed. Especially to Indians and Asians is shocking

Originally posted by Jackk

Lemme set things straight in here. As I am Australian and visited my fair share of other countries.

1. The deadly animals that can literally kill you are located far away from the cities. We have a tiny amount of deaths per year related to animal attacks, I'm talking about 10 deaths per year... You're 1000x more likely to be shot in America than attacked by an animal in Australia.

2. Our oceans are perfectly fine to swim in. I was actually bitten by a jelly fish in Miami but never had that issue in Australia. We have thousands of amazing beaches that are safe. We have tones of rivers and lakes that are not infested with crocs and other deadly animals. You are safe here!

3. We're not all racist at all. I find Australia to be a very diverse community and blacks/Asians/Indians are very welcome here. When I visited America I was disgusted at how blacks were treated. I just wanted to hold them and bring them home with me!! We do however have some older generation aboriginals who hate anything that isn't aboriginal. They're the ones who are racist as they claim their land was stolen (um no, earth is earth and we are all welcome to walk amongst it, no one actually owns land )

4. Australia is obsessed with EDM, country music, pop music and rnb. Pink is not as big as people claim.

5. We're not homophobic. I have never experienced homophobia but I have in England and USA. We do however have conservative driven people who are against marriage equality, but every country has that.

6. Australia is not a dry and baron land. We have snow, rain forrest, mountains full of life and desert. We have every type of land style the rest of the earth has to offer.

7. Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world. Fact.

8. Our people are sexy asf

Bye!

Originally posted by Lynx

Reading points 1 and 2 like " educate these girls, clean up these stereotypes"

Reading point 3 and basically everything else after it like ""

Part of the problem is a lot of racist people don't even realise/accept that they're racist, even though every second word that comes out of their mouth is problematic.

Originally posted by Jackk

They're the ones who are racist as they claim their land was stolen (um no, earth is earth and we are all welcome to walk amongst it, no one actually owns land )

Originally posted by Jackk

I understand why my comment may be a little offensive. I do wish to however clarify;

1. I have a ton of respect for aboriginal land and the fact they are the original inhabitants of Australia.

2. I understand fully that they have certain rights to land and respect that.

However, again. I do not appreciate that they can *SOMETIMES* (older generation) be racist against whites, and all other nationalities when it comes to being out and about. I and a lot of others have been randomly approached and or attacked for being on everyday land (this sometimes happens in fully functioning cities) and have been asked to "**** off" because they are the original habitants.

My belief (remember this is my belief) is that everyone should have the right to visit and or travel anywhere they choose to so long as they are respectful to where they are. Some aboriginals here fail to see that.

I bought this up to clarify that Australia is not generally a racist country but there are issues with certain people and certain areas where aboriginal population is higher. I hope this makes sense?

Originally posted by Jackk

I think people need to understand that Australians are very vocal and honest about things. Which can sometimes yes come across racist but it's nothing to take seriously.

"Asians are slow drivers" is a common joke here that people make but it's an example of simple Australian humour. Not to be taken seriously.

Originally posted by Lynx

Part of the problem is a lot of racist people don't even realise/accept that they're racist, even though every second word that comes out of their mouth is problematic.

Originally posted by Grumpy Gills

I mean if you ignore the racism, the homophobia and the fact the every living thing there will at some point try to kill you, then yes it's perfect.

Originally posted by Jackk

I understand why my comment may be a little offensive. I do wish to however clarify;

1. I have a ton of respect for aboriginal land and the fact they are the original inhabitants of Australia.

2. I understand fully that they have certain rights to land and respect that.

However, again. I do not appreciate that they can *SOMETIMES* (older generation) be racist against whites, and all other nationalities when it comes to being out and about. I and a lot of others have been randomly approached and or attacked for being on everyday land (this sometimes happens in fully functioning cities) and have been asked to "**** off" because they are the original habitants.

My belief (remember this is my belief) is that everyone should have the right to visit and or travel anywhere they choose to so long as they are respectful to where they are. Some aboriginals here fail to see that.

I bought this up to clarify that Australia is not generally a racist country but there are issues with certain people and certain areas where aboriginal population is higher. I hope this makes sense?

Originally posted by Toya

Sounds like you're just putting all the blame for the racial issues on them.

Originally posted by Save My Life

I, as an Aboriginal man, would like you to shut the **** up. This is some invalid and misinformed **** I read on a daily basis. A majority of the Indigenous population are so aggrivated by white people because because we're so used to being treated like animals. That is why our community stick to ourselves, and only talk amongst ourselves because we're mistreated a lot in public and I don't even have to elaborate on that.

But whenever we defend ourselves, here comes the flooding comments and statements "ITS UR FAULT!!" "YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE LIKE DIS" "YOU GET MORE THAN US".. It's sad, because our community is so welcoming and kind, but, like anyone else we refuse to let anyone walk over us.

EDIT: and oh, regarding your "everyone is free to go wherever statement".. Most of the Indigenous community are supporting refugees fleeing from their countries to have a better life in Australia.. As oppossed to a majority of white people who are overly afraid of apparent Islam based terrorism.