Deceptichum@quokk.auM to Australia@quokk.auEnglish · 9 hours agoAustralia is an ethnocracy — but we have a framework to become an egalitarian multicultural societywww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkAustralia is an ethnocracy — but we have a framework to become an egalitarian multicultural societywww.abc.net.auDeceptichum@quokk.auM to Australia@quokk.auEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareFistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoSadly, I know someone who is both Muslim and Asian (an Indonesian woman) who voted for Pauline Hanson because of her irrational hatred of aboriginals She moved to this country, and then voted for someone who has campaigned specifically against her presence here, all because of her own prejudice What the fuck can we do in the face of such brain-melting stupidity? It’s the first time I have come close to suggesting that maybe Australia isn’t right for someone who immigrated here (actually, I’ve told more than a few white South Africans that their shit attitudes aren’t welcome here)
Sadly, I know someone who is both Muslim and Asian (an Indonesian woman) who voted for Pauline Hanson because of her irrational hatred of aboriginals
She moved to this country, and then voted for someone who has campaigned specifically against her presence here, all because of her own prejudice
What the fuck can we do in the face of such brain-melting stupidity?
It’s the first time I have come close to suggesting that maybe Australia isn’t right for someone who immigrated here
(actually, I’ve told more than a few white South Africans that their shit attitudes aren’t welcome here)