Now the Australians are protesting

[MiddleAgedMusings]

Their main target is Indians.
Indians. Who have come legally - not on boats - but on aeroplanes, with the correct visas, who are students seeking further education in order to train as doctors, nurses, or whatever so that they can give back to Australia - Or they are already trained in a profession that the government has outlined has a shortage.

Australia is absolutely solid to get into with specific qualifications or experience being a mandatory requirement and the financial means to support one self. The whole western world constantly puts Australia on a pedestal for not being a soft touch for immigration. How are these protesters questioning the value of this diaspora's contribution to the Australian economy, and how can anybody deny that it's pure racism?

Australia doesn't have a problem luring white British nurses and doctors to their shores with generous repatriation packages, but an Indian nurse or doctor aren't good enough. Australians don't have a problem with their white teenagers or graduates emigrating to western countries for 10 years before fucking off back to Australia when it's time to settle down, but god forbid anybody does it the other way

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/05/melbourne-immigration-migrated-indians-targeted-racist-messaging-asking-why-ntwnfbArticle
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Perhaps do some research into why attitudes to slavery started to change around the end of the 18th century. You might be surprised at what you find.

Do you know any of your ancestors who directly suffered at the hands of the Romans or Vikings?

My husband is almost 89. He knew his grandfather who was the first generation in his family born a free man. He was born on the plantation where his family had been slaves. We can look at the stock books from that plantation and see the records of his family because they were recorded as stock like the horses and pigs. Not quite the same is it.

You think black people should be paying compensation to slave owners.

The world is truly crazy.

@Starlia Let’s start with reparations for slavery

No, let's not.

Coming from someone who spent alot of time in Melbourne this is exactly how white Australians are! Lots of offensive names they made up too for other groups of non whites or even white ppl from other countries. Massively entitled , hence why Australia has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give greater political rights to Indigenous people in a referendum. Quoted from the bbc

No, compensation for slavery!

It is actually not. I understand the argument of mass immigration and how it has people worrying.

What i do not like is when racists and yes racists, use the argument to push their own agendas.
Seeing all your posts on this thread alone, never mind your other posts show me which of the 2 you are.
I agree a discussion is needed about mass immigration and i do not shut anyone down who has genuine concerns especially since i also share some of their concerns.
I do usually move on from your posts but i did not agree with your Muslim no go areas. Because is that not what everyone does.
Do other races not do the same, stick to their own areas etc? There are plenty of white “no go areas” where i would not probably feel safe walking around by myself as a Muslim woman.
I personally do not call them no go areas as if i wanted to go then i would be able to but i just would feel not so safe etc.

Many do - Brunei, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda - appear to have the tightest restrictions.
Myanmar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan also restrict citizenship on race with some exceptions.
Thailand, Bhutan, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Kenya, Kuwait, Syria have all denied citizenship to residents making ethnic groups within their country stateless.

Eh? So Britain and colonialism hasn't been mentioned?

I don't allow myself to go down the rabbit hole of avoiding being called a racist. If that's what you think, think on. I won't stop posting my opinions, because of your misplaced observations. It's so easy to throw around labels. I can do that, as well.

Im not doing that. I agree with you. No community should be attacked.

Sorry if I misunderstood. Thanks.

This is quite misleading and I don't know if it is deliberate or not.

Targeting of the Sikh community is not what the post was about. Amar Singh doesn't even make that claim. The Indian community as a whole was singled out prior to the 'protests' by the racists running the show

The recent protest in Bondi was a clash between Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel counter protesters. Not a bunch of surfers reacting 🙄

The Cronulla Race Riots were very much racially motivated. Again, what's with the 'surfers'? The riots did not kick of because some Aussie surfers were sticking up for women 🙄
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/cronulla-race-riots

The gang rapes in 2000 carried out by a gang of Lebanese youths were so disturbing there are no words. It definitely played a part in what led up to the Cronulla race riots. It was only 4 years after Anita Cobby, one of the most horrific crimes ever which strangely did not contribute to violence and rioting in the community. I do not understand your "People are still angry about this because the attacks were racially motivated" Are they more palatable if they are not racially motivated? People need to be angry about ALL attacks on women

I'm not even going to dignify the gossip about the tragic event that killed a young boy and injured 4 others. The woman had her own child in the car FFS.
A man with a pretty ordinary Aus sounding name actually DID deliberately drive his car into a child care centre recently and hardly got any coverage outside of the state. There have been a few cars driven into schools/child care centres, not that you'd know it 🙄

When I see posts like these, I can understand how people get sucked into the world of the racist protestors. Much like those who immerse themselves in the conspiracy theory cults 🤷‍♀️

I think that this is at the heart of it. Indians are perceived to ignore diversity recruitment laws and are accused of favouring nepotism, once they are in a position to do so.

Matthew Syed has interesting takes on this - a lot of the Asian countries that have been part of immigration policies (Pakistan, India etc) are from Tribal collectivist societies and they will just prioritise their family over any one else. Whereas most Christian Western countries are individualistic and will favour merit. Things like first cousin marriages reinforce this - less diversity outside the family etc.

It is a clash, whichever way you want to cut it.

It happened nearly two hundred years ago. It was terrible but the Irish are not the only people who have ever suffered but we would be forgiven for thinking it happened last week by the number of times it is brought up. Most ordinary British people were equally oppressed, as I pointed out. I was not responsible and will not apologise for something I had nothing to do with. Many British people have emigrated - some of the earliest emigrées to Australia were British people who were transported there for crimes such as stealing a loaf of bread because they were starving and had no money. It happened, it shouldn't have happened but it did and we don't keep harping on it.

There is so much ignorance with this post that I despair. Read more than O level history before telling people not to ‘harp on’. You are showing up how little knowledge you have.

And I can assume you have a history degree? You accuse me of being ignorant, but if you really know your history, you will recognise that it is much more nuanced than goodies versus baddies. You are reiterating the line that is very fashionable at the moment of the British being the worst people ever. This is simply not the case. Of course there were dark times in our history but this is so for every country in the world. The British have also been a force for good throughout the centuries. We cannot judge the past by present sensibilities but what we should and must do is to learn from history to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past.

With all due respect, when it comes to the British occupation and oppression of Ireland, it absolutely was a case of goodies vs baddies. Ireland did nothing to warrant the occupation, theft and pillaging of their land and people.

You continue to show a complete lack of both knowledge and comprehension.

But absolutely back up your nonsensical post with the facts of good v bad. I’m sure we can’t wait to read your facts —thoughts— on the subject.

Er, thanks for the information that I already knew given I'm Irish myself, and one of the illegal Irish immigrants to the US in the 1990's is one of my best friends!

I think you misunderstood the point of my post entirely.

Australians aren't protesting @MiddleAgedMusings.

Racists and Neo-nazis are revolting and trying to spread their disease.🤮 Here, in the US, everywhere! Its a pandemic of hate.

Fortunately people are people and if we survive this, there is hope.

Sorry I read it as we should all pay the slave owners as we all benefitted.

Aren't laws enforced?

Or just reading things from someone else's perspective rather than following what the media says as if its fact without ever thinking that it could possibly be biased in anyway.