I'm just wondering what all our Indigenous Australians think of all these predominantly white 'foreigners' taking over the media in their own previously black populated Australia?

Australia is just so multicultural now, that it is a wonder we have such a wonderful country that everyone seems desperate to get to?

We must have done something right, surely?
Our multicultural history makes Australia what it is today.

We should continue to welcome diversity- including on the electronic media.

The American Comedian displayed the Australian as a pommie redneck culture although he did it in jest, alot of its not far from reality .
"Australian values" I dont subscribe to this I do however subscribe to universal values where you have duty to country , obeying laws as a citizen and so on , If australian values is about the stolen generation and the cronula riots where hooligans wave the aussie flag Pauline Hanson,the tampa crisis and silent racism reeks in the mediawhere it displays other races as inferior or non existent as part of the mainstream I couldnt agree more with the author .I migrated here from a British asian background and I tell you after 35 years of existence in this country I am appaled by the sick racist views of right wing nationalist who really are Facist . who believe their view and race are superior to all the citizens of 300 nations of the world
when really they are a bunch of pommie rednecks who do not understand social inclusion ,cohesion and pride of the nation for all citizens
You can see the rise of racism in the community and international views of australian as Pommie rednecks ( Robyn williams statement on the david letterman show" All this is the result of right wing nationalism Maybe one day Australia will wake up by then it could be too late its reputation tarnished and communitys divided rather then having a cohesive society

Thanks, Jay, for the sum-total of your wisdom - I love OLO: even someone with an IQ of 80 can contribute.

No, I don't think inter-marriage necessarily, or often, leads to what you call assimilation. I think assimilation has always been a bogey-man. Kids seem to be quite comfortable with multiple identities, depending on the context.

And as Darwin noted in his comments about hybrid vigour (check out his Descent of Man), such mixing tends to produce more intelligent, certainly better looking, kids, an opportunity for Anglos to improve the genetics of their descendants.

None of us lives forever: as the probability rises of our children and grandchildren marrying people from other groups, yes, it becomes less and less likely that 'pure-whites' will have 'pure-white' descendants.

It's all good, mate ! Put that in your .... and smoke it.

suzeonline,
I am not interested in trolling, and don't expect responses from other posters, but I would like to give you an answer to your question about what "our Indigenous Australians think of all these predominantly white 'foreigners' taking over the media in their own previously black populated Australia?"

Unfortunately, many migrants, including non-whites, to Australia tend to side with the powerful mainstream and some become very racist towards Australia's Indigenous peoples. Some people of colour develop a 'better class of black' mentality that is not appreciated by our mob. There is a bit of research done on it so I assume you will be able to find it if you want to.

So to answer your question, I believe that many Indigenous Australians are wary, but we like to consider each person as an individual and judge them by their actions.

This is my understanding, others may see it differenty and they will speak for themselves, if they want to.

Hey David, brainteaser:
Who said: "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they attack you, then you WIN"
I was at the rally because I'm against Racism and I'm Pro White.
Y'know, like the way Sharon Firebrace and Richard Downs are anti Racism and Pro Indigenous, like the way Ameer Ali is against Racism and pro Islam.
Furthermore the Facebook group that was supposed to be holding a "racist" rally at the same location are in reality a bunch of Pro Israel Islamophobes trying to lead young White kids astray, all the more reason to attend.
Don't believe me? Troll through their turgid Australian Defence League pages and you'll see.
It's also why I would have liked to see the "Muslims" there because in that sense it does concern them.
There was one young indigenous performer there who was wise beyond his years, yet whose name escapes me for the minute.
He said "Don't be Racist against the Racists, otherwise this will never end", never a truer word, he got a big cheer for that as well.
Anyway back to topic, I know you like to edit my posts to ridicule me so I'll let you get to work.
Want a more realistic picture of Australia in the media?
Cut foreign content to 10% and give filmmakers more tax breaks.
Want to fight Racism in the media, ban Jewish Hollywood productions from our shores. Inglorious Basterds anyone? how about another in the endless line of evil "Muslim Villains", Black hoodlums, and inscruatable Orientals?

Loudmouth:
So then in the future we have small numbers of "Racial" people in enclaves across the planet ruling as an elite over a majority of "Raceless", low IQ, low status peasants.
And it all starts over AGAIN. Lovely.
I suppose the next step is the "Halle Berry" argument, so I'll answer ahead of time.
No she isn't.
No I wouldn't.
No I think she's weird and deformed looking like all those really light skinned no race people, I'm sure most black guys would rather be with either Elin Nordgren or Alek Wek than anyone as ugly as Halle Berry, Beyonce or Rihanna.
As for you other assertion, if you cross an Ethiopian distance runner with a White Scientist are you going to get the world's best runner and the word's best mind? Unlikely.
I'll leave the rest to Pastor Manning one of my favorite commentators,and please watch the WHOLE video, cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuEc-nFULY8