TheMissus,
<<The most racist Australians I have met were christian arabs.>>
What makes you say that?
Are they somewhat resentful as a result of the 1400 years of persecution they have been suffering under Islamic hegemony in the Middle East?
...as detailed here:
http://www.politicalislam.com/blog/category/bulletin-of-christian-persecution/
and here:
http://c4rpme.org/christians.html

<<Why don't we have a consistent thread of resistance to racism running in our political and popular culture?>>

Why don't we have a consistent thread of resistance to Islam running in our political and popular culture?

So-called racism does not represent the threat to Australia that Islam does.

So-called racism is a natural response to a vile ideology which advocates the death penalty for those who criticise it.
eg Yusuf Islam advocating the death penalty for Salman Rushdie.
http://islammonitor.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3520:peace-train&catid=203&Itemid=59

So-called racism is a natural response to a vile ideology which advocates the death penalty for those who seek to leave its evil embrace.
* If someone stops believing in Allah, kill him (al-Bukhari 9:84:57).

Why don't we have a consistent thread of resistance to Islam running in our political and popular culture?

As long as there are races, (difference’s) there will be racism! (personal arrogance) As for multi-culturist! It’s an idiot’s romantic notion and will never come to apparition. And why should it? Has anyone stopped and give heed as to why we have different races of people on planet Earth? I’m shore all the politically correct, feel good masturbators out there won’t be happy till we all become “bitstsa” (mongrels) Islam is a murderous religion and should not be tolerated by any country at all! I vote we send them back to the murderous shithole they came from! Let’s face it! If their Ala was so great ! they’d be living in prosperity in a loving peaceful land. Their so full of hypocrisy! It sickens me. You are what you do! The fact that we have ethnic communities with in our community proves we are all racists

I wonder if everyone enjoyed the garbled and incoherent nonsense we got from Peterson, the "apparition" guy!LOL!!
Forum does get the oddscrewball who would do well to get some English lessons first before having a go here..
socratease

The biggest driver of racisim I see is caused by the non Australians themselves.

Back in the 50's and 60's, the chineese, italians and greeks came here for a better way of life and many prospered.

Nowdays, imigrants mostly come here because thier country is in ruin and, rather than be thankfull for the opportunity, they insist on taking advantage of our generosity but refuse to adopt our way of life.

We Australians can't walk in to a bank without removing our helmet, yet, muslim women don't have to remover thier headwear.

Both create the same problem, hide the face, yet only one is excussed. Why?

By all means come to Australia, but leave your baggage at the door.

Irfan Says: “Pauline Hanson, an MP who made a name for herself whingeing about the privileges of the underprivileged and whingeing about Aborigines and immigrant”

It seems to me that one of the things that enabled Pauline Hanson to make a name for herself was her willingness to break with the political-correct mold/mould and expose the rort that “privileges” were all too often being awarded on the basis of ethnic identity, rather any means test. And this struck a chord with many at the coal face who saw it to be true (as opposed to those in ivory towers --or minarets like Irfan )---but I don’t expect any of the labor strategists, or fellow-travellers like Irfan to ‘fess up to this.

Still, it was worth the read just hear the reasoning of labor strategists: “Listen, I know how much you hate Pauline Hanson. You've got to understand that we have a deliberate strategy here. We want to destroy Hanson by sounding like her and attracting her voter base away from her. It's part of a deliberate strategy, and it's temporary. It was supposed to be temporary.”

I suspect the same strategists’ and same reasoning are behind Rudd’s current stand on Afghan & Sri Lankan … ILLEGALS --that is , he’s trying to sound tough ,trying to sound like the opposition to fool electors – but after the election he’ll revert to form –or was that lack of form