Mac,
You have it right in one.

I have long been opposed to the ideology of multiculturalism, because I see it as divisive and a philosophy that rates original culture above national loyality. Each time we adjust to accomodate some aspect of another culture, we compromise our own.

Usually when one projects these views I am attacked by CJM and his ilk, calling me 'xenophobic' or 'racist'. which does not worry me as I know the object is to put others on the defensive.

Now I notice that this author is introducing a new term of 'cultural racism'. What she is doing is expanding the term racism to encompice not only race but cultures as well. She is altering the term to meet her requirements because the word 'racism' still has more impact that cultural opposition.

I have always maintained that Aus is multi-racial but not multicultural as all our basic governance and social standards come from one source and there is not one other culture that we embrace in its entirity. A couple do come close, but some aspects of other cultures are simply not acceptable.

It is good to see that the government continues to ignore the multiculturalists and fosters integration and this should be encouraged.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10541#173394

Banjo, i tend to agree with most of what you said, but it is worse than that now.

The "Multiculturalists" completely infiltrated the Red/green/getup/labour coalition over 5 decades ago. They are CARS, Communist, Anarchist, Radical, Socialists.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8630135369495797236#

What does ALP stand for?

Anti-Australian
Loony, Left, Wing-Nut, Lesbian,
Perversions.

They are all bigots who hate, loathe, despise, white, working & middle class Aussies. Fe"Man"Nazism is their Male Hatred wing & "Multiculturalism" is their, Hate all Whites from a European, or worse still, British background wing.

No Australian child will be safe until ASIO starts investigating, Re-Educating these criminally, insane, "Fifth Columnists".

They have been using/abusing "Multiculturalism" to import dysfunctional people, who will clog our jails & public hospital system. This is ET, Economic Terrorism, designed to bankrupt our economy.

They import equal numbers of combatants from all sides of the worlds worst war zones, then we get brawls & riots at soccer matches.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1052753/asylum-seeker-riot-leaves-three-injured

The refurbished "Curtin" centre in WA is surrounded by fences & guards. Not to stop immigrants from escaping, but to keep "Homeless" Aussies out. Having shown on TV last night, the luxurious standard of accommodation being laid on to welcome the Islamic Terrorists, many "Homeless" Aussie, Swaggies will be hitch hiking their way across OZ, demanding to be allowed in.

I was thinking that Loony, Left, Leadership of the Red/green/getup/labour coalition had taken bribes from "Big Business" to throw the next election, but just when you think new records for criminally, insane, stupidity have been broken, along comes the new "Curtin" Immigration Resort.

Now the only possible explanation for this madness is that, knowing they are losing the next election. They are deliberately trying to make government policy so horribly, bad that it will incite, armed rebellion. Then they will be able to declare martial law, bring the military in & cling to power with a UN, NWO, 1984, "Big Sista" 4th Reich.

Banjo,

I agree with your comments on 'muticulturalism as an ideology' and in regard to its possible dysfunctions. Liberal democratic states are intrinsically multicultural as they allow citizens wide scope within society to practise religion and execise their poltical rights. I haven't read any coherent explanation from its promoters as to just what 'multiculturalism' is, and how far it will be pushed, instead we get the sort of platitudes expressed in Alice Aslan's article. Are some 'multiculturalists' promoting an Ottoman-style state with separate and independent communities,each with its own culture?
As someone who regards liberal democracy as superior to all other political and social organisations I need to get answers to these questions.
Immigrants come to this country because Australian society produces economic and political benefits that their homelands lack and they have to recognise that some of their cultural baggage is counter- productive to liberal democracy.

As a general observation,I don't think that democratic governments have any role at all in the promotion of multiculturalism, it's, like religion, basically not their business.

Aslan, I grew up in Cabramatta in the 1990's (yeah, I deserve a medal I know)

You want to know who looked down on Aboriginies the most? Asians? The ones I hung out were heaps racist, towards Aussies and Aboriginies.

YOu have no idea at all. Your a middle-class identity crisis person, who has roots in non-Anglo world, but lives in Anglo world and KNOWS it's the best.

Our laws are tolerant, the laws of ALL non-western countries are utter filth. Filth. Racist trash.

Only western Europeans are tolerant, and we let third worlders come here and what do they do? Make our suburb drug capital of whole country!

Lebanese Muslims 10% of prison population yet only make up 2% of country? Why? Racism from us? Are you kidding!

Sorry, and I'm glad Europe has woken up and gave heaps of seats to Geert Wilders, we western countries have had enough of the racist, caste system like values of the non-west.

Whites flee the suburbs because of the racial bashings, and rapes, and intimidation.

YOU are so ignorant ASLAN, it makes me sick to even see someone from a racist culture from non-west lecture whitey on tolerance. We wrote the book on it.

I just read her other article about why Australians don't like mosques being built. Are you for real?

Your MAIN, that is MAIN, cleric, the former mufti hilbilly hilali, was saying racist redneck things for a decade yet his mosque was full every Friday. Why?

Because your people are REDNECKS! If a church minister said anything remotely like he did, i.e. women deserver to be raped, white people are evil, jews run the world through sex (there is the bizarre islamic values coming out) 9/11 was good, and so on, they would be excommunicated.

But in your culture, he is SUPPORTED! You should tell Muslims to stop being so racist, Anglophobic (if only they were with our Centrelink payments too, we'd save heaps!) and accept us. After all, it is our country!

Imagine how the indigenous feel? Nobody treats them worse than third worlders. I've seen it growing up in racist, insular western Sydney with it's pockets of third world trash countries.

And the one about Australian Anglo tribalism?! What! The closest we come mate is over a football match!

Tribalism is something known to your own kind. Wouldn't mind getting your thoughts on the Armenian Genocide? Or does your tribalism block you from thinking about it as a genocide!

How dare you lecture us on anything. Our values in the west have gone beyond tribalism, the problem is we have let in a whole bunch of redneck cultures like Muslims - where tribalism is at murderous levels!

'afternoon all...

Wow, mention any epithet...redneck, racist, bigot, xenophobe, etc etc...and you'll certainly attract a crowd ?

I suppose if I carefully and honestly examine my own private views and beliefs, then perhaps I'm all of those things !

I wonder if the above descriptions are learnt, or are they deeply entrenched and enduring within one's character ?

On ANZAC Day, our Political masters when addressing Veterans, often wheel out that tired old chestnut - "...you blokes fought for your country; for our freedon; and the right to free speech..." ?

Do we enjoy free speech ? I don't belive so. Yet, (as a veteran) I'm told each April 25, that's what we fought for ?

Further, if I were to publicly declare, that I don't believe we should permit any further immigration of folk from the African continent, because of......? Gee, I'd be pilloried and denigrated with all manner of derogatory and pejorative labels.

So, at nearly seventy years of age, I must learn to keep my mouth shut - tightly ! Lest those of the left loudly, lambaste and denounce me for being a 'whatever' ?

You know something...we really are a gutless, weak and feeble country, when we can't even stand up to those critics abroad, who dictate to us who and what refugees we MUST accept. For fear of being labeled racist.

And as a retired copper, I can tell you, just how successful we've been, with the resettlement and assimilation of some of these people. But eh, that's another issue isn't it ?

Cheers...Sung Wu.