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Confronting Australian attitudes to refugees. : Comments

By Jo Coghlan, published 22/6/2011

The SBS social experiment: Go back to where you came from?

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Cheryl & Lexi

Worth just going to the SBS website:

http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/goback

While I find some of the participants very annoying, I can see where they are coming from also. What is fascinating is the interaction between them and the migrants they were placed with. Can't wait for tonight's episode.

In particular, the stories from the African family are similar to those histories I discussed with immigrants I have worked with - in one case a victim of torture was so scarred emotionally that he cannot even bear to be around other black Africans, preferring the company of whites. And people claim they do not understand why other people have to flee their homes.
Posted by Ammonite, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 5:29:27 PM
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Best to remain in blissful ignorance, eh?
Ammonite,
What exactly is one supposed to get out of this ? Enlightenment ? From bias ?
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 8:32:57 PM
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Lexi.
Not "Australians", White Australians specifically, the program is about the attitudes of White Australians.
I'm not surprised that around 10% of the population would show an interest in a show based on Racial profiling of "Bigots". Viewpoints such as the ones expressed in the original article and reinforced by yourself are, after all representative of only a tiny proportion of people.
It's important to remember that the end of the so called "White Australia policy" was brought about with a view to assimilating the White population into a mixed "Eurasian" race.
The politicians, the WW2 generation who set up "Multiculturalism" were explicit in expressing their desire to see the end of the White Australian Nation.
Go and do some reading, look at what Gorton, Fraser, Whitlam, Hayden,Hawke, Chipp & co actually SAID in the late 60's and 70's.
I for one take them at their word, simply because they really did as they said they would do....they failed, of course, but they gave White Genocide a red hot go.
Programs like this are a throwback to the ideals of that generation of heavily indoctrinated moral cowards who came out of WW2, the sooner we consign Anti White views to the dustbin the better off my race will be.
Posted by Jay Of Melbourne, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 8:39:28 PM
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I have worked in the construction industry for the last 15 years and have seen exactly how the NEW Australians work,I was born here and am 3 rd generation Italian, If your not their KIND they treat you like dirt, they talk to you like your a bit of crap, they ignore you and definately will not lift a finger to give you a hand.
I've seen plenty of gang ups on white individuals because, they just imagine that they have been slighted, and the first thing that comes out of their mouths is "you racist bastard".
How many building sites have illegal immigrants in them is a joke, if word gets out that a site visit by workcover is going to happen the site is practically abandonded.
Yet, we let them come here because they have been threatened, come on stick up for us now, because we feel threatened.

THAT JUST WILL NOT HAPPEN
Posted by MickC, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 8:57:34 PM
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No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

John Donne



Methinks this comes close to the heart of the matter:
Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 10:49:18 PM
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SBS is good at producing little infomercials, *Go Back to Where You Come From* is just the latest.
A short time back SBS dished up *Immigration Nation* whose message was that the White Australia Policy made OZ a pariah nation.
Anyone with a sound grounding in history could see it was full of half truths and straight out lies –but it satisfied the faithful.

SBS is also fond of airing John Pilger “documentaries” who themes are almost always Anti-West --there is even one on tonight.

Why SBS runs such programs is not hard to fathom –it needs to maintain the guilt trip.
Guilty Ozzies lead to weak border controls, which mean more illegals get to stay, which in turn means more viewers for SBS.

With *Go Back to Where You Come From* it has taken six soft suburbanites from middle class Australia and run them with the down and outs of Asia & Africa. And when the inevitable happens and they cry "Oi this is tough" , SBS can self-righteous declare "See that proves it, all asylum seekers are genuine "

Like *Immigration Nation* it is full of half truths and full on distortions –but the faithful will lap it up.
Posted by SPQR, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 11:12:20 PM
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