Another point, there is a difference between "Lebanese Australians" and "Lebanese in Australia" the former would be represented by the gentlemen named above, the latter by the stereotype.
One group are wholly Australian, the other are wholly foreign, no matter if they were born here, it's a question of mentality.

openly cuss white people in the street - then call us racist. It makes you really dislike them. That's how racism continues.
suie,
you & I must be living in the same area because that's exactly my experience. I found that even the polite when faced with a choice of supporting decency or sticking up for a trouble maker, their loyalty is always with their own, right or wrong. It is this loyalty which causes so much friction. The concept of right or wrong does not come into the evasion, only loyalty to their own. The legal system operates in exactly the same way. If you're non-indigenous you can afford losses & don't deserve compensation.

This is a silly question.

Some Australians are definitely biased against other races, some with good reason, and others not. Most Australians are not overtly racist and some not at all. Pretty much like all modern democracies.

The questions should be:
Is racism entrenched in our legal or education system? The answer is NO.
Do those who are unjustly affected by racism have access to legal redress? The answer is YES.
Is racism less prevalent than a generation ago? the answer is Yes.

To sum it up, we don't have a perfect society, but we are better than we were, and probably still improving.

Bit dissappointing that the author did not explain more about the events leading up to the wrongly termed 'Cronulla riots' and the retaliation over a couple of nights by the Lebs.

The Cronulla day was simply the locals taking action to reclaim their beach that was being taken over by leb gangs whose conduct was unacceptable. Certainly it was beat up by the media as racist but not so. The beach goers had complained about the gangs conduct for years to the council and police but nothing was done.

Because of my objections to multiculturalism and the illegal boat people, I have had far more accusations of racism and xenophobia made to me than most. Racism is simply a term designed to put an opponant on the defensive. To me it means my opponants have no counter arguement to my views. There are very few actual racists who believe that one race is supperior to another.

Some want to change the words meaning to suit their views on many matters.To be critical of a persons conduct, a culture or religion is not racism.

It also seems that only anglos, that are not leftys, can be racist. Charlie Perkins was highly critical of Asian migrants, but not accused of racism. Years ago the was a brawl involving Malaysian army personel, in Townsville. The media got into it in a big way, accusing Pauline Hanson of inciting racism. Then it was disclosed the the brawl was between the Malays and local Aboriginals and guess what, the media quickly dropped the story but no appology was given to Pauline.

Good to see the word has lost its shock value, but surprising that it still raises so much debate.

Unfortunately for us, & our future, not enough Ozzies are racist enough!

[Deleted for abuse.],,,what!...again?...lol...and hasbeen gets away with what he has just put above me....Oh....I see.....runner was offended by the monkey thing, oh dear:).....I was just putting into context the nature with-in us all ( although religion seems to have the trigger on most things around the world ).....funny that, isn't it?

No...you know what the real reason is?......I make a mockery about our very human nature, yes thats what it must be.

Sometimes I think there's no justice in the world of white:).....very racist indeed:)............and I'll bet that gets taken out of context next.

Ok:)....fact, and fact only:)

Your hard to please:)

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