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By Jennifer Clarke, published 8/10/2007Australia’s migration and citizenship laws privilege ‘whites’ in all sorts of ways.
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The truth is that all nations are nations of immigrants. And Australia was founded by migrants from the British Isles, not by every single cultural, ethnic and religious group from 200-odd nations across the planet.
"Given Australia's location, the case for it staying 'white' is about as strong as the case for it becoming 'white' in the first place - ie, very weak."
By your reasoning, Israel's case for staying Jewish is "very weak", as is the case for Siberia remaining Russian.
Maybe in your borderless utopian world, the masses should be able to freely migrate into any piece of (Western) land they see fit. But in reality, every nation has the sovereign right to uphold its borders and control immigration. Ironically, the Third World countries which Australians are afraid to offend have no hesitation in using immigration controls to retain their present ethnic compositions. As Gore Vidal said, this is simply an act of self-preservation. But apparently such rights don't extend to Australia's founding population.
'Australia' is a European creation. There was no nation by that name on this continent prior to British settlement. European settlers founded and built this nation and developed it into what it is today. If a man builds a house for himself, why shouldn't he and his family reap the benefits of their labour? Is it 'racist' for the householders to have some say over who can move in with them?
"That is the right term for the takeover of Australia from its indigenous population."
Ah, the old the guilt card. Multiculturalists use this often; they tell Australians that their European forebears settled Australia and displaced the nomadic Aboriginal population, so what is wrong with migrant groups doing the same to us? In other words, they tell Australians that in order to make up for past guilt, Australians must meekly accept resurrected colonialism.
"Indonesians DID migrate to Australia's north in precolonial times"
Name a single permanent built Indonesian settlement in Australia.