BOAZ says: "ONE NATION, ONE CULTURE ONE RACE.. is my long sounded catch cry."

No matter how often you repeat this mindless mantra, the reality will remain: no nation has only one culture or one race. Challenge: tell us one nation that is mono-cultural or mono-racial?

I think you need a refresher in history.

Well I thought it was a fair article. The topic needs more focus on the distinction between culture and race (way different), some replies seems to conflate the two. There is no such thing as race, but boy does it fill a need.

Where I live most residents are foreign-born. The local businesses are owned and run by immigrants, many of whom have a poor grasp on Asutralian language and customs (please, don't ask me what they are, I can't define them either). In any case it's a lot more diverse - read "interesting" - than the all-white, all chicken 'n chips, bonza 'burb I grew up in.

Celebrating diversity?
Ask the two Christian evangelicals who recently were ordered to "move on" by local bobby in a part of London deemed to be dominantly Muslim.I use the word "dominantly"advisedly. They were informed by the copper that they were trespassing and about to make the place disorderly and riotus. They protested that they were doing the Lord's work.They had been to parts of Scotland and Wales and no one was offended and disorderly as a consequence.They went to Catholic belfast and tried the same thing.All that happened was that they were abused and someone threw some beer over them!But here in London where they actually lived and were doing the Lord;'s work they were being cautioned and ordered out as it was a "no-go" area for evangelical work. They want to know if visas should be applied for. Did anyone call for the law to intervene? Were there to be any more such "no-go" areas st up in the UK?What if they started springing up all over the country in places like bradford,Birmingham,Manchester etc?

It's sort of a Balkanisation of the country,isnt it?

Here in Australia we had a bit of argy-bargy in Cronulla but it has never been made into a "no-go" area.Not yet?

socratease

Dear Spikey....did you by any chance read the link to my previous post on that subject? I rather think you didn't :)

I always write 'headline' then story... its a 'grabber' mate.. but I'd be interested in your view about the original expression of this idea 'One' Race.. see if you tweak to what I mean... really.

Tell me.. if you are 'Anglo' and your son marries an Arab.. what race is your grandchild? and that grandchild marries an Asian..what 'race' is he/she? and that grandchild marries an Aboriginal..what 'race' is the child?

BOAZ asks: "did you by any chance read the link to my previous post on that subject? I rather think you didn't." In fact I did, sir, and that's where I formed the impression that BOAZ has done little original thinking on this topic over time. His mind appears to be locked in the firmly-shut position.

BOAZ's interest in intermarriage seems obsessive. He asks: "If you are 'Anglo' and your son marries an Arab.. what race is your grandchild? and that grandchild marries an Asian..what 'race' is he/she? and that grandchild marries an Aboriginal..what 'race' is the child?"

My answer would be: What does it matter so long as they were good people of integrity? Why this obsession with Race? Unless....

I notice that BOAZ ducks and weaves to avoid answering my direct question about ONE NATION. Another indicator of how he's coming to this question with his mind firmly shut.

bennie: << There is no such thing as race, but boy does it fill a need. >>

Indeed, particularly for people like our Boazy, for whom it constitutes something of an obsession.

Boazy: << Tell me.. if you are 'Anglo' and your son marries an Arab.. what race is your grandchild? and that grandchild marries an Asian..what 'race' is he/she? and that grandchild marries an Aboriginal..what 'race' is the child? >>

Er, they're members of the human race - the term doesn't apply to ethnic categories like 'Anglo', 'Arab', 'Asian' or 'Aboriginal'. Do I get a jelly bean?