"Australians from the dominant Anglo-Celtic culture expect new Australians from other cultural backgrounds to show some respect, perhaps even a small cringe and obsequiousness, forelock tugging, until such time as they know the ropes, cut their cultural ties and enter the main stream."

So according to Bruce the "racism" goes away when new Australian's learn to fit in. No mention that new Australian's have to change their skin tone and or facial features, just get to know the local rules (written and unwritten) and try to fit in. That does not sound at all like racism.

Some do suffer due to their racial heritage but I suspect that true racists are relatively rare, more often it's something else and a something else that tends to go away with familiarity and basic manners all round.

Conservatives whatever they are may not like some change all that much, maybe that's why the term conservative makes sense. That does not make them racist. The article says more about the authors inability to give a fair evaluation of his political opponents than it does about racism or conservatives.

R0bert

Maybe it's not racism in Australia but eye for eye tooth for tooth response. If Lebanese are doing most of the attacks here then maybe they have heard before Aus people about what's really going on. See the first post and YouTube URL at:

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/australia/TVR80CTEUI5GMU19B

It's time for peace not hatred and unrest and war.

Insightful, informative, providing positive ideas about Indian student concerns... I'm talking, of course, about Rory Metcalf's excellent essay see http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1061

Meanwhile Bruce has produced a shallow piece which is out of character.

Recent and current pogroms (slaughter of different religions/races) are a way of life in many African, Asian and Latin American countries. Our racism is minor by comparison.

But as these Third World pogroms don't involve White People, who cares, who counts, no press, where's the guilt trip?

D minus Brucey

Pete

Banjo
Do not worry, in overseas there are only Australians, not anglo Aussies or Greek Aussies etc. I never read in any foreign publication for anglo Aussies but for Australian extreme nationalists, or Australian racists.
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

We have slimy corporations bringing Indian workers into Australia to be taught by Aussies how to replace Aussie jobs back in India and people wonder why we're aggro towards them?

We have Slimy corporations sending thousands of Aussie jobs over to India every year and people wonder why we're aggro towards them?

We have a massively growing unemployment problem and a government bringing in more people by the thousands from other countries and we wonder why we're aggro towards them?

Yep, makes absolutely no sense to me either!

BUT! Let's not forget it wasn't just Aussies abusing these people!

Antonios,
That is exactly the way I want it here too. Do away with multiculturalism and its divisive ways. MC promotes alien cultures at the expense of Aussie culture and divides us into groups. New Australians is a much better and friendlier term to refer to recent immigrants. Then they are Australians pure and simple.

Problem is the lebanese muslims call themselves 'Lebs' and they are anti-social and are contemptous of anything Aussie including our courts and laws. They do not even get on with other muslims. We do not seem to have the same problems with other muslims or non-muslim lebanese, why is that?

You said on another thread that we should give immigrants more time to become part of the community. The 'Lebs' are now here 2 or 3 generations and if they are ever going to integrate they should have by now.

I think it is time we put a stop to Lebanese muslim immigration.