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The Forum > General Discussion > Is Australia a melting pot, a salad bowl, or a mosaic?

Is Australia a melting pot, a salad bowl, or a mosaic?

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A melting pot is what Australia was back in the day -
when I was growing up, where a variety of different people
etnicities and races were expected to assimilate.

Then Australia became a salad bowl where the ethnicities in
our society were mixed together but they largely maintained
their separate identities.

Today, we have a mixture of people and ancestries but we
allow each culture to be displayed individually yet come
together as one.

Modern transportation has made migration easier and Australian
governments and our society has rejected the "white only"
idea. The mosaic idea seems to be the more realistic and
preferred one.

Who knows for how long.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 11:55:34 AM
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In my view governments of the Labor and Liberal parties have betrayed the wants and interests of Australian's using social engineering and psychological warfare against them and turned them into slaves without influence over their own environment
Posted by Canem Malum, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 11:56:04 AM
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This betrayal and slavery is embodied in the policy of multiculturalism.
Posted by Canem Malum, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 11:58:00 AM
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A 2021 survey found that 86% of respondents agreed with
the statement that multiculturalism has been good
for Australia and 76% agreed that accepting immigrants
from many different countries makes Australia stronger.

It appears that we've moved past the stage when preserving
national purity in the form of the White Australia Policy
was seen as a necessity and towards a collective
understanding that an active migration program and thriving
multicultural communities have benefits for us all.

Today most of us don't regard multiculturalism and
interculturalism as new and foreign concepts. Cultural diversity
is now reflected in Australian attitudes, policy legislation,
and representation, and so on.

Things like various festivals, traditions, clothes, fabrics,
cuisines, and much more have become so woven into the norm
that we often don't categorize them as foreign.

This mosaic will probably continue to evolve and expand.
Australia is different today from what it once was. Change
is part of life. As our Australian story changes and
adapts so will our cultural landscape.

Surely we've all experienced the beauty array of coloured
lanterns, the joy of seeing ethnic dancers, walking through
Chinatown and smelling the rich aromas. We can all sit back
and watch the rich landscape of our vast Australian mosaic.

We are the "lucky country." And we shall continue to be as
long as we don't remain passive and continue to work at it.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 12:42:00 PM
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Australia is no longer Anglo-centric. Our values (if we still have any) have changed. This year's appalling, unhinged attacks on Australia Day revealed the deep divisions in Australia.

We have done nothing to to educate immigrants about the virtues of democracy, the rule of law, or even the requirement to pick up their dog's sh-t in public places.

People will not rush to die protecting a country with an ideology that promotes cultural shame, and an economy where they can’t afford to buy a house, or even rent one - if there are any available because of mass immigration.

Australia  is rotting from within. Multiculturalism and  Wokeism,  climate-change hysteria, the lie that people can change their sex - are just some of the catalysts.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 12:53:04 PM
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Our society is diminished by inflammatory rhetoric and
actions. It appeals to bigotry and brings out the worst
in some frustrated people.

We expect our political representatives to set the tone
for our society, not to be targeting particular groups with
hostility. Therefore we should be forthright in speaking out
against political appeals to fear and we should resist
attempts to divide Australians according to race or religion.

Today, we're faced with some challenging times in our race
relations. However, there is a responsibility for all good
citizens to stand up for tolerance and decency.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 1:21:36 PM
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