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Are Aussies - narrow minded, prejudiced and intolerant?
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I've always thought that the disputes among
racial and ethnic groups were not really about
racial or ethnic differences; they were about
the use of such differences to create and
preserve inequality in the competition for
scarce resources. So, wherever different
groups compete for the same resources -
blacks and whites for power and wealth in South
Africa, settlers and indigenous tribes for the
possession of the Brazilian hinterland, Israelis
and Palestinians for the same piece of territory -
intergroup hostility is the result, particularly
if the groups remain unequal and one of them is
able to exploit or victimize the other.
In fact hostilities may subside if the sub-ordinate
group is able to gain greater equality with the
dominant group. The strong hostilities that
originally existed in Australia against the Italians,
Poles, Germans, Balts, Greeks, and so on has gradually
lessened as these groups have gained entry to the broad
Australian middle class, where they are seen as equals
rather than as rivals.
The ideology of racism is the belief that one racial
or ethnic group is inferior to another and that
unequal treatment is therefore justified.
Of course - fear does play a part as well. Those who
were racially or ethnically akin to the dominant
group (white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant) were accepted
fairly readily. Such as the Scandinavians, the Balts,
and Germans.
Those who were different - such as the Lebanese,
Turks, and so on - faced much more prejudice and
discrimination.
Dear Jewely,
I thought you were a citizen.
I'll have a few words with the PM!