Racism and identity politics is nothing but a variation of an ancient method of distracting the masses with bread and circuses.

The solution is to turn the tide of corporatization its values, its culture, its corruption. This is what is making us all mentally ill.

30 years of promises that if we erode away our working conditions, pay for our education, sell off our assets, become casual contractors, permit the concentration of media ownership, remove tariffs to free trade, open our shores to competition and cheap imports, work more productively, change our culture From the long weekend.
Well the promise was that if we did all this there would be a large dividend.

But there is no dividend. Behind the screen of productivity is nothing but mass theft. The social welfare benefits we now provide no longer offer the unemployed any dignity. But still politicians call them cheats. The universities no longer provide an education but charge more and more for it. Mental pygmies like Tina Reinhardt vilifies workers by demanding they need to work for $2 a day. Corporations like Coles and Safeway gauge us with their pricing, bully their supplies into submission and are a law unto themselves.

Do nothing rent seeking investors proliferate, the public companies quarterly announcing ever greater dividends, have elevated their clerks to mystical status as CxOs.

In our faculties the humanities and sciences are abandoned for the study of business management, speculation, marketing, economics, negotiation, human resources, accounting, corporate lawyering, finance and banking and even business ethics.

What remains of the sciences is corrupted for corporate purposes.
What remains of the humanities is corrupted for corporate purposes.

Dear Paul,

A Galaxy poll run exclusively for News Limited revealed
people's attitudes in the run-up to Australia Day last
year. One in 10 said Multiculturalism worked very well
and made Australia what it is. As we can see from some
of the comments displayed -
racist elements exist in the community - but they are
a minority. Migration has made an enormous contribution
to Australia's culture, economy, and social fabric.

Australians are overwhelmingly very tolerant and the
majority of Australians approve the benefits of our
diversity - after all of Australia's 22 million people
approx. 44 per cent were either born overseas or one or
both of their parents were born overseas.

Mr Scott Morrison has stated:

"We have learned to appreciate our differences ...
We must come back to the important point of connection
between all of us which is not where we have come from
but where we are going together ..."

Fortunately as shown by the Galaxy Poll -
Most people do not want a racialised immigration policy
because they do not want to have a racially divided society.

Cheers.

<<Fortunately ...Most people [support MC because they] do not want a racialised immigration policy because they do not want to have a racially divided society>>

ROFLMAO -- what nonsense!

MC means a racialised everything!

For the job seeker:
i)Application forms asking : What ethnic group do you ID with?
ii)Interview questions asking: prove you can work amicably with people of non-English backgrounds

For the employer:
i)Bonus points --if not down-left requirements that you be seen to have a *diverse* work force.
ii) A witch hunt if any of your *diverse* work cries discrimination-with YOU needing to prove it didn't happen.

For the bureaucracy of hangers-on repeated measures/studies to gauge how well this or that MC registered group is doing.

The official Government policies have moved over
the years from "assimilation" to "integration", and
then of course to "multiculturalism." The Galbally
Report (1978) was the turning point, when it urged
the Australian Government "to encourage...the retention
of the cultural heritage of different ethnic groups and
promote intercultural understanding."

Of course as we can see the concept of multiculturalism
continues to have different meanings to different people.
Hidden anti-mirgant prejudices may not be voice in
public until they are highlighted by some well-publicized
event, such as Pauline Hanson's 1996 maiden speech in
Australian Parliament.

Some Australians still believe that a "unique Australian
society and identity emerged with Federation and ...
this identity should be the basis of immigrant
assimilation."

Immigration has always been an important element in
Australia's nation-building. We have integrated millions
of people with diverse backgrounds from over 200 countries and
we have drawn from that diversity of build a successful
nation.

Australia's cultural diversity is a strength which makes
for a dynamic society. Within a framework of laws,
all Australians have the right to express their culture and
beliefs.

What is asked is that Australian citizens make an overriding
commitment to Australia - its laws, its values and its
people. Today the emphasis is on inclusion and mutual
respect. On the whole, Australians support the
principle of "live and let live." Tolerance and mutual
respect towards all people, whatever their background is
valued as a result. It is far that reason that Australia's
national identity in the 21st century is a nation at ease with
the world and with itself.

Rehctub. Suseonline. Banjo.
What you said.
Individual.
Growing up in a predominantly Aboriginal community, a variety of Europeans and White Australians, school was very multi-cultural. We were all kids doing and enjoying the same things. Of course there was the obligatory bully or two who picked on everyone.
As a family we socialized with people whose company we enjoyed and had similar interests.Whoever they were.
In saying that there were certain groups of the community, made up of individuals ( trying to be politically correct) who my naive sister and I found out the hard way, were very racist. The occasional individual would hurl colorful abuses at us and even worse the occasional group would terrify the hell out of us. Then worst of all a mum with cute little kids yelling 'what the f.. you lookin at white c...?' ran a mile that day.
So inevitably a new fear was instilled, avoiding any possible opportunity for their racist attacks, at the same time not affecting the friendships (some to this day) with those of the same race.

We have many friends of many different races, sounds silly even saying that word because they are simply our mates. There are plenty of racist individuals and groups who ignorantly remain that way and I consider it their downfall and loss.
Of course some may feel dislike to a certain race through bad experience. As some have had bad experience with those of the opposite sex. But to hate all men, all women or all of a particular race is extreme and in general anything extreme isnt good. (Mind you some extreme religious beliefs unfortunately play a part and influence negative feelings. That I get)

<<What is asked is that Australian citizens make an overriding
commitment to Australia - its laws, its values and its
people. Today the emphasis is on inclusion and mutual
respect.>>

There are people --perhaps those with the BIGGEST & WARMEST hearts --who place great faith in what people say.

But, it's not too hard to mouth lines like *I love Australian values* (even if you detest them)
or, fight long and hard to stay in Oz (particularly if the taxpayers are paying for your legal bills and upkeep).

But experience should show --even those with the BIGGEST & WARMEST hearts -- that peoples actions often tell a different story to their
(well rehearsed) words--see the below link:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/arrested-a-man-apart-who-fought-to-stay-in-australia/2005/11/08/1131407637648.html