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Originally posted by Nventual
Coming from someone who use to be regrettably be "friends" with people in Melbourne who would do this sort of thing (attacking Indians, mugging and whatnot) it was because they were seen as 'easy targets'. I don't understand why this man was set alight though.
I hate Melbourne enough as it is, now I hate it even more.
Originally posted by Nventual
There seems to be a lot of reports insinuating Australians as racist, or saying that we have racist gangs. We're not racist and we don't have racist gangs.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
I've linked to another thread regarding recent violence between Aussies and Indians.
Originally posted by Frontkjemper
But as immigration continues, and the government fails to protect your heritage and culture over that of an alien culture, that's when you start to see a growing resentment in the people.
Originally posted by Frontkjemper
I'm for immigration, I'm not for mass immigration.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by bkaust
Ugh this is disgusting! For what it's worth not all of us hate the Indian people that live here, but unfortunatley there is always some group ready to ruin our reputation because of their small minded views.
I never assumed it was a wide spread feeling down under. This just does not seem like the Australia I know. I've been there three times in the past 15 years. I hope this does not continue to increase in frequency and level of violence.
[edit on 9-1-2010 by SLAYER69]
Originally posted by bkaust
and we are being named as a completley racist nation particularly in India & around Asia.
Originally posted by grantbeed
Cut off from civilisation...what is that supposed to mean exactly?
It means australia and new zealand are geographically distant from europe and the USA. Many people have never been outside their homeland and can not afford to travel.
this leads to many people here having quite a narrow minded opinion on lots of things, and immigration and race are part and parcel of this.
I've seen it first hand many many times. We have got lots of Filipino workers at our factory, they arrived about 2 yrs ago, and many New Zealand guys have still not accepted their presence even today.
they will not speak to them, will not train them and are 100% racist towards them.
Yet , funnily enough, all the New Zealand people who have actually got their Asses out of New Zealand and travelled (further than across the ditch to ozzy) are superb with these Filipinos..........
Now is'nt that a coincidence?
Why does the fact that victim was Indian have to be such a key part of the story? Why is it highlighted and emphasised that a group of Australians ganged up on and beat an Indian man for no apparent reason other than his skin colour or nationality?
Why is it key? It is key because Australia promotes their country as being a peaceful, friendly place that outsiders are welcome to come and live in if they have the jobskills. So it is appauling that any visitor, from any country should have to be subjected to this.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
I'm sure the lost generations felt the same way
This isnt' about immigration... i think
they aren't moving there to live only to study
Originally posted by bkaust
I've noticed a lot of anger towards Indians & Africans (in our suburbs we have alot of new somali refugees) and people tend to be more racist to them nowadays - as compared to when i was younger when i remember hearing racist jokes about mainly asian nations. Even now, some of the things that come out of my grandparents mouths astound me. I won't say any of their 'sayings' as i think it would just anger people, but as a kid i never thought i'd grow up to lecture my parents & grandparents on tolerance!
About 70 young men blocked off an intersection at Harris Park just after 8:00pm, demonstrating against what some claim is racially-motivated attacks against Indian students perpetrated by members of the Lebanese community.
www.abc.net.au...
THEY call themselves MBM - the Muslim Brotherhood Movement - a gang of 600 men who boast they are the toughest and best young street fighters of Middle Eastern descent in Sydney. MBM claims to be the biggest of four new gangs to emerge on Sydney streets in the past year…
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The emergence of MBM also coincides with the rise of two other urban Sydney gangs - the Parra Boyz or Asesinoz MC and Brothers For Life or BFL.
Police say BFL - with a logo featuring crossed machine-guns - is not dissimilar to MBM in its extremist views, but membership numbers are unknown. Police describe Asesinoz, comprising teenagers of Middle Eastern decent, as “tough kids” who use the video-sharing website YouTube to promote Islamic extremism and anti-Australian actions…
Its creation follows that of the Notorious bikie gang, comprising members of Middle Eastern and Pacific Islander extraction, more than a year ago after a split in the membership of the Nomads motorcycle club.
blogs.news.com.au...