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#AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers: SBS’s “Living With The Enemy” (episode 2) addresses the dynamic between someone with a virulently anti-everything view of refugees, and an actual refugee from Iran.
(http://bit.ly/1u7tZ6a) http://on.fb.me/1u7tZ6c
AUSTRALIA #AsylumSeekers #REFUGEES: the Temporary Protection Visa (#TPV) was last introduced by Howard - and it was disastrous. If assessed as “genuine” (as opposed to “economic”) refugees (and >90% are), why continue to punish them by holding the Temporary status over their heads? People need to start rebuilding their lives, not living as if they’re on parole.
They didn’t come all this way just to get drunk & lie on the beach collecting dole payments - that’s reserved for OUR young people. They want to work, they NEED to work - qualified doctors, police, plumbers & electricians are driving taxis, working in abattoirs, rounding up trolleys at shopping centres, cleaning offices at night…
More information and details on how to write your state’s Senators, at http://bit.ly/ASRC_TPVs http://on.fb.me/1rtTHiL
So many unfortunate similarities w/pictures of Jews during WW2…
RT @Farah_Gazan: Israeli army arrested 150 youths from Khuza’a in #Khanyounis and forces them to take their clothes off #Gaza #AJAGAZA http://bit.ly/1rW55HT http://on.fb.me/1zpcrGh
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpcoKC
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpcou6
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpcnXb
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpcnGB
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1rW4UfE
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpchPk
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1rW4Tse
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpccei
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1zpcbHn
PHOTOS: (L) Jews, WW2; (R) Palestinians, now.
These should both horrify you. Equally so.
Perhaps more than equally, if you take into account who should have learned what lessons. http://on.fb.me/1rW4HZX
So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist Are You’, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald #SMH last week (http://bit.ly/HowRacistSMH). And then a comedian by the name of Aamer Rahman took to Tumblr (http://bit.ly/1mtr1YK) to respond.
QUOTE:
Dear Mark,
As a comedian I very much appreciated your satirical piece ‘How Racist Are You?’ published in The Age last week. I think you captured the attitude and tone of Overly Defensive And Clueless White Man perfectly. It’s actually inspired me to write my own piece called “Hey Ladies, Pipe Down About Sexism.”
Of course, I’m being silly. You didn’t write it as a parody piece. The truth is much more embarrassing. This is what you, and plenty of others, actually think: apparently racism is totes not a thing any more.
Being told by white people that racism is a figment of our imagination is nothing new. I know well enough that when looking for some quality racism, the best place to start is with the guy screaming “I’m not racist!” You did not disappoint.
Thank you for the awkward list of times you didn’t challenge people’s casual racist comments. As the kids say nowadays, cool story bro. And maybe you’re right - there is nothing that justifies calling Australia uniquely racist. Not the specific genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and languages, an unparalleled migration history that banned non-white immigration here until the early 70s, or our one-of-a-kind anti-asylum regime. These are things that happened pretty much everywhere, right? But seriously, why let history and facts get in the way of a white guy’s Feelings About Stuff.
You’re correct, far right parties like One Nation are a thing of the past. But only because their rampant xenophobia was quickly co-opted, re-branded and shared between Labor and Liberal, making Hanson totally redundant. In an era where our Attorney General openly defends the art of bigotry, Pauline’s services are no longer required.
You ask how many people alive are truly racist. I don’t know the exact figures, Mark. But ask yourself if the life expectancy statistics that apply to Aboriginal people - well below the national average - would be tolerated if they applied to any other group in this country . Ask yourself if our system of militarised border protection and detention - recognised as exceptional the world over - would be acceptable to the Australian public if it was designed to intercept, round up and indefinitely incarcerate white people.
These things cannot exist without a sizeable population of what you refer to as ‘true racists.’ The fact that, as a nation, we accept and allow such things to happen is not an accident or the result of simple misunderstandings. They are the calculated outcomes of generations of programming. Maybe racism is less about white people making unfortunate comments and more about systemic inequalities that have become the permanent and invisible background noise of Australian culture. To quote you, it may pay to look at the bigger picture.
It’s 2014, champ. Racism isn’t about segregated lunch counters and people refusing to shake hands any more. Racism is about this country’s obsession with defining boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, and the pervasive and violent ways in which those boundaries are maintained. Racism is about two major parties collaborating for years to convince a white majority, through various codes, that they are perpetually at risk of losing out to lazy Aborigines, ghettoised migrants, dishonest asylum seekers and suspicious Muslims. Racism is a government using free speech rhetoric to facilitate racial vilification. Racism is, in a climate of perpetual fear and hostility, The Age choosing to publish some childish nonsense about how there’s no such thing as racism.
You’re convinced things have changed. I’m pretty confident they haven’t.
/QUOTE http://on.fb.me/1o5dciL
So a guy called Mark Sawyer wrote an article titled ‘How Racist Are You’, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald #SMH last week (http://bit.ly/HowRacistSMH). And then a comedian by the name of Aamer Rahman took to Tumblr (http://bit.ly/1mtr1YK) to respond.
QUOTE:
Dear Mark,
As a comedian I very much appreciated your satirical piece ‘How Racist Are You?’ published in The Age last week. I think you captured the attitude and tone of Overly Defensive And Clueless White Man perfectly. It’s actually inspired me to write my own piece called “Hey Ladies, Pipe Down About Sexism.”
Of course, I’m being silly. You didn’t write it as a parody piece. The truth is much more embarrassing. This is what you, and plenty of others, actually think: apparently racism is totes not a thing any more.
Being told by white people that racism is a figment of our imagination is nothing new. I know well enough that when looking for some quality racism, the best place to start is with the guy screaming “I’m not racist!” You did not disappoint.
Thank you for the awkward list of times you didn’t challenge people’s casual racist comments. As the kids say nowadays, cool story bro. And maybe you’re right - there is nothing that justifies calling Australia uniquely racist. Not the specific genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and languages, an unparalleled migration history that banned non-white immigration here until the early 70s, or our one-of-a-kind anti-asylum regime. These are things that happened pretty much everywhere, right? But seriously, why let history and facts get in the way of a white guy’s Feelings About Stuff.
You’re correct, far right parties like One Nation are a thing of the past. But only because their rampant xenophobia was quickly co-opted, re-branded and shared between Labor and Liberal, making Hanson totally redundant. In an era where our Attorney General openly defends the art of bigotry, Pauline’s services are no longer required.
You ask how many people alive are truly racist. I don’t know the exact figures, Mark. But ask yourself if the life expectancy statistics that apply to Aboriginal people - well below the national average - would be tolerated if they applied to any other group in this country . Ask yourself if our system of militarised border protection and detention - recognised as exceptional the world over - would be acceptable to the Australian public if it was designed to intercept, round up and indefinitely incarcerate white people.
These things cannot exist without a sizeable population of what you refer to as ‘true racists.’ The fact that, as a nation, we accept and allow such things to happen is not an accident or the result of simple misunderstandings. They are the calculated outcomes of generations of programming. Maybe racism is less about white people making unfortunate comments and more about systemic inequalities that have become the permanent and invisible background noise of Australian culture. To quote you, it may pay to look at the bigger picture.
It’s 2014, champ. Racism isn’t about segregated lunch counters and people refusing to shake hands any more. Racism is about this country’s obsession with defining boundaries of inclusion and exclusion, and the pervasive and violent ways in which those boundaries are maintained. Racism is about two major parties collaborating for years to convince a white majority, through various codes, that they are perpetually at risk of losing out to lazy Aborigines, ghettoised migrants, dishonest asylum seekers and suspicious Muslims. Racism is a government using free speech rhetoric to facilitate racial vilification. Racism is, in a climate of perpetual fear and hostility, The Age choosing to publish some childish nonsense about how there’s no such thing as racism.
You’re convinced things have changed. I’m pretty confident they haven’t.
/QUOTE http://on.fb.me/1o5dari
#AUSTRALIA #VICTORIA LEGAL REFORM: the Victorian government moves toward eliminating the “statute of limitations” heretofore applied to sex abuse claims - now victims will be able to bring decades-old claims to criminal courts, rather than it being simply a civil court matter. The Catholic church, individual caregivers, DOCS & staff etc. will now have to answer for their crimes, hopefully be they of commission OR omission. http://on.fb.me/1ofmFpJ
#AUSTRALIA #VICTORIA LEGAL REFORM: the Victorian government moves toward eliminating the “statute of limitations” heretofore applied to sex abuse claims - now victims will be able to bring decades-old claims to criminal courts, rather than it being simply a civil court matter. The Catholic church, individual caregivers, DOCS & staff etc. will now have to answer for their crimes, hopefully be they of commission OR omission. http://on.fb.me/1ofmCKG
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MEN
literally everything
Dear God. Humanity is doomed.