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White Trash as a Racial Slur
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Post by
Murrdurr
Whats illegal in Australia? Being racist or saying racial slurs? If either.....then wow.
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Whats illegal in Australia? Being racist or saying racial slurs? If either.....then wow.
Discriminating based on race. It's illegal in most developed countries.
Post by
Aislinge
Both are. Actually, depending on which State you're in, it can be quite an indepth list. But for the basics:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/complaints_information/index.html
* sex, including pregnancy, marital status, family responsibilities and sexual harassment
* disability, including temporary and permanent disabilities; physical, intellectual, sensory, psychiatric disabilities, diseases or illnesses; medical conditions; work related injuries; past, present and future disabilities; and association with a person with a disability
* race, including colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, immigrant status and racial hatred
* age, covering young people and older people
* sexual preference, criminal record, trade union activity, political opinion, religion or social origin (in employment only)
Some States even have an Anti-Discrimination Board:
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/adb/ll_adb.nsf/pages/adb_adlaw
- Age discrimination
- Age discrimination and job advertisements
- Breastfeeding discrimination
- Carers’ responsibilities discrimination
- Disability discrimination
- Homosexual discrimination
- Infectious diseases discrimination
- Marital or domestic status discrimination
- Pregnancy discrimination
- Race discrimination
- Sex discrimination
- Transgender discrimination
It really depends where it happened, how it happened and who did it.
Post by
UnholyDeciever
Personally I find if you call me white trash(or any other racial slur) I should have the right to make racial slurs against that person whatever color they may be. But people in this country are so damn picky about what you say, everyone has got to be politically correct all the time. Which in itself is crazy, why should one race have you by the testicles because of something that happened to the race years ago? Hell I wasn't even born yet either were my parents.....yet all whites get blamed for enslaving the blacks. They don't realize they didn't get hurt near as much as the Native American population..which got pretty close to eradication and only survive now due to the American government giving them reservations and breeding with other races.
Post by
Monday
which got pretty close to eradication and only survive now due to the American government giving them reservations and breeding with other races.
Granted it was pretty much the American government that finished them off, even if it was the British colonists that started it.
Post by
Adamsm
which got pretty close to eradication and only survive now due to the American government giving them reservations and breeding with other races.
Granted it was pretty much the American government that finished them off, even if it was the British colonists that started it.
American Settlers either way; and the reserves are horrible for the most part, hardly the fair trade of land they were suppose to get. Only good thing is they get to make a &*!@ ton of money off of the whites as all things sold on the reserves are government tax free.
Post by
Monday
which got pretty close to eradication and only survive now due to the American government giving them reservations and breeding with other races.
Granted it was pretty much the American government that finished them off, even if it was the British colonists that started it.
American Settlers either way; and the reserves are horrible for the most part, hardly the fair trade of land they were suppose to get. Only good thing is they get to make a &*!@ ton of money off of the whites as all things sold on the reserves are government tax free.
Well, originally it was the British that started on them (as most of the settlers came from Britain), but then the American government went on their manifest destiny, and the natives happened to get in the way.
Wounded Knee comes to mind.
Post by
Squishalot
Another Australian in Off-Topic? Awesome.
You'd be slightly wrong though. Discrimination with respect to hiring or provision of services is illegal. Harboring discriminating thoughts and saying discriminating things isn't. It's rude, but not illegal.
Post by
UnholyDeciever
I have to agree with you both on the topic of the Native Americans, the reserves are horrible. Yes Funden I was talking about them being finished off not who started it.
Post by
UnholyDeciever
I have to agree with you both on the topic of the Native Americans, the reserves are horrible. Yes Funden I was talking about them being finished off not who started it.
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166665
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Post by
Hyperspacerebel
I get called a "cracker" or even "white trash", by a black person, it's no big deal.
How is it "no big deal?" Offense come from the receiver. If he offended, he's offended. If you're offended, you're offended.
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166665
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Post by
Hyperspacerebel
I meant in a more broad sense, not just my own feelings.
I don't think either is a big deal in a broad sense. They're just words, and changing them isn't going to change what's inside the person.
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148723
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Post by
Hyperspacerebel
I don't like being called "Mexico" because I'm not Mexican.
I don't think Mexicans would like being called Mexico either :P
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166665
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Post by
donnymurph
No, it's not acceptable to use any term in a pejorative fashion, not limited to the above. The use of (moron, retard, b*tch, wanker, fa99ot, etc.) isn't acceptable either, not in a pejorative fashion. It is best to avoid using them in a non-perjorative fashion as well, if only because most people will confuse your intent.
And no, I don't use them. But that might just be an Australian thing. Ni99er is such a US used term.
It is becoming more widespread in Australia, as our culture gets more Americanised. Particularly in, ironically enough, the "white trash" suburbia in which I live.
A Chinese man can kick me out of his shop in Chinatown, and that's fine. But if he came to my shop in George Street and I kicked him out, he would go to the media and I would cop a massive public backlash from the Chinese and Caucasian communites alike.
That's absolute BS. If a white Aussie was kicked out of an ethnic shop anywhere, be it Chinatown, Leichardt or Lidcombe, the community would be up in uproar, and you'd get the Bra Boys coming around and kicking shins in.
I'm not saying that a Chinese man has ever kicked me out of his shop, or that he ever will. In fact, immediately after posting that, I walked up to the food court and bought Chinese, from the Chinese-born cashier, who clearly speaks English as a second language. And she greeted me with a smile and a hello, and gave me the same discount she always does in return for my repeat business.
However, I don't think you can deny that there is definitely a strong anti-white sentiment, whether it be actual or implied, in large areas of Sydney. This is bound to happen in a city where over 30% of the population was born overseas, and 75% of growth comes from overseas. You can't tell me that you've never walked through Cabramatta, Granville, Bankstown etc and never felt even the slightest bit uncomfortable. The same goes across the entire state, I used to travel to a lot of country towns as a door-to-door salesman. A lot of these towns were at least 50% Aboriginal, and while most of them were fine, there were certainly areas where I would be abused as soon as step onto the street.
Let me use another example. After the racial riots in Cronulla in 2005, the Australian flag, and clothing bearing the Australian flag, was banned from the Sydney Big Day Out. The reason? It was perceived that after the riots in Cronulla, any Muslim attendees may be intimidated by the sight of the flag, and that it may re-spark racial tensions. However, at no point was any Muslim-specific dress banned from the event. In fact, whenever anyone even
speaks
of banning Muslim dress, there is immediately a massive uproar with pages upon pages at the front of the Telegraph devoted to it, as well as many hours of radio airtime. Remember the story a few years ago where some girl was wearing a burqa to school and they tried to stop her from doing it? Now I don't know about you, but I find people walking around in public during hot weather with their entire bodies concealed to be pretty intimidating.
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148723
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Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Well when you think about it, if I get called a cracker, it's not really going to turn that many heads in a crowd. But if I said !@#$%^, the heads will certainly be turning. Maybe i'm just weird, idk.
You're
weird
saltine.
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