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Are Australians racist toward black people?


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By GlobalNomad - Posted on
13 January 2012
Know that there's a problem with Aboriginal racism, but nervous about Australians racism towards black people. Does it exist, and how bad is it?
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Don't believe all the phooey about the egalitarian spirit and the noble undercurrent of equality that the Australian gov't spews forth.  There's racism everywhere, and of all places, Australia has a history steeped in discrimination. Just because they've put a Chinese family on Neighbours and you can go down and get an authentic gelato on Lygon doesn't mean Aussie fathers are ready to marry their daughters to anyone but good ol' fashioned white Okes. I'm not sure about black people, but there's definitely racism towards Asians, and it goes without saying that the Aboriginals have been and continue to be treated unjustly.

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