India: Australia, a nation of repressed racistsA fascinating article from Indian magazine Outlook India on the recent spate of violence against Indian students in Melbourne, suggesting the attacks stem from Aussies’ “latent racism” that has been inflamed by the GFC.
Racism
VRudd speaks: Why I dressed as the KKK for “Invasion Day”
Tuesday’s Australian Open KKK stunt showed that many Australians reject the Australian Government’s stance on racism, writes Van Thanh Rudd (better known as Kevin Rudd’s nephew).
When racist bastards (Southern) Cross the line
What’s the place coming to when something as intrinsically Australian as the Southern Cross is linked to something as abhorrent as redneck racists and Swastikas? asks Crikey sub Michael Vaughan.
Marieke Hardy: Giving patriotism a bad name and an unfunny slogan
When did the official costume of Australia Day become an Australia flag cape and a “We grew here, you flew here” singlet? asks Marieke Hardy.
Peter Cosgrove: Assimilation is not a dirty word
From the Cronulla riots to the violence against Indian students, there is obviously an undercurrent of racism in Australia, says General Peter Cosgrove. But we shouldn’t panic and change our immigration laws because of it.
Why Avatar makes white people feel good
From Dances with Wolves to Pocahontas, District 9 and Avatar, that old white guilt/racism fantasy pervades many a blockbuster film. When can we get over the guilt and start thinking about race in a new way? asks Annalee Newitz.
BBC: Melbourne is still Australia’s “most successfully multi-racial city”
Melbourne’s self-declared reputation as “one of the world’s most harmonious and culturally diverse communities” has taken a blow with the recent killing of Indian student Nitin Garg — but the vilification is unfair and unfounded, says the Beeb.
Not racist, just complacent: how self reflection is un-Australian
With all the issues surrounding Indian student violence, we’ve been getting caught in all the hysteria over whether Australia is or isn’t racist, whether the violence is race related and what we should do about it. Tim Watts debunks the myths.
A snapshot of the neighbourhood where Nitin Garg was killed
The park in which Indian accounting graduate Nitin Garg was stabbed is bordered by some of the poorest and most poorly educated suburbs in Australia, writes Rob Burgess.
Why violence against Indians is about way more than racism
Locking the debate of violence against Indian students into either racist or not-racist means the issue becomes highly polarized and hysterical. Let’s have a rational debate about the cultural and economic issues, minus the rhetoric, pleads Tejaswini V. Patil.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The lack of good journalism
Crikey readers weigh in on lazy summer journalism, hate groups of Facebook — how can they be stopped? — and the PR abuse of science.
Australian hate-groups, viral expansion loops and Facebook
Will groups like “Speak English or Piss Off”, “F-ck Off We’re Full” and “Mate speak English, you’re in Australia now” continue to grow like virtual weeds across the internet?
Murder, racism and Melbourne
The murder of Indian student Nitin Garg has reopened the debate about racist attacks and the safety of Indian students studying in Melbourne. What are the pundits saying?
The confused, clueless and racist Australian public
Many Indian students in Melbourne are terrified, with little or no support system. And it’s not just males under attack, women are just often too fearful to report to police or even their parents. Who will help them? asks Gautam Gupta.
Colebatch: When it comes to violence, India shouldn’t point fingers
The outbursts on Indian televisions about recent attacks on Indians in Melbourne is unfair, particularly when you look at India’s violent history of honour killings and other crime, writes Tim Colebatch.
Devine: Want to stop murders? Look to New York
If Miranda Devine was an Indian mother, then she wouldn’t send her child to study in Melbourne. Particularly when all the pollies can do is whip out their personal spin machines on overseas junkets rather than address better policing methods.
Is Melbourne a racist city?
Why is it that all the latest racist attacks against Indian students are occurring in Melbourne, when other cities like Brisbane also have large numbers of Indian students studying there? asks Mark Bahnisch.
Why aren’t we furious when Indian students are killed?
An alarming number of Indian students have been killed and injured in presumably racist attacks in the last year in Melbourne. But why doesn’t the Australian media rage against our society’s racism? asks Gautam Gupta.
More racism charges against Murdoch’s NY Post
Another former New York Post staffer has filed a lawsuit against the paper, alleging he was subjected to “Jim Crow”-style segregation in the newsroom. Mediaite has the full lawsuit and accusations.
Racial equality impossible under the constitution
One hundred and forty years after the firstAboriginal Protection Act, Indigenous peoples in Australia are still being subjected to regimes of surveillance, control and discrimination, says Dr Aron Paul.
Islamophobia: the real horror of Fort Hood
Thursday’s Food Hood shooting, which left 12 dead on a US Army base, was indeed the “horrific outburst of violence” condemned by Obama. But equally horrific is the torrent of anti-Muslim hatred it has inspired, writes John Nichols.
Burnside: Australians are xenophobic
By and large, Australians aren’t racist, says Julian Burnside, but we are xenophobic. And for all our rhetoric on “multiculturalism”, our recent treatment of asylum seekers proves it.
Pilger: The great Australian silence
Australia would never treat a shipload of white people fleeing catastrophe the way we’re treating asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, said John Pilger in his City of Sydney lecture.
