Before the Corona 19, I was in Australia to study English for a year. I was terrified to go out alone because of racists. Lots of the bad experiences made me very small at the time. I was suspected as a thief and couldn't hear apologizes at the market over 5 times. When I walked on the street around 9 to 10 p.m. , super old mans flirted maybe the behaviors are from the perceptions about Asian females. On a bus, a little boy showed his little finger towards me and said go back to China, giggling with his friends. When I was talking to my friend walking on the street, after I sald sth to my friend and one old couple said 'so?' and passed across us , pussing us and saying 'fucking Chinese'. Some restaurant ignored me about 1 hour so I went to another feeling like a shit. Thw worst experience is when I heard 'slot' from a homeless. 8 couldn't mention everything here but it is clear it took off my confidence a lot. I thought I couldn't be treated as me there. Many Aussies used the term Chinese like that's a insulting word even before Corona. It got me thinking Corona 19 just gave them an good excuse to be a racist. The thing is I'm from Korea. Racists think chinese deserve racism cuz Corona is from China. But they do to others as well. I'm not saying them to do only to Chinese. I'm saying they're not educated and Corona can't be the reason for discrimination.
Auatralia will experience massive economic depression, medicare cuts , welfare cuts due to it’s stupidity, without international students and travellers , Australian universities and economic will fall into massive danger, wait for the backlash
andinconclusion Auatralia will experience massive economic depression, medicare cuts , welfare cuts due to it’s stupidity, without international students and travellers , Australian universities and economic will fall into massive danger, wait for the backlash
Australia is a beautiful country, I had nice and cheerful friends there. Although I saw racists Australian, I don't think they are representatives of Australia. And no matter what I did, racists' perception about Asian didn't change easily. When I acted who I am and it's different from what people think Asian like, I heard only that I'm different. If you see just one person and think that others in his or her country would be like that, you need to know the world is bigger than you know. Also if you see a news about china&covid19 and think the Asian walking away in front of you is relevant to the news, that's wrong.
@@densely123 hahaha you're so funny I really wanna know why you think I would like America. Your brain is very simple so you can't think other options but only two
I went to Sydney Harbour and watched at the Opera House. After the show, I went to the nearby restaurant to eat dinner but the owner said that they were about to close and could no longer serve any food. When I was about to leave, a white family of 4 came in and were served. I thought the owner was not racist, he was just considerate for the family instead of a single hungry Latin American individual. And so I thought.
*Do Australians really think that all Asians are Chinese? Like why are they even bothering innocent Asians even they aren’t even Chinese like? Are they are immature or what? This is ridiculous, for real. Especially kids, when I was minding my business walking to school this chick goes to her friend and whispers “get your mask, Chinese” as if I couldn’t hear her, plus I didn’t look like a Chinese that girl was clearly blind and arrogant.*
Nice topic mate. I’ve been lived in Aus more than 10 years. First moved to Brisbane from Vietnam then decided to live in Melbourne. It seems to me that Melbourne is less racist than Brisbane. But that’s should be fine to deal with this as it just a small group of people in Australia. Keep up with your work mate! Your vids are just so amazing! Cheers
Aussie English back then got kicked out of the bus as the driver shouted at me while I was having chewing gum .Second time, while I was in the Change room at Gym, I was talking to my friend in Vnese then other guys ( Caucasian) just asked us ‘why your language sounds like a duck’ and kept laughing at us. Well those things just happended at my very first days in Aus which was one of the reasons I moved to Melbourne years later. Still love Aus tho but that could happen to any Asians first came to Aus. Cheers mate!
Australia is a racist country no doubt about it shamefully, I'm a very proud indigenous Ozzy man. And I'm not all that dark I'm considered half cast" its a shame that racism is deeply rooted in our beautiful country. I personly cope it daily.my poor mum was very dark and she copted it a lot and she was a sucesfull singer. In fact she made a good a good living from it.but yes at times she could hear the comments and laughter but mum didn't let a dumb thing that detour she form her job. My mother had a very funny since of humor, everyone who met her instantly made friends. And warmed to her loving and careing personality But at the same time there would be someone making racist remake's behind her back of course.so no matta if you've worked hard all your life racism well not be far behind, its a real shame .first of all you invade our country then have the ordasady to great us like animals that you tried very has to put down like dog with rabies.😡🤛🤜👊🤬
Lived in a small country town (SA) for a few years, aussie people are awesome. But I ain't sure bout the city people. Maybe y'all will face racism often in cities than country sides.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast G'day mate, I can't tell which city, just any cities. As a country boy myself, i'm just sayin' country people are nicer than people in cities.
Shibatantei I’m Japanese and was just gonna point out the same thing! And can’t deny that we are to an extent close minded and behind in racial talks due to our racially homogeneous history, which can actually be a good thing too at the same time in the sense that the down side of globalization won’t affect us too much whilst people from overseas can feel safe living.
I'm curious is there racism when it comes to dating in Australia ? I'm a asian Canadian born in Canada coming to Australia in 2021 with my Aussie gf I'm kinda worried about meeting the parents I hope I don't get kidnapped or killed. Btw my gf haven't told her parents that I'm Asian she on a working visa in Canada moving back to Australia
It's not much different in America though unlike Japan or Australia we won't openly point it out. People can become American but there's hierarchy here and if you don't look or act a certain way you won't be accepted culturally and even then certainly not universally. Since each state has it's own culture and sub cultures within them you can be accepted in one but rejected in the other.
The information about New Zealanders coming over to Australia is inaccurate. To clarify, kiwis coming to Australia don't have full rights, meaning the same rights as Australian citizens, however, Australians who move to New Zealand have full rights and that is the issue been spoken about - that is the "racism/discrimination" between NZers and Australians is generated from, the inequality of rights between both migration system is the issue debated by kiwis. Thought should add that here in order to support the kiwi community. GREAT video and lots of interesting points to generate awareness on one of Australian's hot topics. Thanks
It's funny how the comments that say they didn't experience racism then state they're from a European or white country. Your case is different obviously.
I am a Japanese who will study in Sydney as an international student. I am terrified to know that some Chinese people are being discriminated there now. For Australian people, we look the same. By this, I never want to say that I hope to be told from chinese people, but rather, that we are friends, and I sincerely wish there were no discrimnations related to Covit-19.
@@kx4188 Which is funny that you say that. I had a teacher growing up from Australia who moved to the deep south. She was embraced with open arms and fit into the culture seamlessly (except for the accent).
I’m not Chinese but after spending about 2 years in Australia as an international student, I can assure you that Australians are nice people. I encountered more racism in Canada, where people are assumed to be very nice and welcoming.
I am from Nepal. It's been 5 months since I arrived here in Tasmania. I don't think Aussie are racist . Because when I and my wife walk in the streets, sometimes they just greet us so nicely. I have not encountered any racist attacks till now. It feels like it is the safest country to live in for immigrants like us.It is about personal experience and our perception. We really cannot generalize.
Both of you are very nice people and have never seen the racist behaviour in your life. And the plenty of stories would not been released in the Australian media due to the public interest. One day on 2002, when I was waiting for the train at Wollongong train station, an Aussie teenage walked towards to me and said " back to your country. I will shoot you ". I knew he did not have the gun ( thanks to Australian's gun law) but it is painful experience. The worse thing happened to me on 2003 in Sydney darling harbour, two Aussie teenage punched my left eye without warning. I had multiple mild orbital fracture. And I was robbed in Sydney train twice when I was in Sydney from 2003 to 2005. I can not count how many times I heard " Fxxk, go back to China" from the car passing me in Sydney. My son was born in Australia and he only can speak English. He is the only Asian boy in his class. But I had to told him " If you look like a Chinese, then you are Chinese. " I had to told him the painful true stories which happened to Chinese in Australia.
The thing is it is often ' new ' Australians who are overtly racist toward other ethnicities too. I work in a very multicultural setting so witness this daily. Everybody likes to say its just a white Australian thing but that is simply BS.
I have lived in melbourne for 10 years. I had just a couple of instances of racist behaviour towards me. I know one racist person myself. he has other personal issues, I don't take him seriously. I've heard stories about Nth Qld, but haven't seen anything myself. I reckon the tolerance towards other cultures is rather phenomenal in melbourne and good all over the nation. I'm happy here!
Know what, I haven't had any issues in Perth (where I live). But... Racism is there right in Singapore where Singapore Chinese vs China Chinese / Filipinos / Bangladeshis or anyone not born and breed in Singapore. Within the born and breed Singaporeans, its Chinese against malays/Indians
@@ihaven0thingnotevenaname881 lol, don t believe everything "they" say. Whoever "they" may be. There certainly is institutional racism in Australia and there is a ton of instances of racist attacks if you bother to read the news. Almost 500 aboriginal people have been killed in custody, no cop has been convicted. The government once suspended the racial discrimination act for the NT intervention. Australia's history remains being presented in a whitewashed way in schools and public representation. The stolen generations and the genocide are being denied by media personalities. It has been proven that people with foreign or aboriginal names have bigger problems with finding jobs and rental housing. You will get your racial slurs even in Melbourne, but that is only the very surface of racism.
Your dad is incredibly knowledgeable in lots of stuff! Reminded me of that I loved your video from years ago where he talked about his garden. Btw for his information, not 99.999..% of Japanese citizen have Japanese ancestry. We now have roughly 3 million people of different background which is more than 2% of population.
Aussie English Largely Asian expats I guess! Technically 2/3 of them with no voting rights but I consider them all as citizens anyway. Multiracial babies skyrocketing recently and our northern indigenous people called Ainu have been integrated into mainlanders long ago so no one actually knows the true number😂
I lived in the UK for 2 years before I moved to Australia, and as a Chinese person, I have to say Australia is a more welcoming country than England because Australians are more enthusiastic and approachable. The first time I encountered racism in Australia was a few days ago, I guess it’s probably related to covid19 pandemic. Each country has racism issue including China, the country where i come from. I always think western countries are doing better in curbing racism - since it is not a system issue, and things can always be improved due to democracy.
Honestly speaking from my personal experience, I dropped out university of Sydney because mutiply racism crimes I encountered, I felt so scared to be there. After 6pm, I would never be on street. I felt like I will never know when will a racism person come to me and just grab my clothes, kick me just because I am a chinese, and saying he can do whatevetr he wants just because he is a white. And police officer was very irresponsible dealing with racsim crimes. I dealt they are racism personally. Very much disappointing experience over there.
In my opinion, the answer to "Is Australia Racist?" is both "yes and no", depending on which aspect you want to focus on; So not racist, in terms of recent government policies, which is inclusive of everybody and non-discriminatory. But Australia had an official racist "White Australia policy", which only ended in 1973. Furthermore, even today there are still a a lot of racist individuals (and all kinds of groups) who still have a racist view of the world. Two groups are the One Nation party, which started off as an anti-asian party, and another group is the Australia First Party, run by a white supremacist by the name (Dr) Jim Saleam. The irony is that this racist Saleam pretends to be a white European / Greek, although it's widely known he has lebanese heritage.
I have enjoyed listening to what has been openly discussed and having spent 20 years living and working in various parts of Australia I can agree in the most parts of what you say. However, at no time was the real elephant in the room ever discussed, that is the disgraceful attitudes openly demonstrated by many white Australians towards the Indigenous people of Australia. My best friend was Indigenous, I have lived and worked around parts of the indigenous population in various places in Australia and became tired of having to constantly bite my tounge to avoid confrontation between my work mates and other white Australians, even with those in authority, Police etc. We have even seen Australian politicians show their true colours when they encounter issues relating to the indigenous population. It is disgraceful and ugly in it's purest form and was the main reason I left Australia, because I knew it was a battle that I alone could not win. I would suggest that the majority of white Australians have little or no real understanding of indigenous culture, beit of mainland tribes, or Torres Strait Islanders resulting in opinions formed out of ignorance by those who couldn't care less. When I am told by others that they are not responsible for the plight of these people today, they demonstrate that really they do no give a dam. What they fail to accept is that they vote for politicians in elections, who then make the political policies that will favour, or go against indigenous people TODAY and not just from past events. A number of years back Australia was challenged by the UN to clean up its act, but since then matters have been allowed to fall by the wayside. Australia should not consider itself alone with this type of criticism as the US is no better with its treatment of the American Indian. In this day and age there is no excuse for this kind of abusive attitude to be allowed to continue, so why is it still the case? .......... FEAR and CORRUPTION!
Hi Pete, you´re amazing and I love your channel. I have a question: how do you think Aussies see latinas? Are they racist with them? despite I´ve white skin my facial features are from a latina (Colombian), not European. Do you think I would be rejected because of it? I am planning to go to study to Brisbane maybe next year but that thing just keep bugging me, thank you :D
I am from India...I watch your videos and you really help your audience to understand the Aussie culture...I find it really interesting and helpful. As a part of IT industry I am working in a project where I need to provide service to Australian client and to communicate with them smoothly ( without any interruption in communication) I watch your videos to understand Aussie accent. In this video in a part you said that you will feel uncomfortable if you surrounded with Indian or Vietnamese people bcz you are not aware of their culture. Believe me India has unity in diversity in their culture, mostly we follow hindu cultures...If you ever get a chance to visit India please do that... you will fall in love for India.... You are really very humble and handsome guy ...love to watch your videos....If possible please make a video how Australian people thinks about Indian... Really would like to watch that.
For me, racism is not about what citizenship do you have. I finally understood that its the person who is racist. There are people of all different colors and races that can be so accomodating and will treat you fairly and nicely, but there are also people that will discriminate you. It's reality folks, it does not depend on what nationality a person has, but it's highly dependent on his core values as a human being.
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It's like in any other country in the world, there are idiots everywhere, in the same way there are people that enjoy killing or looting. Usually I have faced unpleasant situations here in Australia but usually come from crap society. But in a big proportion of the people I had the chance to met Aussies whatever their background are absolutely lovely people with outstanding values.
Man in all honesty everyone speaks about racism in Australia but the reality is we are all except for Aboriginals from different countries. We fight more then the actual people who where here first its ridiculous. Ofcause everyone has a bit of racism in them. It's like when people say they don't judge it's rubbish we all do we can't help it but it matters to what degree. Everyone should live in peace and harmony this world belongs to no one we are all just travelling through until our end.
I don't think we should be abiding by human nature at all when it comes to matters like this. Human nature is dark and if all revert to "monke" as they say then we will slowly but surely start creating environments that reflect that. They say humans being are naturally xenophobic or non monogamous etc and etc.. Look at chimpanzee societies who live naturally as close to monke as you can get. Is that really the type of example we should seek to emulate?
Australia, Canada and New Zealand are most immigrant welcoming countries in the world. Students from all over the world migrate to there and after completing their study, choose to staying and becoming citizens.
I am Greek living in Melbourne since 2019. Being lucky having citizenship from my mum i felt no racism. You can feel that people are gentle but there is something on the air depending on each one's ethnical background. Generally the Australian government shows zero tolerance in racism
Before the Corona 19, I was in Australia to study English for a year. I was terrified to go out alone because of racists. Lots of the bad experiences made me very small at the time. I was suspected as a thief and couldn't hear apologizes at the market over 5 times. When I walked on the street around 9 to 10 p.m. , super old mans flirted maybe the behaviors are from the perceptions about Asian females. On a bus, a little boy showed his little finger towards me and said go back to China, giggling with his friends. When I was talking to my friend walking on the street, after I sald sth to my friend and one old couple said 'so?' and passed across us , pussing us and saying 'fucking Chinese'. Some restaurant ignored me about 1 hour so I went to another feeling like a shit. Thw worst experience is when I heard 'slot' from a homeless. 8 couldn't mention everything here but it is clear it took off my confidence a lot. I thought I couldn't be treated as me there. Many Aussies used the term Chinese like that's a insulting word even before Corona. It got me thinking Corona 19 just gave them an good excuse to be a racist.
The thing is I'm from Korea. Racists think chinese deserve racism cuz Corona is from China. But they do to others as well. I'm not saying them to do only to Chinese. I'm saying they're not educated and Corona can't be the reason for discrimination.
Auatralia will experience massive economic depression, medicare cuts , welfare cuts due to it’s stupidity, without international students and travellers , Australian universities and economic will fall into massive danger, wait for the backlash
andinconclusion Auatralia will experience massive economic depression, medicare cuts , welfare cuts due to it’s stupidity, without international students and travellers , Australian universities and economic will fall into massive danger, wait for the backlash
Australia is a beautiful country, I had nice and cheerful friends there. Although I saw racists Australian, I don't think they are representatives of Australia. And no matter what I did, racists' perception about Asian didn't change easily.
When I acted who I am and it's different from what people think Asian like, I heard only that I'm different.
If you see just one person and think that others in his or her country would be like that, you need to know the world is bigger than you know. Also if you see a news about china&covid19 and think the Asian walking away in front of you is relevant to the news, that's wrong.
@@0kang532 Go ask your friendly America...Do bark in your place.
@@densely123 hahaha you're so funny I really wanna know why you think I would like America. Your brain is very simple so you can't think other options but only two
Australia has very high double standards
I went to Sydney Harbour and watched at the Opera House. After the show, I went to the nearby restaurant to eat dinner but the owner said that they were about to close and could no longer serve any food. When I was about to leave, a white family of 4 came in and were served. I thought the owner was not racist, he was just considerate for the family instead of a single hungry Latin American individual. And so I thought.
He did you a favor... If he hated you that much you wouldn't wanna know what he could've done to your food 🤢
Im scared because i really wanna go to aussie when im a bit older but I'm black and dont wanna be attacked
Your argument might mean more if they didn’t accept the handouts.
Is the Pope catholic?
Not according to some catholics today lol.
*Do Australians really think that all Asians are Chinese? Like why are they even bothering innocent Asians even they aren’t even Chinese like? Are they are immature or what? This is ridiculous, for real. Especially kids, when I was minding my business walking to school this chick goes to her friend and whispers “get your mask, Chinese” as if I couldn’t hear her, plus I didn’t look like a Chinese that girl was clearly blind and arrogant.*
Yes most white aussies are
Always remember, the aboriginal people are the owner of the land. So the other have no difference.
Totally agree...
Nice topic mate. I’ve been lived in Aus more than 10 years. First moved to Brisbane from Vietnam then decided to live in Melbourne.
It seems to me that Melbourne is less racist than Brisbane. But that’s should be fine to deal with this as it just a small group of people in Australia.
Keep up with your work mate! Your vids are just so amazing!
Cheers
Aussie English back then got kicked out of the bus as the driver shouted at me while I was having chewing gum .Second time, while I was in the Change room at Gym, I was talking to my friend in Vnese then other guys ( Caucasian) just asked us ‘why your language sounds like a duck’ and kept laughing at us.
Well those things just happended at my very first days in Aus which was one of the reasons I moved to Melbourne years later.
Still love Aus tho but that could happen to any Asians first came to Aus.
Cheers mate!
Why there is the anti-racist law in Australia, if no racist, abolish the law. That's it.
Australia is a racist country no doubt about it shamefully, I'm a very proud indigenous Ozzy man. And I'm not all that dark I'm considered half cast" its a shame that racism is deeply rooted in our beautiful country. I personly cope it daily.my poor mum was very dark and she copted it a lot and she was a sucesfull singer. In fact she made a good a good living from it.but yes at times she could hear the comments and laughter but mum didn't let a dumb thing that detour she form her job. My mother had a very funny since of humor, everyone who met her instantly made friends. And warmed to her loving and careing personality
But at the same time there would be someone making racist remake's behind her back of course.so no matta if you've worked hard all your life racism well not be far behind, its a real
shame .first of all you invade our country then have the ordasady to great us like animals that you tried very has to put down like dog with rabies.😡🤛🤜👊🤬
Most Australians are I’m afraid
Lived in a small country town (SA) for a few years, aussie people are awesome. But I ain't sure bout the city people. Maybe y'all will face racism often in cities than country sides.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast G'day mate, I can't tell which city, just any cities. As a country boy myself, i'm just sayin' country people are nicer than people in cities.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast keep up the good work! Have a great day, my aussie mate.
Australia in 2011 to 2015 was very racist, but now Australia is very non-racist.
@@MrKenng123 How is it less racist now?
I’m an Aussie living in Japan and foreigners can buy property and get Japanese citizenship, but will never be thought of as ethnically Japanese.
Aussie English No problem! I love your videos by the way, especially your podcasts :-)
Shibatantei I’m Japanese and was just gonna point out the same thing! And can’t deny that we are to an extent close minded and behind in racial talks due to our racially homogeneous history, which can actually be a good thing too at the same time in the sense that the down side of globalization won’t affect us too much whilst people from overseas can feel safe living.
I'm curious is there racism when it comes to dating in Australia ? I'm a asian Canadian born in Canada coming to Australia in 2021 with my Aussie gf I'm kinda worried about meeting the parents I hope I don't get kidnapped or killed. Btw my gf haven't told her parents that I'm Asian she on a working visa in Canada moving back to Australia
@@BreakingJJC yes.
It's not much different in America though unlike Japan or Australia we won't openly point it out. People can become American but there's hierarchy here and if you don't look or act a certain way you won't be accepted culturally and even then certainly not universally. Since each state has it's own culture and sub cultures within them you can be accepted in one but rejected in the other.
The information about New Zealanders coming over to Australia is inaccurate. To clarify, kiwis coming to Australia don't have full rights, meaning the same rights as Australian citizens, however, Australians who move to New Zealand have full rights and that is the issue been spoken about - that is the "racism/discrimination" between NZers and Australians is generated from, the inequality of rights between both migration system is the issue debated by kiwis. Thought should add that here in order to support the kiwi community. GREAT video and lots of interesting points to generate awareness on one of Australian's hot topics. Thanks
It's funny how the comments that say they didn't experience racism then state they're from a European or white country. Your case is different obviously.
I am a Japanese who will study in Sydney as an international student. I am terrified to know that some Chinese people are being discriminated there now. For Australian people, we look the same. By this, I never want to say that I hope to be told from chinese people, but rather, that we are friends, and I sincerely wish there were no discrimnations related to Covit-19.
@@kx4188 Which is funny that you say that. I had a teacher growing up from Australia who moved to the deep south. She was embraced with open arms and fit into the culture seamlessly (except for the accent).
I’m not Chinese but after spending about 2 years in Australia as an international student, I can assure you that Australians are nice people. I encountered more racism in Canada, where people are assumed to be very nice and welcoming.
I am from Nepal. It's been 5 months since I arrived here in Tasmania. I don't think Aussie are racist . Because when I and my wife walk in the streets, sometimes they just greet us so nicely. I have not encountered any racist attacks till now. It feels like it is the safest country to live in for immigrants like us.It is about personal experience and our perception. We really cannot generalize.
Come to the main land
Go to Western Australia or Queensland and you will see
Both of you are very nice people and have never seen the racist behaviour in your life. And the plenty of stories would not been released in the Australian media due to the public interest. One day on 2002, when I was waiting for the train at Wollongong train station, an Aussie teenage walked towards to me and said " back to your country. I will shoot you ". I knew he did not have the gun ( thanks to Australian's gun law) but it is painful experience. The worse thing happened to me on 2003 in Sydney darling harbour, two Aussie teenage punched my left eye without warning. I had multiple mild orbital fracture. And I was robbed in Sydney train twice when I was in Sydney from 2003 to 2005. I can not count how many times I heard " Fxxk, go back to China" from the car passing me in Sydney.
My son was born in Australia and he only can speak English. He is the only Asian boy in his class. But I had to told him " If you look like a Chinese, then you are Chinese. " I had to told him the painful true stories which happened to Chinese in Australia.
The thing is it is often ' new ' Australians who are overtly racist toward other ethnicities too. I work in a very multicultural setting so witness this daily. Everybody likes to say its just a white Australian thing but that is simply BS.
I have lived in melbourne for 10 years. I had just a couple of instances of racist behaviour towards me. I know one racist person myself. he has other personal issues, I don't take him seriously. I've heard stories about Nth Qld, but haven't seen anything myself.
I reckon the tolerance towards other cultures is rather phenomenal in melbourne and good all over the nation. I'm happy here!
I agree. I'm from Melbourne too and so far for me, never had any racist encounters at all. People are very friendly no matter what tbh.
Know what, I haven't had any issues in Perth (where I live). But... Racism is there right in Singapore where Singapore Chinese vs China Chinese / Filipinos / Bangladeshis or anyone not born and breed in Singapore. Within the born and breed Singaporeans, its Chinese against malays/Indians
Where are you from? :)
I also live in Melbourne and I think racism is rampant.
@@ihaven0thingnotevenaname881 lol, don t believe everything "they" say. Whoever "they" may be.
There certainly is institutional racism in Australia and there is a ton of instances of racist attacks if you bother to read the news.
Almost 500 aboriginal people have been killed in custody, no cop has been convicted. The government once suspended the racial discrimination act for the NT intervention.
Australia's history remains being presented in a whitewashed way in schools and public representation. The stolen generations and the genocide are being denied by media personalities.
It has been proven that people with foreign or aboriginal names have bigger problems with finding jobs and rental housing.
You will get your racial slurs even in Melbourne, but that is only the very surface of racism.
Your dad is incredibly knowledgeable in lots of stuff! Reminded me of that I loved your video from years ago where he talked about his garden. Btw for his information, not 99.999..% of Japanese citizen have Japanese ancestry. We now have roughly 3 million people of different background which is more than 2% of population.
Aussie English Largely Asian expats I guess! Technically 2/3 of them with no voting rights but I consider them all as citizens anyway. Multiracial babies skyrocketing recently and our northern indigenous people called Ainu have been integrated into mainlanders long ago so no one actually knows the true number😂
it ain't natural it is taught
I lived in the UK for 2 years before I moved to Australia, and as a Chinese person, I have to say Australia is a more welcoming country than England because Australians are more enthusiastic and approachable. The first time I encountered racism in Australia was a few days ago, I guess it’s probably related to covid19 pandemic.
Each country has racism issue including China, the country where i come from. I always think western countries are doing better in curbing racism - since it is not a system issue, and things can always be improved due to democracy.
Honestly speaking from my personal experience, I dropped out university of Sydney because mutiply racism crimes I encountered, I felt so scared to be there. After 6pm, I would never be on street. I felt like I will never know when will a racism person come to me and just grab my clothes, kick me just because I am a chinese, and saying he can do whatevetr he wants just because he is a white. And police officer was very irresponsible dealing with racsim crimes. I dealt they are racism personally. Very much disappointing experience over there.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast NO, I went back home afterwards, and I am going to university again in China this year.
Chinese communist party bot. meanwhile in China over a million muslims imprisoned
In my opinion, the answer to "Is Australia Racist?" is both "yes and no", depending on which aspect you want to focus on; So not racist, in terms of recent government policies, which is inclusive of everybody and non-discriminatory. But Australia had an official racist "White Australia policy", which only ended in 1973.
Furthermore, even today there are still a a lot of racist individuals (and all kinds of groups) who still have a racist view of the world. Two groups are the One Nation party, which started off as an anti-asian party, and another group is the Australia First Party, run by a white supremacist by the name (Dr) Jim Saleam. The irony is that this racist Saleam pretends to be a white European / Greek, although it's widely known he has lebanese heritage.
I have enjoyed listening to what has been openly discussed and having spent 20 years living and working in various parts of Australia I can agree in the most parts of what you say. However, at no time was the real elephant in the room ever discussed, that is the disgraceful attitudes openly demonstrated by many white Australians towards the Indigenous people of Australia. My best friend was Indigenous, I have lived and worked around parts of the indigenous population in various places in Australia and became tired of having to constantly bite my tounge to avoid confrontation between my work mates and other white Australians, even with those in authority, Police etc. We have even seen Australian politicians show their true colours when they encounter issues relating to the indigenous population. It is disgraceful and ugly in it's purest form and was the main reason I left Australia, because I knew it was a battle that I alone could not win. I would suggest that the majority of white Australians have little or no real understanding of indigenous culture, beit of mainland tribes, or Torres Strait Islanders resulting in opinions formed out of ignorance by those who couldn't care less. When I am told by others that they are not responsible for the plight of these people today, they demonstrate that really they do no give a dam. What they fail to accept is that they vote for politicians in elections, who then make the political policies that will favour, or go against indigenous people TODAY and not just from past events. A number of years back Australia was challenged by the UN to clean up its act, but since then matters have been allowed to fall by the wayside. Australia should not consider itself alone with this type of criticism as the US is no better with its treatment of the American Indian. In this day and age there is no excuse for this kind of abusive attitude to be allowed to continue, so why is it still the case? .......... FEAR and CORRUPTION!
Hi Pete, you´re amazing and I love your channel. I have a question: how do you think Aussies see latinas? Are they racist with them? despite I´ve white skin my facial features are from a latina (Colombian), not European. Do you think I would be rejected because of it? I am planning to go to study to Brisbane maybe next year but that thing just keep bugging me, thank you :D
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Aww you're so kind. I am so relieved to hear that! Thank you ♡♡♡
Australians are pretty racist, no doubt. But its quite survivable if you are not aboriginal.
I am from India...I watch your videos and you really help your audience to understand the Aussie culture...I find it really interesting and helpful. As a part of IT industry I am working in a project where I need to provide service to Australian client and to communicate with them smoothly ( without any interruption in communication) I watch your videos to understand Aussie accent. In this video in a part you said that you will feel uncomfortable if you surrounded with Indian or Vietnamese people bcz you are not aware of their culture. Believe me India has unity in diversity in their culture, mostly we follow hindu cultures...If you ever get a chance to visit India please do that... you will fall in love for India.... You are really very humble and handsome guy ...love to watch your videos....If possible please make a video how Australian people thinks about Indian... Really would like to watch that.
For me, racism is not about what citizenship do you have. I finally understood that its the person who is racist. There are people of all different colors and races that can be so accomodating and will treat you fairly and nicely, but there are also people that will discriminate you. It's reality folks, it does not depend on what nationality a person has, but it's highly dependent on his core values as a human being.
It's like in any other country in the world, there are idiots everywhere, in the same way there are people that enjoy killing or looting. Usually I have faced unpleasant situations here in Australia but usually come from crap society. But in a big proportion of the people I had the chance to met Aussies whatever their background are absolutely lovely people with outstanding values.
As a chinese in Australia, no.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Yeah mate
I lived 2 years at least in Australia, but lucky no one racist to me. I think it depends on how you act
@@AussieEnglishPodcast was living in Perth, Kunnunara and Tennant Creek :) and anyway i am Asian :)
Can i please have a script of this podcast!!
Man in all honesty everyone speaks about racism in Australia but the reality is we are all except for Aboriginals from different countries. We fight more then the actual people who where here first its ridiculous. Ofcause everyone has a bit of racism in them. It's like when people say they don't judge it's rubbish we all do we can't help it but it matters to what degree. Everyone should live in peace and harmony this world belongs to no one we are all just travelling through until our end.
@Charles Huang no excuses. Humans ruin everything it's simple
I don't think we should be abiding by human nature at all when it comes to matters like this. Human nature is dark and if all revert to "monke" as they say then we will slowly but surely start creating environments that reflect that. They say humans being are naturally xenophobic or non monogamous etc and etc.. Look at chimpanzee societies who live naturally as close to monke as you can get. Is that really the type of example we should seek to emulate?
Yes
Australia, Canada and New Zealand are most immigrant welcoming countries in the world. Students from all over the world migrate to there and after completing their study, choose to staying and becoming citizens.
I am Greek living in Melbourne since 2019. Being lucky having citizenship from my mum i felt no racism. You can feel that people are gentle but there is something on the air depending on each one's ethnical background. Generally the Australian government shows zero tolerance in racism
That’s because you’re European
Iam glad to hear that there's a country that discriminates chanise after what they did to African s during corona pandemic
Don’t come here
I like how you have less then half of population of the US but you still say that lol. That said most of the western world holds that sentiment now.
I don’t think that Oz is racist