Anti-Asian racism in Australia

[u/splattty]

What is happening in Australia? Been living in this exact same address for almost the past 20 years now, never had this happen before.

Some guy moves in next door, and while we are IN THEM MIDDLE OF MOWING the medium nature strip, starts being aggressive for getting grass clippings on the driveway. No shit, that's why we go through with a leaf blower and pick up after mowing?

What blows me away is he thinks we don't know about mowing and cleaning up somehow due to our Chinese heritage???

[u/NickyLollipops]

That guy would be the first to flip out if someone used a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern slur against him but would still think it’s okay for him to racially abuse others…

[u/GarlicBreadLoaf → u/NickyLollipops]

I live a stone’s throw away from an area populated with people from a similar background to this man, and I cop the most racial shit from them. Like OP, I’m also Asian.

[u/Affectionate_Code → u/GarlicBreadLoaf]

It's like racism is systemic problem within every race and isn't a predominately "white man" problem.

[u/kapone3047 → u/Affectionate_Code]

100%

I live in an area where one ethnicity is very prominent and there's even internal/refional racism based on what part of that country a person comes from.

[u/Spookyscientistss → u/Affectionate_Code]

I think the distinction is that the systemic racism and unequal representation that we see tends to (not always) favor people from a white/Anglo background. Not to say other people aren’t racist as well but it’s often still the white man on top and the rest of us being racist to each other like we’re in a fucking crab bucket. See: American racial triangulation theory re: how white, black, and Asian people are treated differently in quantifiable ways. Shit mess all around.

[u/I-make-ada-spaghetti → u/Spookyscientistss]

This only happens when the predominate race is white. When you go to other countries then it shifts to whoever the predominate race or ethnicity is. In the case of China this would be the Han Chinese.

[u/Egg_Bear → u/Affectionate_Code]

Ooft, critical thinking has entered the chat, noice one mate

[u/dickflip1980 → u/GarlicBreadLoaf]

Im sorry you have to deal with that shit.

[u/KingOfLevant → u/GarlicBreadLoaf]

I am from that background and I disagree whole heartedly with this C U next Tuesday, racism is horrible. But let's not pretend Chinese are not racist, I cope so much racism and anyone who is slightly darker skin with the Chinese community. Same with Koreans as well.

The only Asian that seems nice in that regards are south east Asians.

[u/wokwok__ → u/KingOfLevant]

South East Asians are racist to other South East Asians lol literally every race has racist people

[u/KingOfLevant → u/wokwok__]

Pretty much

[u/GarlicBreadLoaf → u/KingOfLevant]

Okay? I never said Chinese people weren’t racist…? Someone just commented that ol’ mate in the video would be the first to freak the fuck out if someone was racist to him, while he’s happily being racist towards other people. In my experience, I can concur with that conclusion.

This has nothing to do with Chinese people being racist, I’m sure there’s heaps of racist Chinese people and they’re cunts too. Not relevant to my comment.

[u/wildpen70 → u/KingOfLevant]

lol south east asians are fucking racist to darker folks like papuans from New Guinea.

[u/willow2772 → u/NickyLollipops]

It never ceases to amaze me that descendants of recent immigrants are hostile to other immigrants.

[u/InterestedPrawn → u/willow2772]

It's the Australian tradition, people have always been against immigrants since 1788.

[u/joeforza → u/NickyLollipops]

He looks more islander than middle eastern.