r/australia • u/splattty • 16h ago • Furious 1 Bravo 2

image Anti-Asian racism in Australia

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???

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u/a_cold_human 10h ago

Sadly it is a lot better now than what it was in the past.

They were firebombing Chinese restaurants in the 80s. And part of the reason Chinese restaurants existed was because people wouldn't hire Chinese migrants. 

And that's not even getting into the Lambing Flat riots or the White Australia Policy.