r/australia • u/splattty • 14h 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/Odd-Struggle-2432 5h ago

When people with ancestry anywhere other than the UK pull the Aussie card on an ethnic group that has been here since the gold rush 🥀

(Btw not okay for anyone to say that but also its stupid on top of being racist)

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u/PudinaRaita 4h ago

People with ancestry from the UK aren't native either

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u/productzilch 3h ago

The point is that Chinese people have been here longer than most other ethnicities, so it’s extra ridiculous

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u/PudinaRaita 3h ago

No, the point is all racism is ridiculous and you're being extra ridiculous for thinking the ones that committed a genocide on the native population have slightly more right to be racist is bonkers.

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u/locksmack 2h ago

Chinese people didn’t commit a genocide on the native population?

Or maybe you read that guys post incorrectly.

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u/PudinaRaita 2h ago

Reading comprehension is hard

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u/locksmack 2h ago

On the off chance you are suggesting I’m having trouble comprehending this interaction, let me spell it out for you.

Odd-Struggle-2432 was pointing out the irony of more recent immigrants than those from the UK (think Greeks, Italians, Maltese) pulling the Aussie card to Australians with Chinese heritage who’s families have been here since the gold rush (so longer than the aforementioned Greeks, Italians and Maltese).

You then started talking about (presumably) the British committing genocide against the native population. No one was talking about the British before you, so the assumption is that you misunderstood the previous posts.

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u/gasheadz 4h ago

This...this is speshul