Call me racist if you will?
- Barrie Williams
- Jul 15
- 2 min read
I've lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Minneapolis, London etc. but most importantly I was based in Jakarta for three years (where I learnt Bahasa Indonesia) and Singapore for two years.
I am not racist and there is no evidence that I am.
The multi-cultural vibrancy of Australia is amazing and has not only given us amazing food and the ability to learn about different cultures and langauages but I have a number of red lines, as it were.
I don't own a car - they are money pits (insurance, fuel, tyres, registration, servicing, tolls etc.) so I get around Melbourne using public transport and I've started to take photos that prove that I am the only Anglo-Saxon on a train, tram or bus and; moreover: I am the only one that listens to music via my Apple AirPods and not take phone calls or be loud on the likes of FaceTime talking about highly personal issues.
When I walk around the Melbourne CBD and see an Asian on their iPhone and not looking where they are going I literally line them up so they will walk into me and the response is usually: "Didn't you see me" and my response is: "Get off your phone and look where you are going!"
When I lived in Indonesia the President was a woman! Women could drive and were respected whereas in the Arab Muslim states this is not how it works.
In the Quran the verse that states a man should avert his eyes towards another woman whom is married is in Indonesia interpreted as it's inappropriate to look at another man's wife and show respect whereas the same sentence in the Arab Sates is interpreted as that is the responsibility of the woman to 'shroud' Herself so that another man can't see her.
On that basis, one could easily argue that Muslims from the Arab States and the likes of refugees from Nigeria and other parts of Africa that come to Australia on Visas to escape war and yet do not integrate, receive welfare without applying for jobs, run around the towns such as Footscray with machetes should not be allowed to stay.
If one wants to escape a war torn nation and avail themselves of our amazing medical and welfare systems then they must learn English and assimilate otherwise go home!
We desperately need new laws regarding the use of mobile phones in public and also an overhaul of the immigration system. Is it any wonder people are flooding to One Nation - us Anglo-Saxon immigrants or Australian born citizens are not Nazis - we just want all immigrants to assimilate, learn English and contribute.
My now late Great Uncle arrived from Germany with nothing and ended up founding the ski resort Mt. Baw Baw. He was a true entrepreneur and an example of what immigrants ought do.
Finally, these migrants have no respect - one doesn't get on a tram until everyone has gotten off. The same could be said for elevators and escalators let alone walking on the left and not taking up entire footpaths when someone like me whom walks quite quickly simply wants to pass. It's as if they have no spacial recognition.
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