Responses to racist taunts:

[Spandex]

I was bashed senseless by a group of Aborigines in Adelaide back in 1997 as a nieve 20 year old because I didn't have a smoke or any money to give them.

That said, I have worked with, played football with and have friends that are Aboriginal.

I think when i was 20, i liked to believe that every aborigine was like Ernie Dingo.

Good to see you haven't let that experience ruin your relationships with all aboriginal people. I'm sure a few posters on this thread would have used such an experience to justify themselves.

I had a similar experience, in that i was bashed by a group of 4 white men when I was 16, who were out, as they said "Boong bashing". They beat the sh1t out of me. I'd be pretty stupid for that experience to mess with my relationships with all white people. My wife is white for a starters.

********s come in all races.

I don't understand why dark skinned people of African heritage, especially Afro-American's on Foxtel, call each other the N word but when a non-dark skinned person of African heritage calls a dark skinned person of African heritage the N word, it's racist and they want to kill them? I've never been able to get my head around it. I always thought the N word was racist until basically every rapper in the world started using it like we say "mate" they say "the N word"...beats me

Firstly, there's a difference between using the N word as a gesture of 'mateship' and using it as a racial slur. This is the distinction.

But that being said, I think you'll find that the far majority of black Americans never use the word and despise it regardless of whoever is using it. But those who do, see it as a way of claiming the word for themselves, for them to use and nobody else.

Richard Pryor used the world all the time, a few of his albums even use the word in the title. But after he visited Africa, he said he would never use the word again.

 

[Mr Gor]

No, we call each other Sir and Madame.

Also, far be it for an indigenous person to correct the Kings English, but there is no such thing as an 'aboriginal.' Somebody IS aboriginal. It's an adejective i.e a describing word. But somebody IS AN aborigine, which is a noun. i.e a naming word.

I am aboriginal. I am an aborigine. Got it?

So ends the lesson.

ahhhh yeah i remember learning that in like year 4. my sincerest apologies for using incorrect "kings english".

btw, you could make a living out of correcting people's english on here if you really wanted!

 

[J-Train]

Good to see you haven't let that experience ruin your relationships with all aboriginal people. I'm sure a few posters on this thread would have used such an experience to justify themselves.

I had a similar experience, in that i was bashed by a group of 4 white men when I was 16, who were out, as they said "Boong bashing". They beat the sh1t out of me. I'd be pretty stupid for that experience to mess with my relationships with all white people. My wife is white for a starters.

********s come in all races.

I was bitter about it for a few years afterwards and I won't lie, it did cloud my opinion of aboriginal people. It was also compounded by some visits to Port Augusta and Whyalla where all it seemed Aboriginal people wanted to do was get hammered and punch up strangers/each other or hassle people for money.

But, all that was more than a decade ago and time heals all wounds. I was just angry at the time because my particular attack was unprovoked. It was just a wrong place/wrong time situation.

 

[scotty4]

heard this the other day: i'm not racist, racism is a crime, and crime is for black people.
obviously a joke, but pretty bad taste.

 

[J_Moore]

Yeah, it's an overreaction, but teenage kids are teenage kids - plenty are just looking for a reason to arc up. Just look at a regular friday or saturday night - plenty of people of all races beating the shit out of each other over perceived slights or insults.

But I don't know how you can, based on this particular incident, say "african refugees overreact to racism". I imagine the average African immigrant deals with racist taunts on a fairly regular basis, and just lives with it.

And to the unimaginative folk who wonder why 'hip hop culture' (jesus, typing that makes me feel 5o years old) might appeal to refugees - i imagine it's because, thrust into a very alien world, they find it easier to identify with people that at least look like them.

Assimilating is a pretty bloody difficult process. For the most part, westerners are terrible at it when they move overseas, so I can't see why we expect it to be easy when people move here.

 

[OneEyedHawk]

I'm not saying that racism isn't bad, but ...

This is where I tuned out...

 

[BigBadCam]

This is where I tuned out...

Well, this concept is obviously too complex for you to understand then. Of course racism is bad, but in this day and age, just how bad is it? Is it bad enough to warrant unleashing on someone and beating them half to death?

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Well, this concept is obviously too complex for you to understand then. Of course racism is bad, but in this day and age, just how bad is it? Is it bad enough to warrant unleashing on someone and beating them half to death?

No, it's not.

 

[Virgil]

No, it's not.

Really? I think it is. Personally, I think a lot of people would benefit from having a little bit of tolerance beaten into them.

 

[Todd_Gack]

Well, this concept is obviously too complex for you to understand then. Of course racism is bad, but in this day and age, just how bad is it? Is it bad enough to warrant unleashing on someone and beating them half to death?

Depends on the circumstances in which it was said. Not beating people half to death, but if someone is going to go around insulting people (even not racially) its not really a surprise someone is going to retaliate physically.

Also, just because you dont go around spouting racist rubbish doesnt mean there arent people that do. I mean, there isnt segregation, but its not like it isnt a problem.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Depends on the circumstances in which it was said. Not beating people half to death, but if someone is going to go around insulting people (even not racially) its not really a surprise someone is going to retaliate physically.

Also, just because you dont go around spouting racist rubbish doesnt mean there arent people that do. I mean, there isnt segregation, but its not like it isnt a problem.

It's not a matter of being a suprise, no one is suprised by this, but does it warrant being beaten (in some cases, to death). I'd say no.

 

[Todd_Gack]

It's not a matter of being a suprise, no one is suprised by this, but does it warrant being beaten (in some cases, to death). I'd say no.

No, I dont think it does. Violence is hardly a solution. But if you're going around making racist remarks you can hardly play the innocent victim.

 

[Leo Barry You Star]

It gets really annoying when people simply group all Africans into one giant group. There are over 53 countries and almost 1 billion people living there...
It would be similar to me saying I have a problem with germans so we should kick out all europeans

 

[r dub 19]

That picture posted is a disgrace which I take offense to, If you aren't African American you won't understand.

 

[BigBadCam]

That picture posted is a disgrace which I take offense to, If you aren't African American you won't understand.

 

[r dub 19]

Do you actually have anything of relevance to say?

 

[BigBadCam]

Do you actually have anything of relevance to say?

Mate, I've had lots to say. Sometimes though, a roll of the eyes says more than words ever could.

 

[fishguts]

That picture posted is a disgrace which I take offense to, If you aren't African American you won't understand.

So you are saying you're offended by the word naggers?

 

[Hoops]

I think it's accepted that the "N" word is totally unacceptable. so there's no excuses.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Many years ago, my girlfriend (now wife) and I went to watch my brother play cricket. When we got there, he was in the middle batting.

After a quick check of the scorecard, and a catch up with some former team-mates, I went back to watch the play.

Wife: Is ..... out there?
SN: Yeah.
W: Which one is he?

S: The one with the Grey Nicholls bat.
W: I can't tell.

S: With the writing in red on the back.
W: I can't see

S: The other guy bats left-handed
W: Which way's left handed?

S: He's wearing a green helmet. (other one was blue)
W: Both look the same from here.

S: Up the bowlers end.
W: Which ends the bowlers end?

S: (sighing)....he's wearing long sleeves.
W: I still can't tell.

....

S: He the one that HASN'T got black arms.



...and I still married her!

 

[Spandex]

Many years ago, my girlfriend (now wife) and I went to watch my brother play cricket. When we got there, he was in the middle batting.

After a quick check of the scorecard, and a catch up with some former team-mates, I went back to watch the play.

Wife: Is ..... out there?
SN: Yeah.
W: Which one is he?

S: The one with the Grey Nicholls bat.
W: I can't tell.

S: With the writing in red on the back.
W: I can't see

S: The other guy bats left-handed
W: Which way's left handed?

S: He's wearing a green helmet. (other one was blue)
W: Both look the same from here.

S: Up the bowlers end.
W: Which ends the bowlers end?

S: (sighing)....he's wearing long sleeves.
W: I still can't tell.

....

S: He the one that HASN'T got black arms.



...and I still married her!

LOL. Good stuff.

 

[JoondalupJ]

American African Americans are AMERICANS! kids. The Africans we are getting as refugees in Australia now are AFRICANS from different countries on that continent. The majority of so called hip hop "whatever they are" music culture typed blacks in the USA
prancing around on the streets with their break dancing and street culture (that we whities try to copy, like Bill the Lama farmer) wouldn't know the difference between an Ethiopian or a Somalian or a flamin Zulu for that matter. They are AMERICANS. Most African Americans have more generations of American continent history than the average 5 generation anglo aussie here in Australia. They've been there for up to 3 hundred years maybe more considering that they were enslaved all over the place including Europe and in the Carribean. So to be insulted by the word NXXXer I would have to ask an American what it makes him feel. Because I don't use the term and aborigines have been Black fellas to me and I'm a white fella. But I use the term abbo sometimes ,now maybe that is offensive ,I don't know but I don't mean it to be like that.
Australians always shorten words. Also Australians are very easy going and always use nic names most of the time it is never meant as an offence. Like calling English, poms,
My best man at my wedding was a pommie it was a term of endearment, but some of my
English cousins get offended, don't be, most of us are from that island(UK) and most of us just got here a couple of hundred years earlier. And if the black people who were brutalised by European slavers think that we AUSSIES don't understand then think about this. Most of us 5th to 6th generation Australians were convicts and lived under the cat-onine-tails, brutalised and enslaved for a couple of generations and NOT by European slavers ,well they were European all right, BUT THEY WERE OUR OWN PEOPLE. What does all that mean, who fxxkxxg knows but racism I don't know what that really is but I do my share of name calling under my breath as other races do to me its a fact of human existance .Maybe we will get on together in centuries to come but I wouldn't hold my breath.Racism is not owned by white man alone, by the way.

 

[JoondalupJ]

Yeah, it's an overreaction, but teenage kids are teenage kids - plenty are just looking for a reason to arc up. Just look at a regular friday or saturday night - plenty of people of all races beating the shit out of each other over perceived slights or insults.

But I don't know how you can, based on this particular incident, say "african refugees overreact to racism". I imagine the average African immigrant deals with racist taunts on a fairly regular basis, and just lives with it.

And to the unimaginative folk who wonder why 'hip hop culture' (jesus, typing that makes me feel 5o years old) might appeal to refugees - i imagine it's because, thrust into a very alien world, they find it easier to identify with people that at least look like them.

Assimilating is a pretty bloody difficult process. For the most part, westerners are terrible at it when they move overseas, so I can't see why we expect it to be easy when people move here.

Good comment. How would you be arriving in middle Australia and your as tall as a giraffe and as skinny as a bean and you are shining blue black with beautiful bright coloured clothes, well you'd feel out of place hey?

 

[Call Me Cake]

What a great time to pull out an old favourite video of mine...

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lol.

 

[BigBadCam]

What a great time to pull out an old favourite video of mine...

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Best. Comedian. Ever.

If you don't laugh at this you have no soul whatsoever.

Not really. I don't really agree with what he says. It's absolutely historically inaccurate and he's not really that funny.