Despite protests from many Australians that Australia is not a racist country and are welcoming to all races, this garbage was on TV.
This show was widely watched as it was an older Australian variety show, brought back for a limited time. Seems like they are still in the 1930s? When was blackface around? Probably way earlier than that.
I just want to vomit, shake everyone, slap people across the face etc etc etc. This is why I cannot live here. I couldn't stand to have to deal with this on a daily basis. It's not everyone, I know, but the fact that these guys are not immediately fired and raked across the coals just indicates the acceptance of these ignorant and intolerant attitudes and behaviours. The rest of the world should be saying something to Australia, because they just don't get that racism is evil, outdated, ignorant and completely unacceptable.
I do like Australia BUT (and thats a big but) can you enjoy a place where you know that your best friends wouldn't be accepted here? Can you endorse a place that turns a blind eye to prejudice? This is a huge struggle Kurtis and I have been dealing with. We have met lovely people here, visited amazing places, experienced interesting culture but there is a dark side here that makes our stomach turn...
Australian Word of the Day: Wog, Skip, Abs, Abos, Pom, etc etc. - the lovely racist terms that some Australians use in regular conversations. Many people don't see these terms as racist, they are just narrowing who they are talking about. I'm dry retching right now.
Wow that was horrible. Good to see Harry Conick Jr. at least damn the thing. Interesting there are almost 8,000 comments on this and 6 of the 8 I read were either defensive or agresively defensive.
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