Comments on: 7 Tips Regarding Racism in Australia

By: nkosi

nkosi — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:35:12 +0000

@Edmund. i hear you. your post is spot. you are right when you say racism in Melbourne is much less overt, although i hear Indian students are getting attacked over there nowadays. anyway, whilst Melbourne is a truly multicultural city, i am glad you pointed out how racism and ignorance can be pervasive in other parts of Australia. the ignorance part is made worse by the fact that more than 70% of Australians have never travelled outside Australia.

@caustic blonde. i remember one night when i came from a club in Melbourne and caught a cab. the driver was a middle aged Chinese man and we had a good conversation that journey..he told me that he usually works night shifts and he mentioned how disgusted he gets at the behaviour of a lot of the drunk white girls he picks up on the way home from a girls night out..and he told me (in no uncertain terms) that a lot of them talk about a black man’s dick…not necessary having experienced it, but for curiosity’s sake.

By: Crowie

Crowie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:10:26 +0000

to mike how dare you stereotype white australians. i am a white australian and i am most certainly not racist, like most of the other white australians i know. you yourself are ignorant ‘rodent’ if you believe that. An to Mwangi iv really enjoyed reading your post and the comments so thanks

By: james c

james c — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:45:23 +0000

You are right, mike, because i am white,the silly blacks of africa have know idea ,of the whites of aussie,this is the land of floods and droughts,there is a basic, underlying nature to whites ,that blacks ignore at there peril,white males in this country will smile in your stupid, black face ,while working to distroy you as a group,they will even joke with you,but all along we will be joking with our own kind, not with yours.THEIRS TO THE NEXT AIDS VIRIS,IM WORKING ON ,THAT WILL REMOVE YOUR KIND FROM EARTH, HA HA HA HA HA

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:35:20 +0000

@Mike: So far its yet to have a huge impact on my life, so for the time being I will preserve that I do not detect nor live within the constraints of institutional or even large scale social racism. Should my life conditions begin to be affected maybe my opinion might change, but so far its been 7 years and for the most pretty good.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:24:19 +0000

White Aussies or Dingos, as I call them, are some of the most racist rodents, you will encounter.
Still trying to eradicate the Aboriginies, these paranoid, foriegn infestation, are like to give the international image that they are some Rof Harris like personality, but they are more dangerous than the Bubonic Plague! The one’s over in England are just the same. When they first come over, andf see African or West Indian people, they act like if it’s the Aborigines they are dealing with. Though they soon learn, to their dear cost, that We, are not prepared to be dealt in that way, so they behave themselfs! Nevertheless, they remain racists, as I discovered a they happily mix with other Racist white Nationlities. For example, they mix well with that other Racist Rodents-New Zealanders.
Not suprizing, as it is their Mari-Murdering Cousins! Though I first found it puzzlling, that they also mix well with the White South Africans as well!
Puzzling as while the New Zealanders are Geographicaly next door to each other, the Boar Bunch, are not.
So a bit of logical applied revealed the answers.
1: All three are white.
2: All three are FOREIGN to the Countries they occupy.
3: the most dissturbing of all-All three have mass murdered, raped, opressed and-in the case of the Aussie and New Zealands-still trying to eradicate/eliminate the Original people they meet in them Countries.

So do no under estimate how dangerous white aussies are

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:30:07 +0000

@Kakabweha: Thanks for stopping by tDA and leaving the comment Glad my thoughts could resonate with you.

By: Kakabweha

Kakabweha — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:03:51 +0000

Hi Mwangi,
I think yours is one of the most hilarious blogs I have come across! Having had similar experiences living in both urban and rural US and Canadian cities and as another displaced African male I truly understand both the stereo types you mentioned. It’s funny how your description of the “Mandingo” and “Big white girl” myths fit some observations I made or experienced living in the rural Southern USA. I have pretty much dated across all races but my worst racial and stereo typical experiences as KP stated on her post, was when I dated a few white women. I could almost feel the scorn on a lot of the white males and African American females we came across directed at me or my date.
I enjoyed your postings, keep it up and don’t let the ignorant get the better of you.
Kaka Bweha

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:58:18 +0000

@Nadine: First of all sincere thanks for stopping by tDA and I hope your 2009 is awesome. Now, this being a new year, as you will notice from my most recent comments – I assume you read the Jungle Fever post first ignored the other 226 articles and came straight to this one – I really have very low tolerance for people who come at me in an arrogant, condescending way and so I shall treat you as though you just attacked me, which you did.

If I was to summarize what miffs me about your comment in a solution, ” Read the rest of the blog and see where I’m coming from, what my story and my point of view is, if you expect me to take any advice or attacks against me seriously.”

One, wasn’t it clear enough from the Jungle fever article that the “myth” – remember I called it the “myth” was debunked. No need to remind me, I know, that’s why I wrote that article.

Second, did you actually read the article: no one comes out looking as bad as FOB African men. I don’t know why people who keep stopping by to attack me, miss that. Whatever your purpose is for being offended, go back and read it from an African man’s point of view and realize I pretty much said that by and large we are perceived in a very negative way, hence the reason the article ended with a request for alternative ways of being and positioning ourselves within this society.

Third, clearly you ignored the other 226 articles if you ask me why I talk about, “blackness” or “Africanness” and don’t just speak of my shared humanity. As you would know, race isn’t just about skin colour. It’s about culture, your place in society, your expectations, shared history, in short its a whole world unto itself.
In Australia for example, there is a huge difference between a blog that would be written by someone like me, who toes the line between being fresh off the boat and one who grew up here, someone born in Australia, Afro-Carribeans and African Americans. Please before attacking me on this at all, take the time to read what else I have written otherwise I honestly can’t take your arguments seriously as they are made in ignorance of my unique POV and all the elements of it.

Finally, I don’t know why its one year later when people are stopping by assuming that I am speaking about myself in the story, again you clearly don’t know my story to be saying something like that.

Now that the negative energy is purged, again thanks for stopping by and I hope your union with your African partner flourishes and endures.

By: Nadine

Nadine — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:55:48 +0000

Hi,
I have missed the reason for your display of the opinions about Australia, where I assume you arrived voluntarily? Yes, Australia can be both a racist and a non racist society. But I can assure you that the image of any kind of Australian women hanging out at the airports to meet African men for sex is perhaps yours or your advisors’ dream.
I am not African but I know Africa well. Obese women exist everywhere. African men relentlessly pursuing non African women for financial gain is appalling. Even African teenagers who are stubbornly and aggressively pursuing middle aged women. The image of a sex symbol about African does exist and it is often held in ignorance (there are millions of African men who don’t come even close to that image) and perpetuated by African men themselves, who like the image. You are flattering yourself if you think that the women in nightclubs are dreaming of having sex with you. maybe some are, they could be also drunk or stoned and just curious about having sex with a person of a different race. Get over yourself and your arrogance, and just be a human being, stop focusing on your ‘blackness’ and stop dreaming that you are a Western woman’s dream – as you are not. You are just people like any other people, and come in every shape, size and character. My partner is an African man and he has been chosen by me because of his value as a person and because he is handsome to me. I have met thousands of completely unattractive African men and women, like in any other nation. So get over your dreams and also , perhaps re examine your idea of using non attractive Australian women for sex and food. That resembles prostituting yourself. So young and so arrogant and ignorant. I hope that you will evolve as you mature. There is nothing but silly rambling in your blogs so far and you give your countrymen a bad image. Why would you promote all that ugly stuff? Have a good day.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:28:33 +0000

@Edmund: Welcome to tDA and thanks for your insights, I especially appreciate the fact that they are based on your experiences.