Systemic Racism: Australia's great white silence | Jonathan Sri | TEDxQUT
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2015
- Racism is more entrenched and systemic than most of us realise. Using a range of practical case studies, Jonathan shows how Australia's white supremacist history continues to influence present-day political, legal and cultural institutions. Mainstream conversations about racism too often focus on overt bigotry, rather than covert structural oppression. The deeper issues are ignored and deprioritised. But pretending that race is irrelevant in the twenty-first century won't make racism go away.
Jonathan is a writer, musician and community organiser with a strong interest in democratic reform and non-hierarchical political structures. Much of his writing focuses on xenophobia, systemic racism and the normalisation of whiteness. Jonathan is a former Queensland poetry slam state champion, and was runner-up in the Australian poetry slam grand finale. He has performed poetry at the Sydney and Brisbane Writers Festivals and as far afield as London and Berlin. Jonathan has lived and worked in remote Aboriginal communities in north-east Arnhem Land as both a cross-cultural mediation facilitator and a community development worker. His views on racism have also been heavily shaped by his personal experiences as the son of a Tamil migrant. In his spare time, Jonathan organises underground community gig nights in houses and backyards around South Brisbane.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
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As a Indian in Oz, i love it when i get commented on my perfect ozzi english, which has no Indian accent i just reply "my family has had a lot of time to practice since were been here around the late 1840's how about yourself" i know it's petty but i can't help myself.
LMAO I love your clapback 😂! Don't stop!
Jesse, i am petty when it comes to this as well. I play a long snarky passive aggressive game.
i done trying to explain to slow pokes. we are not walking geography Maps.
Ur family related?
Sorry me grammi not ta youll standised be doin better next time" FW.
Hi I am an aboriginal man from the Daintree Rainforest I recently flew to Groote Island to start work for an earthmoving company boss name Barry as I overheard a phone conversation he was having with his son he said are the nigers still playing up I was only 2 m away I understand why so many of our indigenous kids choose to not travel and work throughout this country due to the experiences and story shed of members that have gone before them Australians like these I don't know why you are so angry obviously it's in your DNA be happy you have our country you have our inheritance you have privileges that we don't have if we both had a race with no handicaps who you think would win I know where I would put my money
Got to experience this lovely racism first hand when I went to the Gold Coast with my family (I’m a white Canadian) and my husband is Moroccan. No hiding their racism especially the older Aussie’s out right ignored my husband and talked only to me .
Crystal cc - so true - I’m half french half Indian and when I go anywhere I’m ignored but when I’m with my white mum it’s a different story especially here in Australia and yes mainly people over 40
Im filipino and I always experience that and aldo even aussies in their 20's do that.
You have come to get the benefit of the wealth that was built by the first immigrants who were not your ancestors. The first British settlers didn't do that. They started from scratch.
Why should you have the same rights in Australia, as the descendants of the people who did all the hard work of building Australia? Australia's infrastructure and institutions are our birthright, not yours.
@@chriswatson1698 they get money from us international students
@@kratos2758 International students cost. The universities are being supported by foreign students at the expense of the rest of the Australian community. Because of population increase, most of which is immigrants, people in Perth have to pay more for their water. They depend on desalination plants for water which is 4 times more expensive than water from dams.
Even as a white foreigner you’re subject to major xenophobia, especially in the labour market. Can’t imagine how horrible it must be for those who also have to put up with racism here.
david no that’s not “right”. You clearly don’t understand what immigration entails with making social connections etc. Easy to say just leave from your position, which is one of zero empathy. Pathetic
Not just the labor market but dating market as well.
and considering australia wasnt a white country to begin with as its stolen land
Anything non-white is perceived as lower than a dog. Lived in Adelaide for almost 5 years. Welcome to the penal colony
I was racially assaulted once by a staff in a brand clothing shop Trenery. I was simply been yelled ‘go away’ by saying ‘Hi how are you’ to her. After I complained to the brand no one follow up no apology and I still saw that staff work at the shop from her face I knew she didn’t feel bad about what she did at all.
im colored brown wog living in this majority white australian country. i dont feel a part this country and i never will. people of color including myself are often treated like 2nd class citizens in this country. there is strong underlying racism in this country and being a wog i experience it on a daily basis with violent threats, exclusion, discrimination, alienation etc. when aussies get drunk and start racially abusing people THEY ARE NOT JOKING. white australians might seem to tolerate difference but they surely dont want to accept it. racism in this country is systemic and sophisticated all the way from the top down to everyday social interactions
Also in Australia its spelt "Coloured"
One thing I have noticed is that even white girls would look down upon you for being brown and it's not that hard to see.
@unknowning unknown lol I'm just hoping that the Labor party can get in and fix up all the mess that Liberal have stuffed up
Did you, your parents and grandparents pay for the roads that you drive on? Did you pay for the dams and water pipes? How about the power stations and poles and wires? If not, you are cadging off white people's effort and investment. You are benefitting from generations of white taxpaying. So why should you have equal rights anyway?
@@chriswatson1698 you're not making an ounce of sense. What rights are you talking about? What advantages should white Australians have over immigrants? And what about white immigrants?
So it's not only me who feels people in Australia run away from a conversation about racism.
Nah heaps of you inbreds complain about words. So sad and pathetic. You should go back
@@and762 yeah these motherfuckers will never understand
@@arjit5923 stay in india bro
@@FAMEROB who's gonna populate Australia if they stay in India? Certainly not white Australians!
@@parsizaban1 Australia doesn't need any more people. The immigration of foreigners into
Australia is one of the factors that discourage the native born Australians from having larger families. Who wants to have a big family if they are renting a little box, five floors up?
Thank you for your speech and the video. Yes, racism is everywhere in Australia. It's an ongoing issue. Especially Queensland area- Gold Coast. I used to live in Sydney and I've never experienced racism there. By the way, I'm Eurasian, half white and half Asian. Racism in Gold Coast-> Sea world, supermarket, cafe, checkout, shops, bars, streets. Racists are so shallow... I love being half ASIAN.
You love being Asian, but you evidently don't want to live in Asia.
@@chriswatson1698 I love both countries! Actually, I was really upset before. My image of Queensland changed! Very happy now.. One incident can give a bad image but I’ve moved on and I came across good people!
LMAO whrre is the racism its only with u left freaks - real aussies dont see race but u lefty twata see race around avery corner, tell me who the real nazis are - yes its you
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That’s a harsh truth. And they have only white Australian policy in their laws till 70s
Outsiders don't have the right to come in and tell any tribe how to live, including the White ones you despise so much.
Growing up as a fair skinned indigenous person in Australia, after 30 years it still surprises me how ingrained racism is for so many 'australians'. Someone can make an offhanded comment and walk away bot having to think about it again, where as the person on the receiving end is left to deal with that energy for days at least.
for days... some for their whole life.
From personal experience, there’s a subdued racism in Australia which tends to be quite petty.
And they always make pathetic excuses to illogically reason their shallow remarks. Instead of being a dignified human being.
I feel like it’s common to go below the belt here even when it’s never warranted.
The problem here - is that because we are so petty about things (politics, skin colour, race, toxic culture), we are falling behind globally and economically in areas which really matter to society - such as tech, medicine, finance etc. and we lean on other countries to “do it first” because we are so afraid to be innovate, because being innovative means OPENING YOUR MIND. Being authentic and generating useful things for the betterment of society and humankind as a whole is not even comprehensible to many (even in surprisingly high positions of power) because the culture here… is to bully.
There’s also a tenancy to racially profile here, without the aide of someone who is actually qualified to give that opinion.
I think the subdued racism comes from non-white Australians who try and bully their way into being given special treatment, jobs and even positions in parliament under the banners of "representation" and "diversity and inclusion". Demanding that there are more people from "diverse backgrounds" in Australian politics, as an example, reeks of arrogance and an unpleasant preoccupation with race and ethnicity. I was always told to never judge a person by their skin colour, but it seems everything is about racial identity these days.
@@JC-lu4se are you kidding? Do you know how many people are rejected for opportunities because of being from a non-white or ethnic background and you think "diversity and inclusion" and "representation" are bad things? If discrimination didn't exist and people were treated fairly we wouldn't need those things. Seriously check your priveledge and stop making excuses for racism to continue.
australia was founded by whites for whites. get out, none wants you
Nah--no such thing as a "human," that's just some weird propaganda term.
if anyone wants to know how the western societies treated people of colour in the 70s and 80s, go to Australia.its a time capsule!
Idk if it’s different in Tasmania but I’ve never seen racism here
Sydney is 30% Asian you spastic
@@kateberger4999 Well, if you came to Australia to get the benefit of generations of Australian taxpaying, why should you have equal rights in Australia at all? Our institutions and infrastructure are the inheritance of the descendants of those who built them. Your parents and grandparents contributed nothing.
So why do so many people of colour want to come to Australia?
Dang. Thank you for explaining all of this in such a clear non-judgemental way. This talk has opened my eyes a little bit wider
>judging all White people is non-judgemental
You should really enter the Olympics in mental gymnastics.
Seriously, the Australian flag needs to feature a Platypus, a Kangaroo, a Koala bear, and a Wombat attacking the Bitch of Windsor.
or a DIDGERIDOO, or a BOOMERANG 🪃 , but yes, Koala🐨and Kangaroo 🦘are much sweeter than ➡️🇦🇺
So strange that although I am light skinned I could identify with everything he said. I moved to Australia at the age of 10 months old from Germany. We lived there from 1981 until 1995.My father was German, my mother a coloured South African, I was also not taught my father's language because he was trying to learn English. Although I looked white whenever people heard I was an immigrant I was treated differently oddly enough mostly because of my German side. Although Australia was the only country I'd ever known, I always felt like an outsider. Kids would make comments about my lips which were larger than everyone else's at the time. Now people pay for lip enhancement. I left Australia when I was 15 for South Africa after apartheid was abolished and it was no longer a crime for my parents to be married. I felt like I was coming home even though I'd never lived there before. There is alot of racism and bigotry in SA but we don't pretend it doesn't exist. I had far for racism directed at me in Australia than in SA. I can't remember learning in school the true history of Australia and what was done to the indigenous people there but I definitely learnt about the history of apartheid at school in SA. This is part of systematic racism, creating a narrative that doesn't make you feel bad.I learnt more about convicts and ANZAC'S than I ever knew about aboriginal history during my time at school in Hobart and I was there til the beginning of grade 10. Who knows maybe it was taught in later grades but even if it was it should've been taught in primary school. By no means am I saying all Australian's are racist but in my time spent in Tasmania that was my experience and I still love Tasmania and hope to take my kids there one day because it's one of the most beautiful places in the world with some amazing people and helped form the person I am today. Always remember that just because you haven't experienced something personally doesnt mean that someone else's experience isn't true.
I can believe you were treated badly and I'm sorry you went through that. It feels like the world is going backwards and history is repeating itself. Anyone that is different is treated as the enemy and the cause of all their problems. The muslims are lucky in South Africa they aren't treated badly or labelled as terrorists. But Xenophobia definitely exists towards people from other African countries. Tribalism is rampant no matter where you are I guess.
Its true, but I think people have the potential to overcome ignorance. Im sure someday we will. But until that day, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger, im lucky I was cast out, picked last on teams, and beaten up. Because I have become stronger and fearless. much love.
I'm not Australian but I've visited and from visiting I could see where he was coming from. My mother is also a coloured South African and my father is English. So I can understand how your racial ambiguity could still make u susceptible to racial discrimination. I think the more people speak up against racism the more aware people become and hopefully we can break down the structural racial systems that have been put in place.
Aborigines didn't have a written language and many are careful never to mention people who have died, so the only record of the Aboriginal experience is that which has been recorded by white people. It has become fashionable recently, for Aborigines to make grandiose claims about their achievements before white settlement. The lack of physical or recorded evidence for their supposed achievements, is blamed on destruction by white people.
Thanks Johnno, you have done us all a great service in making a complex and largely invisible issue easier to understand and see. The thing for me as a whitefella is that to confront and begin to talk about this stuff doesnt mean I have to hang my head in shame and wallow in self/cultural denigration it actually inspires me to become more deeply human. Isnt the essence of humanity to be able to learn from past/present mistakes and aspire to do better? To be human is to be connectted to other humans and if my fellow human is being denied there full humanity I lose out too. Selfishness/self centredness leads to loneliness and bitterness ala Pauline Hanson. No thanks! Australia surely WE Can Do Better.
People like you can bring the change.
@@saraikiwaseb1865 Thank you I couldnt agree more! I take this responsibility very seriously. You may be interested in my posts on youtube. I would appreciate any feedback..
Awesome comment!
It's up to each of us to try to be better people! It's simple...
Look and act like a thug and you get treated like a thug!
@@stevegeorge5322 Thanks Steve, yes thats true, reality is circular in that how you perceive and act in the world will come back to you and i think there is more in that our culture that surrounds us has had a profound impact on what we perceive in the first place. i invite you to check out my youtue channel and give some feedback if you wish. Its my attempt to offer a different story, vision on how we can move forward in Australia...its a work in progress
You can start by having this conversation with your "White Friends". That'll be a good start if you haven't already.
Child protective services actually have a higher threshold for removing aboriginal children. The fact that aboriginal children are 8 times more likely to be removed is more indicative of differences between indigenous and non-indigenous communities.
I think it might have something to do with the high rates of alcoholism in their communities
@@oscardighton8580 I think it started from earlier white settlement, to the Stolen Generation, till now. Please brother have an open mind and stop judging with a narrow mind....
Jiren'slittlebrother 46 I know, but their communities have massive alcohol problems, I think that’s the reason now and their high rate of abuse.
Jim Dighton alcoholism is a side effect of the problem it’s not the cause
They get abused
Sad realities
As an Indian student back in 2008 things were rough. Especially students live in poorer suburbs and there ppl don't have the tact to hide their racism..it's too much in your face. Things have changed for me since then..but still there is brazenness among certain ppl that indians won't say anything back so u can say or do stuff.
Fuxk them rite back n be prepared to fist fight if needed...Bullies need to be verbally abused back or they dont learn
Why aren't you living in India? If you have come to enjoy the living standard that white people have been building for a couple of centuries, you have an almighty cheek snivelling if you are not treated the same as the descendants of the people who actually built the living standard that you have come to share.
@@chriswatson1698 wtf are you on about spiderman?
@@chriswatson1698 white people ruined the living standards of Indians during colonialism as well. How about white people give back what they took
@@chriswatson1698 you copied religion from semetic people you low IQ. Also it's a genetic fact that Europeans had direct dark skin ancestors.
Thanks, jonathan sri. I am a professional Banker & was thinking of moving to Australia, But now I have changed my mind. I have been thinking that It's a Great Country but now I get to know why do people call it 'Down & under'
Well this talk had one benefit then.
Vikrant satalkar ..
Morgan Hayward 😂😂😂😂
Vikrant satalkar
Rod 1984 please stay in India we don’t want you in America, we have way too many already.
Best country in the world
Interesting look into how this issue impacts another country. Insightful.
I'm one of the White Systemic Racists Jonathan talks about and I think he's hit the nail fair and square on the head! I loved his presentation and poetry and he presented his ideas very well. We do need to discuss this issue critically and analyse the systems continue this racism. Thank you Jonathan.
hahah ur so filled with soy it aint funy
Thankyou Jonathon Sri ..powerful....so may things you say resonate
Culture matters. It's not just a matter of 'race'.
true
Wdym its not just a matter of race? They hate the person because of their culturr
@Scott G why not? Im not attacking the whole society. Im just saying its wrong to discriminate because they look different.
@Scott G When people go to my country I don't expect to kill them or end up killing me. Just treat people with respect. not everyone is going to beat your throats
@Scott G so where it leads ???
THANK YOU I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM JUST SEEING THIS AND THIS IS VERY TIMELY OF WHATS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. ALSO SO HAPPY THAT A FELLOW BROWN PERSON SPOKE ON THIS ISSUE!!!
Grow up.
What a moron
@@hade6833 AUSTRALIA IS ASIA
@@pat3770 AUSTRALIA IS ASIA
Same, I had this on my watch later list for ages, and only now am I watching it.
Excellent. Well articulated. Would like to see more.
Great work bro
As Thomas Sowell once said :
"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment feels like discrimination".
Brilliant, thank you.
This TedTalk really put into perspective the experience of most ethnic minorities as well as the first nations people of Australia. Systematic racism is what we should be taught about in history and political classes in high-school. I stand with his message, and i hope all the viewers can take his message and put it into practice.
Go back to Africa.
Yes let’s brainwash the youth into an ideology of some desperate folks trying to justify their failures in life by blaming others.
Reverse racism won’t work, nor the victim card to access privileges.
@Mr.Tweezy007 Why? So you can move to Australia and steal all the wealth that white people have worked hard to build? By wealth, I mean Australia's infrastructure and her institutions built by white people.
@@rocko1721 Go back to Europe Bogan
@@IRedpunk no no... let's continue teaching systematic silence on subjects that make us feel uncomfortable because we don't have the ability to reflect. Oh. How about we don't glorify invading and conquering or facilitate covert racism. The Germans fell idolising 'pure' unattainable geographical DNA profiles. Australia is just a governed state disguising as multicultural after the atrocious acts of attempted white washing, slaughter and archaic indoctrination. But let's just skip over that and not teach accountaibilty and how to move one nation. Let's just keep the warranted segration and insidious deflecting 🤗
Right on mate, I'm Ngarrindjeri first nations, they can deny racism is not a problem in the country but they who claim there isn't have no lived experience as a brown skinned man, to admit to it is an admission of guilt
The number of dislikes on this prove that what he just said is relevant
or it could be that ppl disagree with him tell me if ppl disagree with flat earthers dose that mean there right or pedofiles just becouse alot of ppl dont agree with some thing dosnt mean its right
@@brendonrookes1151 don't bother, logic doesn't work here.
@J PROXIMA dude....
Is there something wrong with you upstairs?
So this was me 3 years ago lol
I totally agree...very well said.
So eloquent and easy to listen to, well done Jonno.
Wow!
This guys speaks like a poet...........
I have an English accent.
People ask me where I am from.
This is Australia. It is a nice way to say "hello".
Just be nice.
it's a nice way to Alienate people from the start.
What a disingenuous comment! A contender for a gaslighting award.
the man speaks the real truth
That's a powerful presentation. Thanks for choosing to be a voice against racism
solid 👌
Thanks for the great talk!
This made me read up on the 2005 Cronulla riots, I suggest you all do to. The retaliation from the "men of middle eastern appearance" was brutal.
And they wonder why middle easterners are unwelcome..
One of my all time favourites speeches. This is just so important crucial information and so well presented, never seen anything so compact about systemic racism. Big up brother Jonathan Sri thank you for this we appreciate you so much
It’s a whole lot of woke word salad with little substance and poor argumentation.
Crazy how everything he mentioned, down to the statistics and history mirrors America. Sad to realize that "fear of the other" pervades even predominantly black countries throughout Africa.
exactly
+IV Ltd And what the fuck is your ilk supposed to mean? You act as though all white people were historically privileged. The vast majority most certainly weren't. Most were poor hardworking people struggling to survive, often persecuted themselves and looking for hope in other lands. What is this supposed head start? Are you stupid enough to think that all white people are descendents of the privileged few?
Have you ever stopped to think why it's not the other way around? Why didn't those countries build civilizations everyone wants to live in? Why are they infested with crime?
Jason Johnston
Yeh funny outside Australia, everyone supplants Americas history on to Australia. It has to be white mans persecution of course, never the fact they had their own culture which led to their own demise.
We had white slavery (convicts). We never enslaved blacks, committed organised genocide (95% died from common pathogens introduced without intent). More whites were killed by Aboriginals than the other way and locals were trialled and jailed for killing them. The Indigenous have had it so good here living as 'Fringe Dwellers', exchanging meat for white mans goods.. Nothing like actual persecution in the U.S. The Indigenous have been sitting under trees all day for 50 000 years and since white man arrived they sat under a tree drinking themselves in to a stupor. They weren't like the Maoris of NZ who were a massive army. These were inbred Nomads who have the lowest IQ on the planet. Anyway you can thank George Soros for rewriting the history books of late like the BLM movement in the U.S ( I studied Aboriginal and Australian History before all this B.S revisionism and Leftist regressives talking on TED X taking up the African American attitude of persecution). The Aboriginals here are the most privileged people on the planet and they still bitch and moan.
Australia and America are in new world. Already Others paid with their blood to get acceptance in new world. It took centuries to make new world accept multi racial societies. It only took few decades to go back to racism.
can someone here tell me the difference between person of color and colored person?
Colored is an outdated term used by white people about people of colour (which is more recently used non-white people, but not everybody agrees on it being the preferred term)
Wow! This guy nailed it. I often refer back to the political campaigns & subsequent racially motivated policies after federation by Billy Hughes, Andrew Deakin & Arthur Caldwell... this guy highlights the progeny of those policies decades later.
Well, Jonathan Sri just got a like for me on his social channels. This talk is more relevant today, then ever. He's not wrong.
True bro.
That was excellent. It really underscores what racism is, and how to be aware of how we, as whites, are advantaged.
Their silence in noted around the world
Really
Wow
Should I blow my brains out now or later?
@@kateberger4999 what's still happening?
They're silent because you occupiers took away our right to freedom of speech and constantly enforce globohomo terror. It's not difficult to figure out if your ancestors could invent the wheel.
Thank you for the information you articulated it really well.
The currency was used to be rum explains alot about the people and there offspring today
I'm very curious what Australians think about Russians that immigrated there?I want to say that sometimes I thinking about immigration to Australia but seeing let's say by *misunderstanding* among people about taking jobs from them makes me confused about it. Here in Moscow, I have quiet decent job. I am railway station manager on a big railway station graduated from university 2 years ago. However, if I would go to Australia I would be half-literate for aussie people because my English would be poor and I won't have local experience and education so I won't be able to occupy same position there. I may be wrong with all of that and would be happy if things not like that. Moreover, I have no idea about multiculturalism and what its like by the way I'm Christian.
Just come here you should be right . (I'm an English immigrant).
Dont worry about it , come and have a look and if nothing else you had a great adventure :) I think you would be welcomed. But yes getting a good job may be hard ?
any migrant from europe will always be treated with respect in australia
Ehh, I in Australia and I knew a guy who was Russian back in high school. He never mentioned any problem with racism and I never got the vibe that he was having any.
Europeans just blend in here in Australia. Most people are against the refugees who come here and get all the handouts from the government.
Really dude man? I've been here in Australia for 50 years. Back in the 1980s the only black Africans and Indians here were tourists. I've never felt "not welcome in Australia". You think white Australians are dirty?-Have a look at indigenous Australians who live in their communities, or the locals in P.N.G. Both are happy to turn their communities into huge rubbish dumps.
The Aboriginals are the sweetest,kindness,nicest people you will ever meet.😊😊
Um, you really don't know much about them, do you?
I studied anthropology as a teenager. You should read the ethnographic data recorded by anthropologists in the very early twentieth century.
Hahaha I'm guessing you've never met one then..
@Tui Donga I studied anthropology for two years, as a teenager. I sat through the lectures of Professor Ronald Berndt, who was the leading expert on Aborigines in the 1960s.
Read the memoirs of William Buckley, an escaped convict who lived with the Aborigines in Victoria in the early 1800s, before they had much contact with whites. Also look at the Steven Pinker video: 'The Surprising Decline in Violence'
The ones who don't try to steal your car
and australia is their land and should be given back to them
I'm used to the pokered faces, dishonesty, vague indirect language and sarcasm. Lol.
Based. I hope they hold the invaders at bay until eventually they can be free of their traitor politicians.
You're right. ! 👍
Thank you. This is well articulated
Actually it’s a bunch of horse manure. You just have very low standards.
Australia is no different to the United Kingdom and the USA and not for getting Canada.
No as an American from the US, Australia is fair worse
@@rosierb852 I was planning on moving to Australia after college. This video now scares me, as an African American living in Philadelphia, I have never experienced racism even though I know it happens..I don't want to jump from frying pan to fire.
Well done!
Im brown and live in Australia. Some lady said i look like an uber eats driver.
😂
lol, I remember we went down to Adelaide from NSW to attend my dad's uni ceremony for something, and the guy next to him was nice enough:
Dude: so where are you from?
My dad: Albury-Wodonga
Dude: huh, where's that?
My dad: it's along the border of Victoria and NSW
Dude: oh cool......
My dad:.......
Dude:.......so where are you ORIGINALLY from?
@Christopher Williams ?I don't know what you mean by that mate, but sure
@Christopher Williams Sure. But I think the increase in the cultural diversity of Australia is definitely a testament to the fact that globally, AUS is considered one of the best countries in the world. Naturally, people want to come here and make a life for themselves! I might not come from a line of European Australians, nor an even longer line of Indigenous Australians, but I'm proud to be Aussie. I was a little confused as to the relevance of your reply to my comment, that's all.
@Australian Nationalist you mean stole or invaded the nation and you cry as if it’s being stolen from you. The hypocrisy right there. Trust no one is trying to steal anything away. More diversity is always better.
@@thilolg The whites didn't steal anything that Aborigines built. Aborigines didn't build the land, so who are you to say who owned it? But neither Aborigines nor nature built the power stations, the roads, the farms the mines etc. Aborigines and nature didn't built the healthcare system.
Migrants don't come to Australia to get a share of anything that Aborigines built. They come to get the benefit of the effort and investment of white people.
@@mizzaceraman6146 how is Adelaide in terms of racism towards asian?
So true!!!
I find your insights go deeper than just Australian racism, and I can hear the echos in American racism. They just didnt ever take our guns away. Thank you for being a mirror for this american and all our white fragility!!
why would anyone want to come australia?
As an Australian and a minority, it blows me away when groups pander to society with their false ideologies and bullshit rhetorics about racism. It makes me ashamed as a minority and makes my blood boil to hear this baseless liberal dogma. If you view everyone as a racist, maybe you should start with yourself.
Pukka Sleuth WOW Ive seen a lot of videos and read a lot comments, but you my friend in three fucking lines only have posted quite possibly, THE GREATEST AND MOST HONEST ONE EVER. Comments like your one here from a member of a minority group like you, delivers a knock-out blow with a singular strike to the head of these deceiving subverts and to their false narrative. It is not a new ideology that they are promoting and pushing with these "social sciences" as they like to refer to their propaganda peddling, it is straight out of the communist manifesto. Whether they know it or not it is a Bolshevik agenda, rich against poor, black against white, straight against gay, men against women or whatever and however small the difference is, where there is one exploit it. And cause division and hatred amongst the people and turn them against one another. Their end goal? Destruction of the civilised world as we know it and back to a dark and brutal world.
If this guy had no legs and was transitioning to becoming a woman he would be in line to win Australian of the Year.
Hol' up Niqqa were you bullied by minorities?..if so I'm sorry bro ...many of us(minorities) suffer from extreme emotional immaturity and very low self esteem and very often this brokenness manifest in bullying those who are not like us in many ways.... this can make interacting with us very unpleasant and even traumatizing especially if it happens at a young age..so i just wanted to apologize for these actions on behalf of my people if you have in fact experienced this treatment..Peace and Love
great speech brother, thank u.
why is this video having so less views...
Know exactly what you mean when asked ‘where are you from’ when you’re even slightly dark and living in Oz. Moved to London and never had the question asked in the same way
True
So true
I’m half french half Indian and I moved from London to oz and even though I have a perfect English accent I’m always asked where I’m from also continuously stopped by police- never had points on my licence in my life
wow, can't even ask where someone is from...
@@johnsapplications keep quiet
They are xenophobics as well.
Yes, you 3rd worlders should stay away
Don't ever go to aus if u feel thst way
@@arjit5923 aren't people r staying away in australia now? U r too late to the news.
@@and762 opinions about filipinos?
I'm white with an accent. It's not only your skin color, don't worry
Are you from Bulgaria?
@Vick Nad but the moment they find your name they will treat you differently
That's xenophobia, not racism.
Your accent marks you as a latecomer. That is, you are here to get a share of other people's heritage and birthright. Modern migrants are like burglars. Burglars want better lives. That is why they go into other people's homes to take some of the stuff that the residents have worked hard to pay for.
@@chriswatson1698 you didn't hard for anything buddy. Nor did your ancestors. You just went there, pillaged the natives' fortunes, jilled them and finally claimed to be the true Australians. You are the burglar.
Bro if you’re reading your poem while dressed as a clown at a speaking event and still manage to get paid, you’re doing ok. Lighten up.
It's a lovely outfit but I hardly see any white people. So if people don't enjoy the company of those intolerant to people who don't look the same as them there are places you might fit in better. Then white people can go to the places where they get to engage with other white people. But there will still be bullying. You don't really have to technically leave.. just find a different suburb because it's worse pretending to endure each other if not compatible. This isn't the way to win someone over who doesn't think you'll make a good match unfortunately. But it is possible for some people.
I wouldn't step foot down under.
Good. We don't want you here
@@and762 are you related to kanga?
Australia does want you. Ask the embassy if you don't believe me. What Australia doesn't want are the racists which most of them refuse to leave.
We don’t want you
@@margaretcampbell2681 I guess we proved each others point.
Great video
NO
Gutten Tag hahaha
Since when did Ted talks become slam poetry?
Awesome. He's so good at it too.
absolutely
this guy speaks cool. i like his metaphors and the way he manipulates language
Nothing has changed
Although I love to listen to Jonathan speak, I believe he misses the elephant in the room. Systemic economic and educational inequality is what oppresses non-whites more than discrimination in Australia. I would be interested in the stats for incarcerated non-whites divided by both economic wealth and educational advantage, and those without it. Would those stats be similar to those identifying as white? The more important issue is Inequality. Discrimination is illegal, however, inequality is not. Discrimination is a distraction that divides our nation, instead of uniting us against those fanning the inequality that leads to oppression.
Non - white ? Give it more ...
Time is between us.
Ahhh clearly you believe you are being oppressed by someone..thats not the same as having your indigenous heritage destroyed.
@@impatientchild Whites ARE the default race. Australia's infrastructure and institutions were built by white people. The number of non-whites was too small to have a big influence, for which I am grateful. Non-whites come to Australia to get the benefit of whites' hard work and investment.
@@impatientchild I find PERSON of COLOR to be offensive. As it implies that is what defines me instead of an individual.
Really good n yer
You managed to oversimplify everything and offered no solutions or ideas. Brilliant talk.
Cronulla were reactions to bully boys who came to the area with a chip on their shoulder and started spitting on women. They enacted violent acts on skippies. Did you say that...did you know that. Cronulla did not happen in a vacuum.
Eye for an eye makes the world blind. Violence solves nothing.
I lived and studied in Australia Adelaide for 8 years. It was the biggest mistake in my life i should have went to US, Canda. I have saw and faced racism in Australia almost everyday even with small things like ordering cup of coffee or chicken burger . Ironically , people like me were good to thier ecnomy we bring money to thier country and thier system from our own countries. Anyway, I adviced my friends and relatives to not choose Australia for studying and all of them listen and went to US.
Was it because you were Muslim, and specifically Arab?
@@adamleo6807 why does that matter bro? I'm Indian born in Australia, I've faced racism on countless occasion. Even got picked at school by few white boys but guess no one but 2 of my middle eastern Arab class mates stood up for me. They were ready to fight it out for me as I wasn't physically was only 5ft 9 n very skinny.
But im a lot physically stronger now but n will defend myself or anyone I see getting picked on :)
Perhaps you would have been more comfortable studying in Saudi Arabia. There, other beliefs are not permitted to be practised openly. There are NO Christian churches, Hindu or Buddhist temples in Muslim Saudi Arabia you know. That should make you feel at home and you would have been very happy there. The very famous King Abdulaziz University had some very famous alumni. Osama Bin Laden for example was a well known graduate of its renowned Economic and Business Administration School. No doubt now that you've left Australia AFTER 8 YEARS, your life is all peaches and cream. It is a halal dish.
Agree, i live in USA and it's really diverse, even in small towns. Indians and Muslims do well in USA academically and are respected
Students AREN'T good for Australia's economy. The money they spend isn't the 'export income' that it is claimed to be because the students earn it within Australia. Students crowd up infrastructure that neither they, nor their parents or grandparents paid for. Just like other immigrants, they force Australians to pay more for water.
Please find me any examples of Pauline Hanson using “old school racism”
Race exists. People have the right to be proud of their race. No one cares if you are liberal or progressive. They shall be proud of their history and achievements. (I don't support slavery, I hate it)
I'm not convinced that race exists. I'm not sure either. Jesus never spoke of race. Neither did Moses, Mohammad, Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, or other spiritual leaders. Many believe human is one race. I'm still thinking about it.
The White Australia Policy was to stop the slavery and indentured labour that was being imported into Australia. It was a Labor movement, and it ended the importation of indentured Chinese labor and it ended 'blackbirding'. Now that we have gone multicultural and multiracial, we have slavery and cheap imported labour again.
I was raised to believe pride comes before a fall. Too much pride is not good I believe. How about just being comfortable with whoever you are. Everyone is beautiful. Everyone wants peace and to get on with each other
There is a difference between progressive and libersl?
@@jmgonzales7701 in australia the Liberals are conservative
I am of darker skin colour and live in Germany. I thought about going to Australia to work and travel a bit, but now..... Is there an Australian in the comment section who could tell me, if I should consider another country, so is racism that omnipresent?
Who is the that ?
Darker skin from which Nation ????? that matters
@@sarveshpadmakumar8423 I'm half German and half Jamaican so undeniably not Caucasian, most people guess that I'm an Arab. So do Australians only show hatred against indigenous people?
Oh man, you'd have a better experience in USA or Canada to be honest. Australia is the worst out of the 3, its just they do not get media spotlight or attention for it in Australia.
@@richardmossy5540 that's sad. It really seemed so perfect. But thanks for your response 👍🏽
@@seboblake4665 they're not the most educated in Australia. I lived there for 4 years. They don't have very many immigrants compared to other regions. I am from Germany, too, originally. My mom is Bosnian my dad is German. I lived in Australia for 4 years, and then moved to Canada for 3 years before marrying a person whom was half American half Canadian and eventually moving into the USA. The USA really depends on the state you're in. I have met so many Americans that can speak German and even Americans that speak Croatian (Bosnians speak Croatian and I spoke it with my mother)! But I have never met an Australian or Canadian that could speak either language. Canada is extremely expensive and jobs are limited most immigrants are leaving (type into youtube, "immigrants leaving Canada"). Australia has the same problem, extremely expensive and not too much development. The USA wasn't my first choice, but fate brought me here and I'm happy about it! Grateful to be here, lots of good things happened to me here.
Insightful and valuable. shocked (though shouldn't be) at the hateful diatribe. almost ironic.....
Not being able to to step outside yourself and judge is a trait that is never respected. balance your engagement a bit instead of pointing the finger at everyone else.
3 days into my visit in Australia i got into an argument with an Aboriginal man, i accidentaly bumped into him as he was standing right in front of my barstool, so i got up and tried to give him some space. He then started to threaten me, intimidate me and verbally abuse me, while i literally did nothing wrong.
What i'm trying to say, is that racism is indeed a thing, but its overlooked when it happens to white folks like me. So even though i love this video and the message he is spreading, i call bullshit on the whole 'white privilege'' thing, i had terrible, racist shit happen to me even though i'm white. We're all in this together im afraid...
So the man was menacing, did he prevent you from getting a job, housing, education or healthcare because of your skin color? Then you were not a victim of racism, RACISM KILLS...sometimes quietly, sometimes overtly....lowers your life expectancy, thru healthcare, life experiences, education or finances. That man was prejudiced, or bigoted or just plain angry and why not angry?
Unfortunately we have a lot of issues with alcoholism in the indigenous community. This is due in part to the legacy of 19th century colonialism and in part to the failure of the aboriginal community to modernize. It's a complex problem.
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It is the net privilege my friend. As the other person explained, racism isn't the same as prejudice. Everyone is prejudiced against other groups of people, but when that prejudice is supported by systemic power, it turns into racism. And to be honest, you shouldn't compare minor incidents where a person of aboriginal descent mistreated you to cases where people of color are extremely disproportionately represented in prison and have far less access to housing, education and employment. Also, don't discount the fact that an aboriginal person might indeed be hateful of white people BECAUSE of how whites have treated his/her people historically and to date. We're not condoning hate. We're just being aware of a cause-effect dynamic.
You shouldn't ask whether a person of color is capable of mistreating you. You should try to prove that as a white person, the prejudice of non-white people against you results in putting you at a disadvantage in terms of housing, jobs, education...etc. I believe you will not succeed in proving that, which makes your argument one of false equivalency and in fact quite disingenuous.
you are a moron. there are whole government depts. that are dedicated to solely to provide those things for indigineous people and to make sure they don't fall through the cracks
Where this hatred towards you stemmed possibly came from over 200 years of being pushed around ,passed down can give anxiety issues we can never change coming from the most peaceful people to this is hard to get back way to late we are dying only 2 %
💪🏾Some Fighting words
In my experience, playing the professional victim doesn't change anything for the better.
@oeufdufromage Spoken like a total doofuss who lacks any awareness!! Pogue Mahone!!!
@oeufdufromage Stold Nothing DOOOFUSS!! So DOOOOOFUSS al Ya got is fake acount and name calling Dooooofuss. English is a Languag of come usae Doofuss. Also stoled nothing I have an Irish herutage!! SASSENACH!!
@oeufdufromage Called sarcasm DOOOOOOFUSS Twit!! You're the one chasing me in the comments, all from behind your fake account. Who's PRESSED THEN?
you go change it for the better
@@jj-yi1ne I DO Every Day I Strive to BE a Better Person & Make The World A Better Place. How BOUT YOU?
Aboriginal kids are 8 times more likely to be removed from parents because of extreme demostic violence.. you should hear some of the horror stories and what go's on in Aboriginal communities.
Go to the USA and see how indigenous people are treated there
less likely u barbarian
The same things happen in the USA
Louis Ruffin wherever European imperialism exists!
Australia 🇦🇺 is a good country.. love from India 🇮🇳
Good joke 😂😂😂
An indian saying this?
India is a good country too, with many good, sober people.
On point!
about what? His feelings? What a load of garbage.
What " load of garbage" you fucking muppett, you obviously have your head so far up your ass you don't see the reality of this issue, that's what happens when your always fucking privilege. What did the speaker hurt your incredible white feelings did he?
Adam Townsview cringe.
@@adamtownsview2453 it is though, it's absolute race baiting waffle.
@@AlbionTarkhan AUSTRALIA IS ASIA CRY MORE
Wasn’t until I migrated to an Asian country that I realised despite the racial issues faced in Australia it is a paradise compared to what goes on in Asia.
Non Asians face lots of passive aggressive racism against them, and upfront racism is not uncommon. Just read the comments section anytime a “foreigner” steps out of line in Singapore for example.
No other country in the region has the levels of migration that Australia has, and all in all this indicates migrants willingness to want to live in Australia no matter what.
10:22 100000000%
Thank you, for sharing the truth!
This seems so relative to me..
I thought Pauline was more against the amount of immigration that was happening into Australia and how it was from a specific region instead of being fairly allocated across all whom wanted to come.
No te creas