Systemic Racism: Australia's great white silence | Jonathan Sri | TEDxQUT
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- 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
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?
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.
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?
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.
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
Wow, you mean people would rather hire locals than foreigners, instead of hiring foreigners and leaving locals without any jobs? What a concept!
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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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
Aborigines are treated like royalty by the Australian government. You get more benefits than the rest of the population simply because you're an abo. And yet you always take it for granted and stick your hand out for more - angry at everyone that they giving you a life of luxury on a silver platter - and yet you wonder why most Australians don't like you? Maybe you should use some of the billions of dollars you people get every single year from the government to improve your own communities instead of allowing your "elders" to pocket it for themselves. You have no one but yourselves to blame for your problems. Take responsibility and fix them. We white Australians are not here to babysit you.
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?
@@goofington Yeah, that probably has to do with the fact that there's not a lot of coloured people in Tasmania to begin with. No coloured people - no cause for tension.
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.
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.
We should still have the white Australia policy today. The coloureds are ruining this country.
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.
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.
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.
Sad realities
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
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.
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 ➡️🇦🇺
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
This comment section actually proves this guy right. The only point Aussies bring is immigrants going back to their country.
To be fair, you have not brought any point of value to the comments.
This guys speaks like a poet...........
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
You are pathetic.
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
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.
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.
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 ???
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
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.
@@guravi4295 Asking a simple, non-offensive question is a way to alienate people? How about you get a thicker skin? If you're so weak that someone someone simply asking you a question out of curiosity is enough to offend you, then maybe it's better for everyone if you simply got on the first flight back home - because we don't want weak pissants like that in this country.
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.
Brilliant, thank you.
You managed to oversimplify everything and offered no solutions or ideas. Brilliant talk.
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 🤗
Interesting look into how this issue impacts another country. Insightful.
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.
As Thomas Sowell once said :
"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment feels like discrimination".
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)
@@TigerPrawn_ How is the term "coloured" outdated, but the term "person of colour" is not? You're literally using the exact same word. All you're doing is adding "person of" in front of it. That doesn't magically change the meaning.
the man speaks the real truth
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.
Since when did Ted talks become slam poetry?
Awesome. He's so good at it too.
I'm Australian and non caucasion and all these wannabe victims are full of it. Victim Kulcha at its' finest. Racism exists in all countries to SOME degree. Australia is one of the best and most tolerant of all countries. So take your victim kulcha and to Iran or China and complain about racism.
Oh sweety pleeese the caucacity of it all.
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?
@jj I DO Every Day I Strive to BE a Better Person & Make The World A Better Place. How BOUT YOU?
how white of you
That was excellent. It really underscores what racism is, and how to be aware of how we, as whites, are advantaged.
Our only advantage is that we created a far better civilisation than anyone else. And the coloureds are mad at us for that, so they hold out their hand and demand that we pay them for losing. No. You lost. Go back home to your own countries and make something of yourselves instead of abusing the generosity of your superiors.
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.
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.
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
why would anyone want to come australia?
Bring back the White Australia policy. Send this guy back.
Troll.
I wanted to study in AUSTRALIA after hearing it was a racist hell, I would rather not even visit the country. It has beautiful nature spots but racism really rules out the chance for any education there. AND SO the INDIAN students will go to the UK or Canada where Indians are allowed to grow irrespective of their skin colour. And where we dont get shot or beaten by up every day. And AUSTRALIA lost millions in student income.
Actually we've got thousands of Indian students and most of them work while studying (usually more than they are allowed to legally but also exploited sometimes too), and send money back money. Some end up staying here too, plenty of Indians and Lankans living here. Not saying there isn't racism in Australia, but you've gotta understand there's a huge diversity of cultures/backgrounds here, so it's not total shit for immigrants here at all. It is hardest for Aboriginals than it is for Indians or any other immigrant/student group.
boganus699
I agree with you on that one...
Canada is waitting for you with open arms. Can't for you to discover this beautiful country.
Valerie Perez Why don't you mind ur own business? In our country only our geniuses get accepted into universities Its very hard to get into. A person like you wouldn't even be allowed to enter a university and racist ignorants like u would definitely not get an admission. We Indians spend huge amounts of money to get an education because we value it. Some Europeans came and looted my country India for more than 200years. They starved us to death to fund their wars. They took our wealth and started industrial revolutions. But Indians can't go to Europe and America study and make money? You're a big hypocrite! We will come to Europe and America We are not looting anyone. We are working hard to reclaim our wealth. Go learn some logical thinking you racist! And +J1rst Canada is an amazing country and there no racists there. I thank you Canadians for being the kindest people on the planet. Canadian people are so kind many Indians in Canada are in politics. I thank you Canadians for voting Indians to power and giving us high posts of MPS and Ministers you guys are awesome !The people of UK are also kind. There so many Indians in London. There many who are MPS and hold high posts of public office in UK who are Indians. THERE very KIND People like +J1rst who treat us like humans. Not all people are racist like you!!!! CANADIANS are AWESOME!
J1rst Thank You man. Canadians are the Kindest people on the planet! Thank you guys for treating us as equals and even voting for Indians to hold high positions of power in politics in Canada. You guys are AWESOME!
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 %
I don't recall any anti Chinese riots. Or anti Jew riots. Or anti Indian riots. Gee it's almost as if Aussies hate Muslims for a good reason, not just blind hatred without a reason
What if im half Chinese and half indian , and muslim? Do i get a 1/3 of my share of racism? Or half? Or the full amount? In your divine wisdom?
What would be a good reason to hate an entire group
@@laurensahanna5826 Their acceptance of the teachings of a man who advised his followers to beat disobedient wives and fight unbelievers. To be a Muslims, you have to believe that the vile Quran is the work of our Creator.
@@laurensahanna5826 Anything you aren't allowed to say here, Ms. IQ.
@@laurensahanna5826 if that group beleives in a religion which considers non-adherents as kuffar and worse than animals to be humiliated and subjugated....like say...islam??
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.
Unlike modern migrants, the first British settlers didn't sail into an established society with dams, roads, buildings, power stations, power and water distribution networks and telecommunications. They didn't come to get a share of the stuff built by another people's ancestors. The white people who built Australia are entitled to bequeath the fruits of their labour to their own descendants, who are of the same race as themselves.
Asian and African immigrants come to get a slice of white people's inheritance.
Whatever you say man, they will still keep coming
Well they have no right to expect the white Australians to give them equal rights. Nor do they have any right to complain about 'racism'.
Well, you will have to wait until after Covid 19.
This stuff goes far beyond what trump would say.
Thanks for the great talk!
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.
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.
Australia should be boycotted
Can't even bloody spell Australia! You must be some sort of authority?
Then why do so many Indians come to Australia
Please, go ahead.
@@margaretcampbell2681 Bcoz they are the one who runs your country if they leave Australia then it will be a big blunder for Australia
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 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 speech brother, thank u.
You're right. ! 👍
Just imagine a european who has grown up in Africa standing in front of a group of Africans in their country and using personal anecdotes to spout off anti African sentiment and complaining about not being treated exactly the same by everyone there. Its amazing
So eloquent and easy to listen to, well done Jonno.
im calling BS on illegal immigration (boat people) as racism.
supporting that sort of immigration is extremely unfair to those who file the paperwork, not to mention it supports an overseas ring of people smugglers, scammers and potentially criminals to land without a visa or rights to work.
the vessels used to transport those immigrants are often unseaworthy and once they are within sight of Aussie coast guard, the ship suddenly sinks and international law dictates they must be rescued.
when the policy changes to open borders, the danger that puts people in is in my opinion unacceptable, human lives of whatever nationality are worthwhile and shouldn't be played with.
as an Indian I agree, dont allow illegal immigration. those who emigrate should emigrate on merit...but why is it so easy for someone from the uk to emigrate to aus vs someone from say south africa?
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.
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.
@@abluecassette Do you think we stopped ISIS by asking them nicely?
What is the definition of "White"??
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..
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.
solid 👌
why is this video having so less views...
A foreigner lecturing REAL Australians about a problem he'd never have to deal with if he lived in a country built by HIS OWN ancestors. Yawn.
@@harshareddy8657 wow what an amazing skill you have, able to tell someone's ancestry by a sarcastic youtube name! amazing
He needed to speak the truth because the bigots have been in comfort zone too long that they lack courage to face their own ugliness.
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?
When a very intelligent and articulate man like Jonathan Sri steps on the stage to talk about racism in Australia, there's no more room for Australian racists to hide in.
Really?
sounds like this is the racist guy he is talking about. racism is everywhere. why not he go to iran and try this speech, what are the results of that? hrmm? how about in an big usa city ghetto. he wont even get the chance to make a speech. who is racist now, huh? !! i dont live in oz nor do i know much about the people except on screen, but i do know who is typically racist of all the people he is talking about.
Thank you. This is well articulated
Actually it’s a bunch of horse manure. You just have very low standards.
I totally agree...very well said.
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.
Almost 3 percent of Australian are native. all of us here are considered immigrants
white australia policy is just common sense
Its ok to be racist . Everyone is racist .
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
That's a powerful presentation. Thanks for choosing to be a voice against racism
Australia is famous for its racism worldwide. I don't think it's something new.
Right. What do you expect from a country which had a white policy.
@@mugdhosutradhar2438 It was the white Australia policy that made Australia a lovely place to live in. It ensured that our lawmakers were not chosen by people who thought it was OK to torture little girls or to mutilate them. Thanks to the WAP, our lawmakers were not chosen by people who believed that a woman's legal testimony is worth half that of a man.
Australia is infested with white liberals what do you expect?
@@elgatofelix8917 Australia was built by white liberals and white workers. Unlike the land, Australia's wealth, her infrastructure and her institutions, has been built almost entirely by people who are pale skinned Caucasians. Why should they share the fruits of their labour with anyone other than their own descendants or countrymen?
Peter Norman
...huh? Acknowledging systemic racism in the terms this speaker puts it sounds more like a religious movement towards a Communist state than anything to actually combat the supposed inequity he keeps citing. Dear man, you're saying the hospital doesn't work because everyone dies anyway. If you want to radically restructure the country of Australia please be honest about what structure you prefer, because I'm starting to sense it will look completely different than what most Australians would actually want.
Gorky D, well spotted and well said my friend. And you are 100% correct, the creator of Communism Karl Marx (actual name Moses Mordecai Levy and of Jewish decent) and the monstrous murderers that actually instituted its policies like Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin. All spoke of this new and improved form of structured civilisation that would be a utopia or like heaven on earth, complete equilibrium and a happy ever after. But in practice it delivered the opposite for the ethnic Russians under it, hell on earth. From its brutally violent over throw of the Tsar and the government in 1918 up to 1947, the death toll stands at 90-120 MILLION lives lost as direct result of communist ideology once implemented in practice and reality. The greatest death toll ever inflicted by anything or anyone in the entirety of human history. And I believe they were and still are proud of that achievement. So thank you communist scum bags out there, for you genocidal gift to humanity.
Most? Who's that then?
@@TheNoirAlien The descendants who actually built the country, as distinct from the latecomers, who want to take a share of the wealth that white men have worked hard to build.
@@TheNoirAlien The ones that aren't left-wing idealist who espouse a supposed "New" understanding...............Masking extremist left-wing cultural re-engineering, in the form of an action against racism, is atypical of what you could you expect from Mr Sri !!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I agree
I've received racism, and I'm white. I'm South African but live in Aus. I'm not going into detail about my experiences, but it's not limited to your skin colour.
Well done!
Living in India as a Muslim facing a lot Recism..by the govt
Islam is not a race
You don't have to be a Muslim. It is optional.
So I am a white Australian so I must be racist right? Obviously, I created that racist culture and I most certainly was not raised in a schooling environment where everyone has a fair chance, that racism is wrong and punishable. Clearly.
White settlers were simply that. They came , imposed their way of life including their laws of ownership then took the lands from the natives. Australia is but a country of immigrants . Respect all races.
I think you mean that Australia is a country full of the DESCENDANTS of immigrants - just like every other country in the world except the Rift valley in Africa. Aborigines are also the descendants of immigrants.
@Blanik L-13 So you are like a burglar, coming into other people's home to get the stuff that they have worked to pay for;
@Blanik L-13 Stop nit-picking
@Blanik L-13 You have missed the point. Australia's wealth is her roads, bridges, dams, power stations, water and power distribution networks, telecommunications, farms, etc., and her institutions. All of these improvements were instigated and built by white people and left to their descendants. You are taking a share of our inheritance every time you turn on a light or a tap. Your experience shows that our governments have been selling off our inheritance very cheaply.
This is the same as south Africa
Lies
Yes, as in a successful culture being blamed for the failures of an unsuccessful one. In that respect, exactly the same. Please tell us about how successful Zimbabwe is, now that all white people have been driven from the land?
This speech is great, it's an inspiration. Thank you Jonathan.
said noone ever
do you fancy him ?
hate is a sickness
Excellent speech.
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Jonathan here is a very, very good speaker.
He is a spoiled brat.
Not just that. He is an intellectual , a thinker.
Poor, poor argumentation hidden below 8 feet of profound-sounding nonsense and slam poetry.
So RADICAL STRUCTURAL REFORM will make systematic racism go away? And can you give some of those examples of radical structural reform that will make systematic racism go away worldwide? I hear talks about the problem all over the .net but seldom suggestion for reform. One thing I have noticed.... TV ads show very few white skin people lately.
You should know by now that "structural reform" refers to "removing white men from power". It's an idea spread from one lefty uni student to another like a virus. Watch out! Armed with their Bachelor of Farts, they march on the front lines of echo-chamber activism.
@@kerosene4751 It's Not just leftists and college degree holders
So called "whites" have abused the world, everyone knows it, and change is long overdue
It's more like they just want to purge anyone White, and the zero representation and constant discrimination and huge crime rates that are suppressed they want to just be an open slaughter.
True bro.
I've got a pretty simple response to this hombre. Australia IS a white country and white people should feel no shame for embracing a country built BY white people FOR white people.
This is what makes Australia great. If we begin to apply third-world standards to our country it will begin to resemble a third-world country.
If Australia is so racist there are many other 'diverse' countries that would gladly accept this great mind. He would obviously never move from Australia because it is among the LEAST racist places on earth. If we were racist I don't think Indonesians would be risking their life to cross into our 'racist' shithole.
We are a white country and never let anyone tell you that's a bad thing.
"Australia IS a white country" *aboriginals laugh in the distance*
Tourists and migrants don't come to Australia to get the benefit of anything that Aboriginals built. They come to get a share of the living standard that white people have made. Australia, the country, not the continent, WAS built by white people. The non-whites were too few to have much impact.
Australia is not a white country. It is a multicultural country. It would never be a white country.
Take a closer look at Australian history and you'll see how multi cultural its history is. I'm not just talking about indigenous people btw...
Please find me any examples of Pauline Hanson using “old school racism”
It's hardly fair to criticize western nations of poorly handeling challenges to their social customs, when other nations recieve little to no damnation for their own social practices. If nothing else, the willingness for Australia to accept criticism gives them an edge on most cultures.
@Sean P. Nature built the land. Indigenous populations didn't build wealth anywhere.
Blablablabla
@@chriswatson1698 so the english just stole it at gunpoint and that makes it ok. Fkoff
@@DaDudeClub The Aborigines gained their occupancy of Australia by killing other Aborigines. If you point at whites for killing Aborigines and fail to point out the Aborigines who did the same thing, then you are discriminating on the basis of race.
@@DaDudeClub Read the memoirs of William Buckley, an escaped convict who lived with the Aborigines in Victoria before they had much contact with whites. He records the attacks of Aborigines upon other Aborigines. To point to the effect that British settlement had on Aborigines, without, at the same time, acknowledging that Aborigines gained their occupancy by killing other Aborigines, is to discriminate on the basis of race. That is what racism is.
Australia = A penal colony who thinks its a regional military and economic superpower, LMFAO!
Nothing has changed