Thread: Am I racist for saying...

Originally Posted by VladTepes

however if you pronounce the name of our country as "straya" and enjoy beer from green cans ... you are more likely to be racist than the general population....

Idiot makeing generalisations

Originally Posted by Kevin B

"I'm proud to be Black" said the Black man.

"I'm proud to be Asian" said the Asian man.

"I'm proud to be All of the above" said the Racists.

So very sad but true these..

I have amended your statement to be a bit more accurate.
Why do so many people say that it is all right for one to claim pride but for others to supposedly be ashamed of that same pride.
Any person who lives and breathes and has any kind of pride at all can be called a "Racist".
I know for a fact that I am, and quite proud of the fact, especially when it comes to Football, cricket, Olympics, car racing, and any other competitive situation you may be able to think of.
I am sexist too
Regards
Glen

I don't think racism has much to do with it. There's people everywhere that are inconsiderate like that, in all sorts of ways, including some Aussies.
Cheers, Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

I don't think racism has much to do with it. There's people everywhere that are inconsiderate like that, in all sorts of ways, including some Aussies.
Cheers, Pickles.

The people in mention by original poster were and are Aussies.

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

The people in mention by original poster were and are Aussies.

I read the O.P. again,....it distinctly mentions that the people who moved the items were "Asians"?
Pickles.

Originally Posted by rb30gtr

Hate to bang the drum here, but the term 'dumb bogans' is incredibly racist.

It might be if bogans were a race.

A couple of years ago I returned to the Scarborough (Qld) boat ramp from an early a.m. fish to find 3 boats in front of me idling around in an "holding" pattern as the ramp was extremely busy.
About 2 minutes later this boat comes into the harbour, wends it's way through us blokes waiting, glides up to the ramp.
Out jump two Asians. While one holds the boat the other heads off to the vehicle with the skipper still on board.
The bloke who was, from his reaction, really next in line was heard to say a few words.
As luck would have it the three 90 kg+ blokes launching a Sharkcat , which the incoming boat would have hit except for a grab by one of the blokes, soon straightened the offenders out, although not without a lot of attitude from other skipper.
Blind Freddy could have seen what the situation at the ramp was.
Were the Sharkcat blokes rascist....No.
Were the Asians being Asians.........My Oath!!!
Steve

Originally Posted by mikehzz

There are cultural differences. For example in some cultures it is impolite to burp after a meal, in others it is impolite if you don't. The English are world class queuers and therefore we are quite good at it too. I have noticed in a lot of different countries that Asians literally take no notice of queues. Drive anywhere in Italy or Greece and you will find that they ignore queues as well. I think that these cultural differences are the foundation stones of what we think of as racism because you have a whole group of similar people behaving in what appears to be a rude manner. Cultural differences are learned behaviours and who is to say who is right or who is wrong...burp or no burp? Rigidly expecting someone to change their learned cultural habits to conform with yours is probably what is meant by being racist. A better approach is to understand their behaviour as normal for their culture, not intended to be rude to you and then get on with it. It's not easy sometimes.

They come and live in our country so they should observe OUR cultural habits.When in rome,do what the romans do!