Hi, I hope you don't mind me asking this, but I'm curious. I'm an australian studying a course on race and ethnicity for my assignment i was considering doing multiculturalism in aus. I feel that for most of my life people have DRILLED into me that Aus is a successful multicultural nation with everyone mingling together in harmony etc etc. However, some people i talk to including think this is not the case at all - that we're actually a little racist. Im really interested to know ur thoughts?
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I don’t mind at all, I’m honored you’d even be bothered to hear my dumb opinions !
Personally I feel like Australia is FAR ahead of other countries when it comes to the legal aspects of racism within the country, and similarily progressive when it comes to educating primary and highschool students on other cultures. but socially we have a LITTLE bit more to go, and i think we’ll get there in about 20 years when the older generation…. dies off lol… If you take a little look into our laws, you’ll find a LOT of things to protect minority (and specifically Indigenous rights), one of the most controversial being section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act which essentially condemns hate speech to a HELLA strong degree (like…. a little too strong if you ask me, like it literally says it’s illegal to say things that could ‘offend’ but moVING ON).We have a lot of publicised fear of ‘boat people’ but I genuinely do not believe that this countries fear of immigrants is intrinsically tied to a fear of POC like it *appears* to be in other countries. (Obviously, I am an Australian citizen and don’t know the inner-workings of anywhere but Australia - if that - those countries could be racism free.) A lot of the language politicians and news outlets use to describe immigrants are NOT race specific or racially coded, I’ve found. We have a bit of a fear of muslims, but I think this is more central to the religion (and ofc, brought on by a fear of terrorists) than is tied to the race, so I wouldn’t exactly put it as racist? more… prejudice? I’m arabic, not muslim, and people usually find out these facts together so aside from my friends purposefully racist jokes I don’t hear much about islam from people.(Also yeah, maybe thats worth mentioning, AUSSIES HAVE A REALLY DARK SENSE OF HUMOUR and if you’re a minority coming from other western countries, you might think the jokes are racist but they never intend to be. And when youre raised here, you don’t take it that way, you usually make the jokes more than your friends. One of my mates is just a whole mix of different darker skinned races??? literally i don’t even know what exactly, but every time he see’s a POC on tv he goes ‘thaTS ME’ for some fucking reason, its so dumb but it makes us laugh.)
I’m not sure about you, but I know in my childhood I was taught that the colonisation of Australia was a violent and kind of disgusting event in our history. To me, this seems like a given, but from what I’ve read not every country condemns colonisation like that, and I think and important part of ensuring children don’t develop racist tendencies from their parents is teaching them history from a critical standpoint (this way we don’t get any of that ‘Make Australia Great Again’ garbage). From a VERY young age I was well educated on the culture and history of Indigenous Australians (I can literally still quote to you the Mabo Case) and it was treated with the same amount of respect that, say, Catholic studies were. This might vary across state lines though. I spent my primary school years in FAR North Queensland (Townsville and above) where there is a much larger % of Indigenous students than say Ipswich. Something about focusing on ensuring there is no racial tension between white and indigenous students, kind of limited all kinds of racial tension. I’m half afro-arab, half white, and I never felt subjected to racism or bullying from the other kids at all. The most annoying thing I had to deal with is people fucking touching my hair and telling me to ‘brush it’… but that’s not really a racism thing because the filo kids did it just as much as everyone else ksjsks. When I got into highschool I moved to a rural school (it was like 85% white which was SOOOOO weird, and i think contributed to me experiencing the racism i did). Racism in students was rare, and the racists were bullied for their beliefs, ostrazised even. Instead of the other way around. The biggest issue in children, I think is when poorer kids see the sheer amount of benefits AUS provides to indigenous students. The biggest issues in adults is when they see Australia letting overseas chinese billionaires buying up land to rent out here. Either way, I think ‘racists’ blame the government, not the people more than anything.
Now, I’m in university (Studing law and psychology which btw both have EXTENSIVE units on race and racial discrimination, literally everything here does). I live in Brisbane, I walk past signs in chinese, arabic and korean every day. Some specific areas don’t even have english-speaking shop workers and no one bats an eye. The university lecturer’s read of a spiel about honoring the traditional owners of the land (they did that in my senior year of highschool too btw) BASICALLY, yeah in Brisbane it’s incredibly multi-cultural, and the government doesn’t really care if you like that or not. And i think that’s the best way to sum up australia’s multi-culturalism. It’s forced upon the older generation, but embraced by the younger. The most ‘racist’ of the new generation see themselves as victims and are usually poor or homeschooled or something, but they’re honestly REALLY rare, in my experience.
ALSO lol in this whole spiel I kept refering to australia’s history as ‘my history’ in my head. But lmao,,, i’m first generation Australian, the white half of me is Irish for gods sakes BUT I have never doubted my identity as an Australian first and foremost before anything else and neither has anyone else. A huge difference between AUS and like the US is that. American people tend to hyphenate, yknow? african-american. asian-american. that doesn’t happen in australia, were just AUSSIE, and to me that means we’re doing something right in terms of multi-culturalism.
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bhavya’s body mic ka controller is making her have an anaconda-like butt. (‘oh my god, look at her butt!’) 😆😆😆
my aesthetic: anika happily gazing at all the flowers, and billu happily staring at ANIKA. 😍😍😍
lmao the flower petals are getting all caught up in the vertical maze that is nakuul’s hair. time to go easy on the hair product and the sheer height of that thing man. AND FFS DYE IT BACK. I WANT TO CRY WHEN I SEE OLD GIFSETS WHEN YOU HAD NORMAL PPL HAIR. I HATE THE HIGHLIGHTS SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. 😫😫😫😫
ok billu’s getting all romantic in front of everyone. these two have become THAT couple now. who just GIVE NO FUCKS anymore. 😶😶😶
lmaooooooooooo rudra is jelly that bhaiyya loves someone else more than him now. 😂😂😂
bhavya has imposter syndrome. 😥😥😥
what does pinky mean by “yeh phir yahan aa gayi”??? like... she’s been here for a really long time now? she lives here? this is her shaadi ka function? idgi. 🤔🤔🤔
siiiiiiiiiiiiigh, shivaaaaaay. you’re just making things awkward and ruining them for ANIKAAAAAA. 😐😐😐
but also, i feel for the poor billu. look how upset he looks. *pats his floofy hair.* 😢😢😢
omg bruhhhhhhhhhhh i just realised who nakuul’s hair is reminding me of 😯😯😯😯😯
THE HEIGHT. THE WEIRD COLOUR. HE EVEN HAS KANJI AANKHEIN. IT’S UNCANNY!!!!!!!!!!!
the oberois are so fucking rich. why can’t they just hire a damn photographer to take pics for their events? baat baat pe rudra ko photo khichwaane ke liye khada kar dete hai. that too with his shitty cellphone. 😒😒😒
aw man, i miss rikara in this family moment. esp. my bulllllbullllll. 😚😚😚
what is with these dangal people and being so extra in their dialogue delivery? 😒😒😒
WAIT WTF THEY’RE SETTING THE HOSPITAL ON FIRE?!?!!?!? WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK IS WRONG WITH YOU BALRAM 😟😟😟😟😟
ok seriously, balram and chele have taken acting lessons from some 80s ka B Grade bolly movie. itnaaaaaaaa ghatiya acting maine is show mein aaj tak nahi dekha. 😣😣😣
OUFFO OMKARA, NOT THE TIME FOR YOUR SHIVAAY WALA EGO TO JAAGOFY RN 😤😤😤😤
OMG IS THIS THE TIME TO ARGUE ABOUT WHO OWES WHOM HOW MUCH THE PLACE IS ON FIRE YOU FUCKING IDIOTS 😩😩😩😩
damnnnnn, bhavya looks really super duper pretty today. even though all angsty. 😍😍😍
ok too filmy with the flowers and shit. as usual fwding ruvya nonsense. ouff. 🙄🙄🙄
lmao anika is annoyingggggg shivaay by throwing flowers in his face. (which btw, is so me. why am i like this?)
lol what a baby. 😂😂😂
chase timeeeee. rudra and bhavya being literally used as shields. 😐😐😐
oh no she’s reaching for the shady thaal of yellow tulip petals. 😧😧😧
and straight to the face. RIP billu. 😶😶😶
shuru nakuul ki ‘i’m dying’ overacting. oufff. 😒😒😒
i hate when you’re sick or wounded or whatever and desis go like “KUCH NAHI HUA HAI, AAP BILKUL THEEK HAI!!!!!” to reassure you. like, bitch, speak for yourself, i’m fucking dying here. 😤😤😤
lmao the randommmmm guests. they’re like FINALLY, IT’S AN OBEROIIIIIIIII PARTY! ISI DRAME KE LIYE TOH HUM AAYE THE! WARNA KAUN AATA IS AADMI KE TEESRE SHAADI PE, THAT TOO TO THE SAME DAMN GIRL. 🙄🙄🙄
overacting to the maxxxxxxxxx and i think i know what’s coming based on what i spotted sticking out of his sherwani ka pocket. also family’s reactions, which are just toooo fuckin’ chill. 😒😒😒😒
YUP. KNEW IT. THIS FUCKING FUCKER. 😡😡😡
ha, my girl ain’t no kachchi khilaadi! pfffffffft, hoshiyaar se hoshiyaariiiii, billu? mehengi padegiiiiii.
lmaooooo *sobbing and sniffing* “main itni time se bolna chahti thi ki.... MAIN ITNI BADI PAPPU NAHI HOON SHIVAAY.” 😊😊😊
hahahaha his faaaaaaace. HER FACE. EVERYONE’S FACES.
fuckingggggg idiot. it’s a good thing anika is such a sport or i swear, i’d have climbed into the screen and dropkicked him in the face for ruining her day. 😒😒😒
fuck, she *is* upsettttttttt. that’s it. *starts crawling into the screen like samara from the ring, but ultaaaa* 😠😠😠
OUFF, WHY IS EVERYONE GANGING UP ON MY GIRL LIKE THIS? MAKE YA BOY SAY IT FIRST. 😤😤😤
security hai. acp hai. phir bhi jo chaahe aa jaa sakta hai. matlab..... 😑😑😑
meanwhile these two have just about made it out the damn burning hospital.
OH GOD SHE’S GOING BACK IN FOR THE MURTIIIIII ISN’T SHE 😧😧😧😧
aaaaaaaaand omkara’s fallen again. my god, isse naazuk character maine zindagi mein nahi dekha. his bones are literally made of glass, and his skin made of paper. jo bhi khaata hai, pura ka pura goes to his hair i think. 😣😣😣
LMAO TEJ AS PETER AS TEJ (idek what’s going on in that plot, so i’m guessing....) 😆😆😆
LOL RUDRA’S FAAAACE. 😂😂😂
lmaooooo shivaay’s confusedddddd af. 🤣🤣🤣
“itni baar repeat karoge toh peter se repeater ho jaaoge papa.” lololololol
LO, SVETLANA BHI AA GAYI. AB AAYEGA MAZAAAA!
LMAO AT THE EXPRESSION SHIVAAY JUST MADE HAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
RUDRA IS ME. I AM HIM. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
why’s bhavya so incensed? she doesn’t even know who svetlana is. 🤔🤔🤔
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL EVERYONE’S FACES MAN
omg gauri you’re a fucking idiot. honestly. 😫😫😫😫
meanwhile omkara is cursing his naazukpan.
ok the vfx are hella bad and i can’t take this scene seriously at all. 😑😑😑
“peter peter nahi hai, peter papa hai. aur humein acting karni hai ki woh papa nahi, peter hai. main papa ko papa kaise naa bolun?”
all the awards to leenesh for executing this line with zero fumbles. wonder how many takes it took. 😅😅😅
what even is going on, can we just get married so we can sex already? should we just elope? 😐😐😐
hmmm, this conundrum might finally be interesting enough to make me stop thinking about MERA SHIVAAY for 5 whole seconds.
shivaay coming in with too much logic and rationality for jhanvi to handle. 😒😒😒
to hear jhanvi say the words “main tej se pyaar karti hoon” makes me want to rip my own skin off my body. 😬😬😬
rudra be like IMMA THROW SVETLANA OUT THE HOUSE RIGHT NOWWWWWWW
i love how now that shivaay’s calmed down to normal human levels of gussa and other negative emotions, the other two have cranked up theirrrr anger and extraaa levels to 300. never a moment of peace and quiet with this damn family. 🙄🙄🙄
“mom, woh dad ko blackmail kar rahi hai, ab aur isse zyaada mushkilein kya badhengi?”
when rudra is the sensible and sorted one in the conversation, you know the other person is properrrrrrr daft. 😐😐😐
ALL THE OBEROI MEN BE LIKE ALL THIS WOMANLY EMOTION IS TOO MUCH FOR US NOTHING MAKES SENSE
honestly, i’m on their team. jhanvi’s being a fucking idiot. as always.
ok bhavya, jhanvi jusssssssssst implied that svetlana has some proof of illegal shit tej did. and you’re still on team tej? 😐😐😐
anika, my pure angel, thinking about her otp rikara. 😭😭😭😭
shivaay be like YUS HE JUST STARTED SMILING AND MAAROFYING GHATIYA SHAYARI AGAIN I WILL NOT LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO MY BABY BOY #PAPABEARAF 🐻🐻🐻
WOH DONO ZINDA BACHE TOHHHHHHHHHHHH 😫😫😫😫😫
ok the vfx of this scene are sooooo fucking bad and all this is just soooo extraaaaaaaaa, fwding till something good happens
oh bete ki, naazuKara uth gaya! 😯😯😯
ok it’s a tiiiiiiiiiiiny fucking plant, why are these two freaking out like this? just kick it out the way?!?! 😣😣😣
can this show just be 40 minutes of shivaay reacting to peter and making WTF??? side-eyes at everyone else? coz i am fucking loving it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
aw. poor rudy boy. he’s always been the one closest to tej. 😔😔😔
minor aside: love shivaay’s soft but love-filled voice talking about his brothers. #myBoys 😭😭😭😭😘😘😘😘
snort, rudra’s face at him asking for chakna. 😂😂😂
lollll tejjjjj just called anika “fairy queen”! 😆😆😆
tej kabse itna sanskaari ho gaya, ki pair-wair chooone laga? 🤔🤔🤔
DADI BE LIKE THIS AINT MY SON THAT BOY HASN’T TOUCHED MY FEET IN OVER 50 YEARS OF HIS BEING ON THIS PLANET
WHAT, OMKARA, IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY? TUJHSE APNA HI WEIGHT UTHAAYA NAHI JAATA, AB ISKO BHI UTHAAYEGA??? 😣😣😣😣
WHY ARE THEY TREATING THIS TINYYYYYYY FUCKING POTTED PLANT LIKE A GIANT TREE!????!?!? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
lmaoooooooo balram, fucking give up already. 🙄🙄🙄
rudra is still hung up on this I WANNA CALL HIM PAPA NOT PETER nonsense. like... dude. 😒😒😒
aana kaaryathin eddekku chena kaaryam, amirite mallu brethren????? 🙄🙄🙄
for non mallus: basically translates to “talking about yams when we’re talking about elephants” i.e. focusing on nonsensical small things when there’s bigger matters at hand.
bachcha party forming mystery inc. like the old days. oh man i miss saumya. 😭😭😭😭
stop yelling attttt her omkaraaaaaaaaaa. 😩😩😩
“maine kahaaa tha na tumse, yeh murti tumse zyaada keemti nahi hai.”
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“tum bhi meri parivaar ka hissa ho.”
aaaaaand gauri’s turn to pass the fuck out. god these two really need to like... start taking vitamins and shit to boost their immune systems and strength. idk man. get on some kinda regimen. they’re altogether messed up from all the physical and emotional trauma they face on a weekly basis. 😕😕😕
for once i’m enjoying a ruvya scene. please just keep them in platonic/comedy scenes like these. it works soooo much better. 😌😌😌
and just as i said that, they ruined it by turning it romantic. fuck it. fuck it. fuckkkkkkkkk it. 😒😒😒
“maan na maan, main apne hi ghar mein mehmaan” snort. poor rudy. 😂😂😂
how this family puts up with rudra’s stupidity THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING is beyond me. matlab, sach mein. 🙄🙄🙄
shivaay looking at anika with sex eyes and telling bhavya “tumhe diversion chahiye na? diversion mil jayega. 😏😏😏😏”
me @ billu:
“bhaiyya saare function toh ho gaye.”
“toh kya hua, ek aur kar lenge.”
THE OBEROI FAMILY MOTTO.
lo. billu ko toh bas bahaana chahiye chance maarne ke liye. 🙄🙄🙄
‘ugh. couples. so gross.’
rudra is me. i am rudra.
billu really gives zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeero fucks about who’s watching anymore. i’m telling you he’s fully willing to sex anika up right in front of svetlana “for the mission”. 😆😆😆
the face of a man who’ll stop at nothing.
SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT SVETLANA’S BIG SECRET ISSSSSSSS THIS TIMEEEEEEEEEEEE 😧😧😧😧
srsly, since when is tej so into family values???? 🙄🙄🙄
pft, he’s an idiot to focus on the key. it’s so obviously a red herring. it’s like he doesn’t knw her at allllllll!
tej is grade-A proof that intelligence isn’t sexually transmittable. 😐😐😐
WTF IS A LOVE-AKSHARI!?!?!!?!? 😒😒😒
JESUS CHRIST WHAT PAKAAU THAKELA AWAIIIII KE FUNCTIONS, LORD. WHERE ARE MY RIKARA?????? I’M SO SICK OF BILLU’S THIRSTY WAYS. 😣😣😣
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