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Corinne smith's avatar

Multiculturalism is certain NOT working. Rally Australia - WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!

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Robyn S's avatar

It's mostly a problem in the cities. Country areas seem pretty ocker to me! But even in the country region, there are now influxes of Indians, I have noted. You rarely see East Asians, Middle Easterners or Africans, but definitely Indians. However, the Indians are mostly somewhat friendly, the guys dress normally, the women sometimes wear saris still, but they send their kids to the regular schools, are out and about locally, and do make an effort to fit in to a reasonable degree. Plus they speak English - or at least try! Still, it seems a little odd seeing the Indians in country towns. It's like they don't fit in?

But what IS normal about who fits in or not? I suppose if all the Indians stayed in India, and all the English stayed in England, and all the Chinese stayed in China, there'd be a lot less multicultural angst in the world?! But there'd also be very little tolerance - or interest in anything 'different'.

My best friend at high school was Malaysian Indian. I used to love going over to their place when they were putting on dos, and seeing them in their saris and eating their very yummy food! It was...different - and I liked it. But when we had Indian neighbours in our nice suburb, they didn't really fit in. Maybe it was 'coz the grandmother tried to sell her wares (bracelets etc), and piddled down the inside of her trouser leg...that could've been it?! It wasn't the, ah, Australian way - certainly not in the nice suburb we lived in! But my best friend's family would've fitted in fine next door with how they were, other than being noticeably the darkest people around.

Actually, I have lots of friends who are from elsewhere in the world, and I've always appreciated their culture. But my friends from overseas are friendly people, who try to fit in, get regular jobs, wear 'normal' clothes and occasionally have a cultural party at their own place. I don't see the issue when it's like that. Mostly, they don't live where everyone around them is Indian, or Iranian, or Slovenian, or Chinese, or whatever. But I know what you mean about enclaves in cities. Cabramatta in Sydney has been Little Vietnam for some time now, right?! My Ukrainian friends tend to live near other Ukrainians...

SOME multiculturalism is fine. It creates an interest. But immigration needs to slow when 15% of the population is no longer whatever the 'norm' is in that country - and immigration should be halted when 20-25% of the population is no longer the 'norm'. Otherwise it gets...out of hand. You're just asking for trouble when the 'regulars' head towards the minority. That's when revolution, riots and all sorts of intimidation and underhanded tactics can get employed. Or at the very least, the way of life changes dramatically. And not in a good way.

If you want to stay in charge of your own country, you have to have the numbers!!! It's really very simple. I think the government has sold us out to the highest bidder, all so they can cook the books and make their budget look better!

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