Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
I would say we actually are a pretty racist country in the grand scheme of things

Our geographic isolation in that it 3 hours to NZ and 5 hours to PNG and couple of hours to Pacific Islands mean that we have an isolation mentality

Basically everyone here is not exposed to different cultures as you get elsewhere in the world

We also have the added dynamic where for some reason we seem to want to apologise for a decision made by the British Government 230 years and pander to the descendants of those effected by it

So as a result we have a divisiveness and insecurity about ourselves
Well I'd def say that none of those examples you gave amount to the 'country' being racist.

Just go look at Japans immigration policies, then tell me if that's racism?

Cause Australia is wayyyyyyyyy more welcoming of 'different folk' than most countries and have been for ages.

Japan is pretty much the most insular country I've ever been to, yet they dont seem to have this rep.