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I've lived in Australia my entire life (born here) and I can't think of a time in my working life where any of what you confidently declare is "common place and

by XorNot 3y ago

I've lived in Australia my entire life (born here) and I can't think of a time in my working life where any of what you confidently declare is "common place and accepted" was anything like that - at least not within the city professional demographic I'm familiar with, which does trend middle class. And the city-based tech industry in Australia is hardly a whites-only monoculture - far from it - so if you were in that sector and declared "racism was rampant" I squint my eyes a little wondering where exactly this managed to be possible. Which isn't to say it doesn't exist or isn't a problem elsewhere, but within the workplace? It would be surprising for it to be "casual" given the demographics of the sector.

bedobi 3y ago
IMO either you're very very lucky or you're kind of blinkered and kidding yourself. Even at the ABC, hardly a workplace where you'd intuitively expect the kind of behavior I'm referring to, it's rampant https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63699881 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63699881 Another famous example would be AFL - the racism on display not just in the stands but within the teams and the AFL org itself, would be unimaginable in any other country. Imagine if fans, teammates, coaches etc abused black NFL players the way black AFL players get abused. It would not be tolerated, and it would never happen, it's completely unimaginable. These are not cherry picked examples, they're just two manifestations of the massive problem. But Australia and Australians get a pass because "it's Australia". It's not flattering to be unable to realize and admit maybe your country has some work to do. (it's not an attack on you personally)