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I can't speak specifically about Australia since I'm not familiar with it. But what is "local culture"? It's made up by the local people. In a homogenous socie

I can't speak specifically about Australia since I'm not familiar with it. But what is "local culture"? It's made up by the local people. In a homogenous society like Japan, it's Japanese culture. In a melting pot society like the US, it's a mix of the product of old European immigrants that have mostly merged and assimilated with each other, African Americans forcibly brought over via the slave trade that emerged with their own culture, and finally combined with more recent arrivals from Asia/Africa/Latin America who are much less assimilated. When one or more cultures meet, sometimes they adapt positively. Sometimes they adapt negatively. When you have so many cultures mixed together, there is bound to be friction. That doesn't necessarily mean violence, but it can be something more subtle - like certain races or groups resisting interacting with each other beyond the bare necessities. I wouldn't be surprised if this is true in Australia too. I'm Asian American, and I am ashamed to admit I have zero African American friends (I have Black friends, but they are all more recent African/European/Caribbean immigrants). Cultural norms and upbringing has a lot to do with it. At the risk of sounding too clinical, one of my goals is to genuinely befriend more African Americans.

dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
There is a common culture in every country. It may have different components like regional, political and ethnic differences, but there is always a larger common culture. Your view suggests you think that people rigidly stick to whatever culture they're born into, but that's not the case. The longer people stay in a country the more the local culture seeps in. The children of immigrants typically adopt the local culture, even if it has a ethnic flavor. So there is a natural trend toward the local culture. If your view were true countries with permanent large immigration programs such as Australia, Canada and the US would over time become balkanised, but that's obviously not the case. Different ethnic groups tend to an understanding of each other rather than conflict. There isn't naturally friction due to ethnic differences, just like religions don't tend to be add odds with each others members. You don't need to have friends from other ethnic groups, or a particular ethnic group, just like you don't need to have friends in other political or religious groups. Life isn't a bingo card. All you need to do is subscribe to a few common fundamental values, and that's generally easy for people in a given country to do, even if it takes some time.

dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago

There is a common culture in every country. It may have different components like regional, political and ethnic differences, but there is always a larger common culture. Your view suggests you think that people rigidly stick to whatever culture they're born into, but that's not the case. The longer people stay in a country the more the local culture seeps in. The children of immigrants typically adopt the local culture, even if it has a ethnic flavor. So there is a natural trend toward the local culture. If your view were true countries with permanent large immigration programs such as Australia, Canada and the US would over time become balkanised, but that's obviously not the case. Different ethnic groups tend to an understanding of each other rather than conflict. There isn't naturally friction due to ethnic differences, just like religions don't tend to be add odds with each others members. You don't need to have friends from other ethnic groups, or a particular ethnic group, just like you don't need to have friends in other political or religious groups. Life isn't a bingo card. All you need to do is subscribe to a few common fundamental values, and that's generally easy for people in a given country to do, even if it takes some time.