I'm an Australian, born and bred

[tielan]

I have decided no more Ms. Nice Lady. I am an Australian born Australian, and if someone wants to know “where did you really come from?” I am going to ask them if they’re prepared to unload their history as an Australian-born child of immigrants, or else tell me about their Indigenous Australian ancestry.

I am done with microaggressions, even the unintentional ones.

No, you don’t get to ask me what’s my background and then say that yours is “Australian”. Mine is Australian. My mother is an Australian immigrant. My father is an Australian born. I am an Australian born.

I am an Australian-born Australian.

I am no more an immigrant than any white person in this damn country and I am going to FIGHT this definition all the way, calling people racist outright if necessary.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

\o/

[kass]

Applause.

[tielan]

I'm just tired of the assumptions and what buying into them means for the future. We can't afford to assume that history will go in the right direction; we have to change it, which means taking control of it using our words.

[monanotlisa]

Go get 'em!

[tielan]

Let's see how this goes...

[ninja007]

You tell 'em girl! It is micro-aggression; wanting to separate you from the rest of "them". I really hate that crap.

Let them have it.

[lynnenne]

Good on you. I'm sorry you have to deal with this shit.

[rmc28]

I'm so sorry you're on the receiving end of such bullshit.

[beatrice_otter]

Good luck!

[alatefeline]

May I bookmark this for reference purposes?

[ysobel]

Hell yeah.

Have you seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ ?

[amilyn]

Good for you!