friday musings

[tielan]

...called "Beards Of {company}" on the workplace 'FB' equivalent.

Rightythen.

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I wonder if one of the disconnects (just one) between people making light of the "go back to where you came from" is that to such people, it's the equivalent of "you're stupid" playground insult, rather than a threat to someone that any rights they have as an individual are dependent on not being seen as different, or a reminder that someone may have been born here but they will never belong.

There was an SBS/ABC news story about how a bunch of Australian Uighur Muslims have been detained in China and the Australian government is doing nothing to bring them back. If they're not born white, then they're not Australian enough to do anything for.

And watching all this unfold in the world, I wonder, if I were detained overseas, would the Australian government lift a finger since I'm not white?

Comments

[wpadmirer]

I'm white and I'm starting to hate white people. So many of them are so stupid and have no sense of their privilege.

[amilyn]

*hugs*. Just...gods.