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Originally Posted by Ab
Sheesh, I'd forgotten how everything has to spelled out so explicitly.
For the record: Racism is ingrained at such a deep level in almost every aspect of Australian society that Australians don't even notice it. It's fucking unreal. It's the sort of place where Aussie Joe Sixpack could say something like "I'm not racist, I just think Abos are shit" without a trace of irony. I wouldn't go so far as to call myself well-travelled, but of the places I've been Australia is the most racist by a factor of a bajillion.
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Is it that far away from Thomas "All men are created equal, now who wants to buy a slave" Jefferson?
It's not seen as racism if it's 'normal'