Is racism a serious issue in Australia? How does Australian society react to it?
As an Australian, I think it’s a lot of media hype. We are a multicultural society and generally don’t have a problem with Indians, especially considering our shared Commonwealth heritage. Whenever an Indian suffers violence in Australia, the media flares up with “racially motivated attack”. Some incidents may well be just that and would be associated with lower socio-economic classes in Australia being threatened by waves of Indian immigration seeking residency by studying at dodgy business colleges. This is seen as a scam and Indians can be perceived as scammers and quick to pull the racism card. One incident in Griffith involved an Indian man found dead. “Racially motivated attack” turned out to be that he had employed other Indians to work without paying tax and then didn’t pay them. They turned on him and killed him. This was in the news today – http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/6753…
