1). ‘You think I’m racist don’t you?’ and then they laugh manically. The manic laugh and racist denial combination is a sure bet that you’re currently talking to a racist.
2). ‘I’m not a racist, I’m just honest.’ If anyone has to explicitly say ‘I’m not a racist’ then that person is most definitely a racist. I’m honest as well and yet somehow I don’t get confused for a racist. For example the other day I said ‘I don’t like to work out in gyms’. Amazingly, I didn’t get confused for a racist. We think you’re a racist because you said something racist, you may also have been honest, being one good thing doesn’t make the other thing okay.
3). ‘We’re all racists’. Eh. Why are you trying to take me down with you? By casually labeling everyone as a racist you’re trying to make your own crappy beliefs okay. 1). Beliefs don’t become okay if everyone agrees. 2). Not everyone is a racist – you are and you need to go and feel bad about that.
4). ‘She’s Asian but she’s okay.’ Oh well, that’s okay then Nana. Ah, Nana. Classic old lady racism. A racist is always surprised when they meet a lovely Asian person – usually the first Asian person they have ever actually spoken to.
5). ‘It’s Fraser Island, not coolgarry (K’gari), it’s political correctness gone mad!’ No – You sir have gone mad. The importance of reclaiming indigenous names of significant landmarks is sadly lost on most people. Quick tip, if someone uses the term ‘political correctness’ then they are most likely a racist/misogynist/homophobe.
6). ‘Oh I’m not racist, I’m not against boat people coming here, I just think it should be legal.’ Nope, you’re a racist. This person wasn’t happy about asylum seekers coming to Australia because they’re racist – but they weren’t comfortable about the idea of being a racist so they found another reason… it’s not legal! For one, if it isn’t legal, don’t you think it should be? And number two, IT IS LEGAL. You just clearly performed a one-sided Google search… I’m guessing something like ‘why plane people are better than boat people’ – well done racist.
7). ‘I’m not racist but boat people get far too much money thrown at them – of course they come here, we treat them like royalty.’ Yes well, the UN thinks differently:
(Oh, the UN! Bunch of politically correct bleeding hearts!). There have been a lot of untrue rumours floating around about the kind of financial support asylum seekers receive. One claimed that asylum seekers received more than Australian pensioners. They do not. They are effectively in jail and sometimes for years. Again, you have searched for information to justify your racism – there is no justification, so stop looking for it.
8). A racist person will often look like this:
9). ‘I’m all for freedom of religion but Muslims are just a danger to society – what about that bloke who raped that girl? We shouldn’t be allowing them into our country.’ You’re so many things, including a racist. You incorrectly assumed that all Muslims are rapists. All men of religion are capable of rape. Men of all belief, size, shape and colour rape. The one conclusion anyone can make is that all rapists rape – rapists are a danger to society.
10). Sometimes a racist doesn’t even have to say anything to indicate that they are racist. They just have a sticker on the back of their car – it’s a picture of Australia with the slogan ‘fuck off, we’re full’. That’s right, full of racists who don’t understand how small our population density is.
11). Racists will fly the Australian flag wherever they can. Sad but true, at some point patriotism became synonymous with racism. ‘This is Australia, everyone should be Australian’.
I’m not racist, I don’t like watching sport, I don’t drink, I work on public holidays and I’m indifferent to barbeques… should I leave? That’s what we mean by Australian right? Disagree? Interesting… what is this Australian identity we claim to want to uphold? Because I can’t really see what it is exactly that we’re afraid of losing by letting ‘different’ people into the country – except maybe our rampant racism.
12). ‘They’re queue jumpers.’ (In reference to asylum seekers). NOOOOOOOOO! Not queue jumpers! They’re the worst!
1. There is no queue. It’s a thing that doesn’t exist but racists like to think it does.
2. Imagine a queue at an emergency room. A dude with a cut on his forehead is ahead of a man who has a spear through his chest. According to your logic, the man with the cut on his forehead should be treated first… because, hello, there’s a queue.
3. You’re racist.
13). ‘Lets be honest though, they just sit around and get high – what can we do?’ (In reference to Indigenous Australians). Yeah, that’s pretty much what they were doing before we arrived… on our boats… stole their land… and introduced them to alcohol and drugs. So yeah, we should pretty much just write them off as wasters. Good call racist, you analysed that situation really well. Also well done for being honest.
14). Racists will call asylum seekers ‘boat people’. If you want to be able to turn a blind eye to people in need… dehumanize them! ‘Stop the boats’ was a popular election slogan. In fact stopping the boats was a major election issue. Of course what they mean is, they wish to stop the people. Why? Because they’re illegal! They’ll rape! They’ll jump all the queues and no one will every be able to get anything, ever! We’re full, where the fuck will they go?! They’ll take our money and they won’t queue to do it! They’re probably not allowed to barbecue because Islam! I’m just going to shake some bags around now.
15). ‘The idea of multiculturalism is nice but it will just never work’. I call racism. For now, clearly, multiculturalism doesn’t work, does that mean we should give up? I think it’s time to view this magical moment from the West Wing:
If it’s the right thing to do then you keep working at it, you don’t just give up.
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