# Is it true Aussies are very racist?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 26, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-aussies-are-very-racist/203963 "2003-09-26T13:35:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-aussies-are-very-racist/203963/61 "2003-10-01T14:17:53Z")

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I basically agree with what **kambuckta** says, but I’m not so willing to just gloss over racist comments as being “not really racism.” Australians tend to be, I feel, racist towards groups rather than individuals. Your racist Australian may not have a problem with his Japanese co-worker, but he may complain bitterly about how they’re taking over our cities or some crap.

Just because someone’s nice to people he knows doesn’t excuse stereotyping of groups of people.

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**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-aussies-are-very-racist/203963/62 "2003-10-01T17:31:19Z")

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> _gex gex_  
> It’s satire. The show is satirizing the racist stereotype that Aboriginals are drunkards. It’s rather ridiculous to think that someone drank excessively due to their skin colour, and the sketch shows how ridiculous it is.
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> I believe that some Americans stereotype Mexicans/Hispanics as being lazy. An analogous satire would see a white American suggesting that you hang around Mexicans at work, so that if you’re slacking off, the boss will blame the Mexicans.
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> In both cases, the stereotype is being satirised, not perpetuated.

Okay, I guess I’m being misunderstood. I said that things are “waaaay different over there” because the same joke wouldn’t make any sense, as far as stereotypes go, unless the races were switched.

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