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In 2000, Australia's Federal Parliament contained two non-Anglo Senators and the House contained as many as eighteen non-Anglos! Out of only 226 elected representatives!

I should look for a more recent figure but things won't have changed all that much, although with the loss of Aden Ridgeway I think the Senators are down to one. Anyway I think the point is made. Hide the White women! (Somewhere with Internet access!)

Also, during this brief search, I misread something and thought Parliament had banned all human clothing.

Date: 2006-03-08 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gillpolack.livejournal.com
Michael Danby counts as a non-Anglo, despite the name. I am a non-Anglo, despite being umpteenth generation in the country and being part English.

Australia is so strange about religion.

Date: 2006-03-08 01:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gillpolack.livejournal.com
Some religions make you Australian and some don't. I get regularly told I am not Australian because I am Jewish, despite the five generations that have lived in this country and fighting in wars and stuff.

Date: 2006-03-08 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kateorman.livejournal.com
Who the **** says that? I'll beat them up for you!!! *beats them up*

A dangerous and misleading thing (possibly related to your experience) is when people (of all backgrounds) say "Australian" when they mean "Anglo". I really need a tee shirt which says "Skip Shiksa" or something to ward off little old ladies, bus drivers, etc, who see my red hair and think I'd like to hear their remarks about immigrants.

*beats them up some more*

Date: 2006-03-09 03:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gillpolack.livejournal.com
Not just Anglo, but C of E Anglo. And that is the root of a lot of the problems - the equation of Australian with a very narrow religio-cultural group (did that sound pretentious enough?).

I appreciate the offer of beating people up, but maybe just sending hem back to school to learn more English would do the trick.

Date: 2006-03-10 04:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drhoz.livejournal.com
depressing, isn't it. *sighs sadly at the apparently unassailable fact that the two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen, and Stupidity*

Date: 2006-03-08 05:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redstarrobot.livejournal.com
Parliament had banned all human clothing

Those little dog sweaters never looked so good,eh?

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