her husbands australian... shes aboriginal

catefrances

i heard a woman on the bus say this to another. all i could think was WTF!!

could this be what germaine greer was speaking of when she mentioned us not embracing our aboriginality here in australia?

it appears to me that when some speak of being australian, what they really mean is being anglo. cause only then can one be australian. maybe theyre not thinking when they say something like this.. but isnt that the problem... that theyre NOT thinking? :roll:

keeponrockin

I agree with your assessment, however, in Canada, some aboriginals do not first identify themselves as 'Canadian', and some view it as insulting...

Just playing devils advocate.

Drowned Out

keeponrockin wrote:

I agree with your assessment, however, in Canada, some aboriginals do not first identify themselves as 'Canadian', and some view it as insulting...

Just playing devils advocate.

I was going to say the same...they were here before the country was called Canada, or Australia was named...so really...the names of the countries ARE related to anglo ethnicities moreso than the countries' natives.
I dunno...this is all about labelling peoples and places, which I try to avoid. Aside from the odd short cut to a physical description, there is really no reason to label people when talking about them. The most offensive part of that statement, to me, is that she felt it necessary to define these people on nationality/ethnicity, not the words she chose.

Kel Varnsen

Maybe she was pitching an idea for a new sitcom?

catefrances

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Maybe she was pitching an idea for a new sitcom?

and the kicker was she then said, the baby doesnt look like hers. :shock:

cajunkiwi

In NZ during a census you can identify yourself as "Caucasian" or "Maori"... but they also added a "New Zealander" category for those people who didn't want to separate themselves based on skin color. A Maori born in NZ is just as much a Kiwi as a Caucasian born in NZ is. The people liked it, but the census bureau hated it, because it threw all of their historical data out of whack lol

catefrances

Drowned Out wrote:

keeponrockin wrote:

I agree with your assessment, however, in Canada, some aboriginals do not first identify themselves as 'Canadian', and some view it as insulting...

Just playing devils advocate.

I was going to say the same...they were here before the country was called Canada, or Australia was named...so really...the names of the countries ARE related to anglo ethnicities moreso than the countries' natives.
I dunno...this is all about labelling peoples and places, which I try to avoid. Aside from the odd short cut to a physical description, there is really no reason to label people when talking about them. The most offensive part of that statement, to me, is that she felt it necessary to define these people on nationality/ethnicity, not the words she chose.

this wasnt a rare occurrence. i often hear people identify others here as 'asian'. and i think how do you know that persons family hasnt been in this country longer than your family has. recently i was on another bus and this guy bitched that of the 5 cars sitting at the red light with us only 1 of the drivers was australian. i just dont understand the mindset that automatically assumes non anglos(for want of a better term) arent australian.

catefrances

cajunkiwi wrote:

In NZ during a census you can identify yourself as "Caucasian" or "Maori"... but they also added a "New Zealander" category for those people who didn't want to separate themselves based on skin color. A Maori born in NZ is just as much a Kiwi as a Caucasian born in NZ is. The people liked it, but the census bureau hated it, because it threw all of their historical data out of whack lol

thats cool that they added new zealander cause if your dads maori and your mums not then how do you choose one over the other?