Study Reveals Australian Racist Views
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Ninemsn (Sydney), September 29, 2008
Forty per cent of Australians believe some ethnic groups do not belong in the country with one in 10 having outwardly racist views, a new study shows.
NSW tops the list with racist views, but lead researcher on the project Kevin Dunn puts it down to Sydney being the focus of international migration to Australia.
The study, led by human geography and urban studies Professor Dunn and his team from the University of Western Sydney, reveals racism in Australia has waned over the years but the figures remain high.
He will unveil the state-by-state statistics on Friday at the 4Rs international conference—Rights, Reconciliation, Respect and Responsibility—at Sydney’s University of Technology.
Challenging Racism: The Anti-Racism Research Project has randomly surveyed about 12,500 people in different studies during the past eight years.
Prof Dunn attributes the results to people’s overarching views.
“It’s an indicator of a narrow view of what constitutes Australianism,” he told AAP.
People were asked which cultural/ethnic groups do not fit into Australian society.
NSW topped the list with 46 per cent of survey respondents saying some ethnic groups should not be in the country. The ACT had the lowest such response with 28 per cent.
Prof Dunn said people also revealed who they singled out the most.
“The most often-mentioned groups were Muslims or people from the Middle East.”
The overall figures surge to 65 per cent for people over 65 but drop to 31 per cent for those aged 18 to 34.
“It’s too high, isn’t it,” Prof Dunn said.
“We’ve got to bring that down.”
On average, about one in 10 people said it was not good for people of different cultures to marry and about the same number said not all races are equal.
“It’s only about one in 10 people now in Australia across the different states that would have that sort of view—the racial supremacists for instance,” Prof Dunn said.
“That’s still quite high I suppose—there’s a lot of concern that comes out of that.”
He said NSW ranked highest in most categories but attributed that to Sydney being the country’s focus for immigration.
“There’s just more cultural diversity here—there’s more opportunity for cross-cultural contact and that means some of them will not be positive ones.”
Prof Dunn and his team will release regional results within each state sometime early next year.
They will also recommend strategies to lower Australia’s level of racist views, which he said remain low by international standards.
(Posted on September 29, 2008)
Comments
Gee whizz, what a surprise. The government lets in 1000’s of muzzies who promptly do what muzzies always do, murder and mayhem whilst screaming for special privileges and living off benefits. Now they want to know what to do about the people who don’t like them.
Posted by ciccio at 7:00 PM on September 29
I thought environmentalism was the new religion, but its clearly white guilt and who is less of a racist, Darwin, our founding fathers, And men of past logic are all rolling in their grave!
Posted by at 7:08 PM on September 29
I find it interesting that the most diverse regions are also the most racist. This study is similar to findings in the U.S. where people from predominantly white states have less racist views than people living in diverse areas (like the south). The people who have to put up with multiculturalism the most, don’t like it.
Posted by at 7:53 PM on September 29
“They will also recommend strategies to lower Australia’s level of racist views, which he said remain low by international standards.”
Well, bringing in more and more foreigners will only make Australians more “racist”. This was something I caught onto even before I became racially conscious. When I was in college my university wanted to lower racism on campus by bringing in more minorities. I remember shaking my head and thinking “they are only going to make the ‘racists’ more ‘racist’”.
Posted by Courtney at 8:38 PM on September 29
When I was younger (I’m 35) there was a real sense of pride from the greater communitity about not going on welfare and working hard and contributing to the country and nation.
These days most older Aussies I know no longer care about such whimsical notions and now it feels like every man/woman for him/her-self,you know ‘everyones doing it’.
Us Anglo countries give away our national identities too easily, it takes more than simply stepping foot on the land with the approiate visa/documentation.
Learning the language, not describing our woman as whores(uncovered meat),looking to contribute instead of plundering at every opportunity, learning from our culture instead of ramming theirs down our throats would be a good start.
It only takes one rotten apple to ruin the barrel.
Our society is always being legally and accademically adjusted to accomadate the weakiest links in our chain, so we’re dumbing ourselves down to be fair for everyone. It doesn’t seem right, we should be striving for excellence like our future Asian overlords seem to be doing.
Posted by Gen X in Oz at 8:41 PM on September 29
People were asked which cultural/ethnic groups do not fit into Australian society… (and) the most often-mentioned groups were Muslims or people from the Middle East.
Well, what a shocker!! Could it be that most Australians aren’t huge fans of terrorist bombings, clitorectomies, honor killings, arranged marriages, poligamy, hijabs, burkas and all the other wonderful things Islamists are known for?
Posted by at 9:08 PM on September 29
“The Anti-Racism Research Project has randomly surveyed about 12,500 people in different studies during the past eight years.”
Yes, and if there was any project any more worthless than they are it’s been kept a secret.
Imagine having to live in a peaceful, productive society in relative peace and contentment, instead of the choas and fighting of a multicultural one.
Posted by ice at 9:43 PM on September 29
“There’s just more cultural diversity here—there’s more opportunity for cross-cultural contact and that means some of them will not be positive ones.”
Why doesn’t he answer these questions. Why is it a fact
wherever there is more cultural diversity, there is more
negative cross-cultural contacts ? Why are White nations
and only Whites expected to worship Dieversity and their
racial replacement ? Why are Whites and only Whites portrayed
as the racist race ? And if Dieversity is sooo wonderful,
why does Robert Putnam’s study state otherwise ?
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/
I already know the answers, I would just like to hear
Prof.Kevin Dunn’s answers.
Posted by Dr. Caligari at 10:44 PM on September 29
“There’s just more cultural diversity here—there’s more opportunity for cross-cultural contact and that means some of them will not be positive ones.”
Since racial gang rapes, driveby shootings, narcotics dealing, violent muggings and attacks have all been brought to Sydney by ‘cross-cultural contact’ - the real stats are probably much higher.
Posted by d at 1:34 AM on September 30
God bless Australians. Now if they can just get a hold on their government again and kick out the pro immigrant types.
Posted by Unemployed WASP at 2:18 AM on September 30
As a proud Aussie I would say most similar Aussies of my persuasion would oppose any further Middle East(read muslim Arab)
and Sub Saharan African immigation due to the high crime and other assorted problems these groups bring to our great nation
(thank god we dont have 100 million plus mestizos on our doorstep!)
`They will also recommend strategies to lower Australia’s level of racist views`
Concerning `racist` or `racist supremacist` views I thought this was common sense to the average Aussie!
To summarize If from Europe/North America fine,Asia perhaps,Middle East or Africa forget it!
Posted by John at 4:03 AM on September 30
I don’t think that White Australians are particularly racist, it is just that we don’t like overbearing, calculating, rude, dishonest, violent people and it just so happens that most of our third world immigrants have all of these traits
Posted by John from Newcastle at 5:41 AM on September 30
“On average, about one in 10 people said it was not good for people of different cultures to marry and about the same number said not all races are equal.”
Amazing, ten percent of the respondents still brave enough to reveal that they are not yet media brainwashed, and speak the obvious truth out loud to a public university.
Posted by Gary at 1:11 PM on September 30
“It’s too high, isn’t it,” Prof Dunn said.
“We’ve got to bring that down.”
Why? Disparate groups of people don’t like being thrown in together. It’s human nature. Why must we assume it’s inherently bad or needs to change?
But I digress. In the spirit of good will and cooperation, I will now offer helpful advice for how to bring those numbers down:
If the immigrant populations in question will learn the native language(s) of their host nations, embrace a strong work ethic, make real economic contributions to their new home, conduct themselves with basic human dignity while showing basic human respect for their host nation and its native inhabitants, and leave behind all the poorer traits of their old home culture that made it an unbearable third-world hellhole from which they felt compelled to leave in the first place, then they will be model citizens whom most will look upon much more favorably.
How much you want to bet this suggestion will not be at the top of the study group’s list?
Posted by BW Sam at 2:18 PM on September 30
“…people from predominantly white states have less racist views than people living in diverse areas (like the south). The people who have to put up with multiculturalism the most, don’t like it.”
My grandmother had a saying for this: “Familiarity breeds contempt.” It’s as true now as it was then. The more you know about these “disadvantaged”(?) people, the less you want to live, work or play around them and the more you wonder where the diversity folks left their brains.
Posted by at 3:10 PM on September 30
“It’s too high, isn’t it,” Prof Dunn said.”
““We’ve got to bring that down.””
I have a better idea Prof Dunn. How about face reality and realize that all cultures and peoples are not compatible. How about just leaving each country to its’ own people and culture and stop trying to change what does not need to be changed.
Posted by at 9:06 PM on September 30
Hopefully they will turn their views into a right wing Australian political party.
Posted by at 3:13 AM on October 2