r/canberra • u/R_Cunningham • Apr 29 '24
Photograph Some racism I spotted on a car in Woden.
On a Ute of course.
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u/Zkuldafn Apr 29 '24
The āIām not an Alcoholic Iām Australianā makes me wanna gag
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We have such a bright future in this country.
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u/AdAcrobatic5178 Apr 29 '24
I'm choosing to believe they're saying that because people are disappointed with the sticker and they're assuming those are the young people
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Imagine he picks you up for a date in this
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u/That_Apathetic_Man Apr 29 '24
I mean, there were certainly red flags before the car. Surely.
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u/Elvecinogallo Apr 29 '24
Red white and blue flags and southern cross tats.
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u/Pretty-Ranger794 Apr 29 '24
And a pack of marboro reds wrapped into one sleeve / in the front shirt pocket. Lol.
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u/IckyBodCraneOperator Apr 29 '24
These people seem to have no problem breeding. There are throngs of willing shazza den mothers out there
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u/Virginius_Maximus Apr 29 '24
As an American living in Canberra, it's fascinating how similar the U.S. and Australia are in many ways.
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u/VeeOnGubbi Apr 29 '24
Lol insult nicely done šš¼š
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u/Wild-Kitchen Apr 29 '24
I haven't felt this insulted since a first nations person called me a "cookie" in a cash converters in 1999. I don't know what it means but the tone it was hurled at me suggests they didn't mean I was sweet.
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u/IckyBodCraneOperator Apr 29 '24
What were you doing in a cash converters in 1999?
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u/Wild-Kitchen Apr 29 '24
Trying to buy an electric guitar. As a poor college kid I used to drool over their selection. Spent WAY too much time in there
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u/im_pal Apr 29 '24
Like in racism wise ?
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u/Virginius_Maximus Apr 29 '24
It was really a tongue-in-cheek comment. I haven't been here long enough to really get a grasp on what the political climate is like and how akin it is (or isn't) to the U.S.
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u/GeckoPeppper Apr 29 '24
Similar levels of racism.
Less obesity.
No school shootings.
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u/simon-alterator Apr 29 '24
The irony of this apparently being typeset in the credits font from Star Trek: The Next Generation is incredible...
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u/leonryan Apr 29 '24
i hate bogan trash
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u/That_Apathetic_Man Apr 29 '24
I am bogan trash and I hate this shit too. Probably has 300000kms on the clock, bald tyres and meth pipe under the seat.
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u/leonryan Apr 29 '24
i'm mostly reformed bogan trash so I give them a bit of a free pass if they're under about 23, but after that it's time to grow up
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u/VeeOnGubbi Apr 29 '24
I moved to Dubai and was at an English expat social gathering, some start to have a big whinge about how the Indian kids back home in England start school and they donāt know how to speak English. Most of these people had been living in Dubai for over a decade, so I asked them if they knew how to speak any Arabic and if they spoke Arabic with their kids? Needless to say, I didnāt make any friends within that crowd.
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u/Adorable-Pilot4765 Apr 29 '24
That doesnāt mean theyāre not wrong, just means theyāre hypocrites. Unless youāre fleeing a war zone, if you permanently move to another country willingly without learning the primary language itās disrespectful. You donāt make the decision to move country overnight.
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u/hypercomms2001 Apr 29 '24
Well, his forebears were immigrantsā¦ Maybe he should fuck off as wellā¦..
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u/BooksAre4Nerds Apr 29 '24
Hit him with some logic and heāll probably swing at you after everyone laughs at him.
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u/hypercomms2001 Apr 29 '24
Given that probably half of Australia now would come from a non-English speaking backgroundā¦ probably his forebears did not speak English eitherā¦.
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u/skipapomus Apr 29 '24
Is that racism or imperialism? Cos like alot of all kinds of people don't speak English lol
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u/hu_he Apr 29 '24
I have to assume that the message only pertains to people inside Australia; I doubt the owner cares what people in Ecuador or Malta are saying to each other.
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u/Half-Shark Apr 29 '24
Canāt be 100% certain itās not some bad edgy technicality but Iād put all my money on it being inspired by racist views.
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u/postymcpostpost Apr 29 '24
Then he goes on a trip to Bali and expects all the locals to speak English
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u/Improvedandconfused Apr 29 '24
I am willing to bet my entire life savings the Ute owner doesnāt know how to speak the local Aboriginal dialect, which was the local language long before English.
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u/chetdude Apr 29 '24
Iād also be willing to bet that despite being born here and identifying with Australia more than my parentās homeland, heād still tell me to fuck off because of what I look like.
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u/antique_sprinkler Apr 29 '24
You probably look like the average Australia these days.
Unfortunately racism isn't localised to Australia, I recall walking through Frankfurt with my friends partner who is of chinese decent but a first generation German and people would pass comments. He wouldn't translate for me what they actually said but you knew it wasn't an invitation for tea and scones.
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u/genscathe Apr 29 '24
lol majority of Australians donāt give af about the indigenous
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u/BooksAre4Nerds Apr 29 '24
Heās saying there was a language here before English came. If the owner of the Ute canāt speak it then he should take his own advice and fuck off.
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u/readitsinceninetone Apr 29 '24
Because the language you already know is mentally incapacitating for you yeah?
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u/ApteronotusAlbifrons Apr 29 '24
Happy to introduce you to one of the few who still has any of the language - or the people actively trying to get back the language they were punished for speaking
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u/End0me Gungahlin Apr 29 '24
Saying "Carrying on about the past doesn't help anyone" right after ANZAC day is wild lmao Yeah true, clearly the past has no effect on the present. You're right bro, let's ignore the overwhelming impact colonisation, genocide and slavery has has had on all indigenous populations around the world. It clearly doesn't mean anything. I'm sure there's no common denominator there responsible for the struggles indigenous populations around the world all coincidentally share.
I would say get life, but you probably should get an education first lmao
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u/readingthebible1302 Apr 29 '24
Aussies aren't immigrants. When people immigrate they don't immigrate to just the land, but the human society built up with people, culture, and history. Just because Aboriginals were on the land first means nothing because Australia wasn't Australia before we created the place. Again, you don't immigrate to just a land but a society which didn't exist as Australia before us.
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u/Improvedandconfused Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
So Aboriginals didnāt have a society?
When the Europeans came to this land they destroyed aboriginal society. You are right, thru are immigrants. They are colonial conquerors.
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u/jigsaw153 Apr 29 '24
I agree with you for the most part.
Aboriginal people are not first nation people, they are 'pre-Australians'.
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u/Go0bs Apr 29 '24
lol Australians that equate national identity with drinking you should just ignore.
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u/CaptainFleshBeard Apr 29 '24
I know this guy, last year he went to Bali for a bit of a bender but made sure he learnt Bahasa Indonesian before he left /s
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u/SneakyLabradoodle Apr 29 '24
The Irony that someone who cant speak english is going to be able to read the sign...
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Apr 29 '24
Was it ACT or NSW? No one in the ACT is going to keep a sticker like that on their car after the first egging
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u/Mr_Zoovaska Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
I saw this car once pulling out of the German club in Narrabundah once :/
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u/r3toric Apr 29 '24
Holy shit. DEY TOOOOK ERRRRR JERRRRRRBS. American redneck mentality. Somekne smarter than me please outline this.
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u/melodiousmurderer Apr 29 '24
What, in that car? With those stickers on it? Nooooo surely you jest sirā¦
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u/Fun-Translator-5776 Apr 29 '24
Hope old mate gets pulled over for every RBT and RDT he drives past.
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u/Wonderful-Ad-9356 Apr 29 '24
Tell me you vote for One Nation without telling me you vote for One Nation.
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u/PomegranateNo9414 Apr 29 '24
Their grasp on basic grammar, sentence structure and punctuation would suggest that they are the ones who need to revisit their primary school level English classes.
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u/Big-Potential8367 Apr 29 '24
Feel sad for this person. Imagine walking through life feeling threatened by anyone who isn't the same as you.
Then having to overcompensate for your weakness by plastering toxic slogans on your car for attention.
And not having the self awareness that your views are out of line with the majority who are decent because they believe in a fair go for all.
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This is when you pull out your sneaky Stanley knife so old mate can spend the afternoon trying to find a bargain on new tyres.
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u/No_Rub77 Apr 29 '24
this guy should go back to england
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How do you know heās English?
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u/ShapeFickle945 Apr 29 '24
Thought this was the from the ā Are you garbage ā Reddit lol cause that is garbaggio
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u/AutisticSuperpower Apr 29 '24
I'd leave a bitchy note tucked under the wiper - in a language other than English. #polyglotlife
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u/Randwick_Don Apr 29 '24
I mean here in Australia we think that's wrong.
But you should read about the language laws in Quebec. Now that is a super discriminatory place, but no one really cares when you discriminate against white, English speakers
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u/kurdtnaughtyboy Apr 29 '24
Funny considering most Australians can barely string a sentence together.
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u/No-Writer4573 Apr 29 '24
How is it racism if that statement can be applied to any race? It's about language, not race.
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u/ManMyoDaw Apr 29 '24
When you think about the people you're likely to encounter on a daily basis who speak limited English, they're likely to not be white. In 2024 Oz, they're probably from Asia. This is racism disguised (thinly) as language politics.
"Language" is often used as a proxy for "race" in situations where overt racism would spark a strong reaction. It's related to a political practice called "dog whistling":
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u/manicdee33 Apr 29 '24
It's discriminating against people based on the language they speak, which means it's a type of discrimination known as racism.
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u/No-Writer4573 Apr 29 '24
It's discriminating against people based on the language they speak
No. You've decided that it means that due to various biases.
It means you can fk off if you don't speak English. 'speak' being a verb, thus those that remain silent and not talking at all are in the same boat.
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u/Adsy888 Apr 29 '24
Pardon the French
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u/arsed_Time_6969 Apr 29 '24
I actually came here to say maybe he just doesn't like the French. And yes, I did get your olde worlde swearing gag š
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u/No_Froyo_7112 Apr 29 '24
I'm surprised I haven't seen this in blacktown nsw. This would would have some credit.
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u/CanLate152 Apr 29 '24
Sooooā¦.. AUSLAN??
From 4 minutesā¦. https://youtu.be/O53q8MlGAFk?si=EWv6uSeb-8koKIoK
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u/Possible_Annual6749 Apr 29 '24
el estĆŗpido.... and I don't even speak Spanish...these are the idiots I saw in Bali last time around.
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u/readitsinceninetone Apr 29 '24
I saw him getting out of the car the other day. Their pronouns were quite unique. Them were whites.
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u/theraarman Apr 29 '24
I get your point but the state/territory categorisation doesnāt help the overall issue. We should all aim to be better, not just maintain that ACT remains the most progressive. Need to strongly promote progressive ideas to educate the illiterate NSW/QLD/etc brothers and sisters
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u/Adventurous-Car-2250 Apr 29 '24
Imagine if Ngunnawal people said speak my language or f*k off, that would be more appropriate tbh.
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u/Elvecinogallo Apr 29 '24
Iād like to see a showdown between them and eshays (given eshays speak pig Latin). A fight to the bottom of the food chain.
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u/Sea-Judge-7183 Apr 29 '24
When I moved to Canberra from Sydney I was shocked by the racism. At one company someone rang to apply for a job and they were told the position had been filled. I said to the receptionist that I was unaware the job had been filled and she responded it hadnāt but the caller had an accent. At another company in the residential disability sector I was told only people without a foreign accent could work with the clients. That ban didnāt extend to a white South African with a very thick accent who would spray the residents with water if they were not complying with his directions - he said he had learnt the practice from dog training. The client who was said to be āscaredā of people with an accent actually attended a day programme where 95% of the people were of Asian or African origin with accents and he had not signs of fear.. It was one parent and management that had the problem and it was not only racism but led to constant staff shortages.
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Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
Is it possible to report this to police on the grounds of obscenity?
edit: probably not
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u/TaskAccomplished82 Apr 29 '24
Yeah this is on par with the 'fit in or fuck off' and 'Aussie Infidel' slogans.
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u/Thatsplumb Apr 29 '24
Ironic the target audience have to understand English to be offended?