I like Interesting Times. Possibly the first one I read.

I found this quite funny. I read a very different tone in the article compared to what the other commenters above seem to. It was just a big piss take of the NYT trends section, right?

I found this quite funny. I read a very different tone in the article compared to what the other commenters above seem to. It was just a big piss take of the NYT trends section, right?

Oh man this song doesn't suck that much. It's a Latiny-ish pop song, and Rob Thomas hangs out in the barrio. What's not to love?

Oh man this song doesn't suck that much. It's a Latiny-ish pop song, and Rob Thomas hangs out in the barrio. What's not to love?

everyone hates that character for most of the book/film, but I just had this unpleasant identification with him the entire time. goddamnit.

everyone hates that character for most of the book/film, but I just had this unpleasant identification with him the entire time. goddamnit.

Who are these people for whom Nina Simone is a "leave it" proposition? That lot are first to the wall.

Who are these people for whom Nina Simone is a "leave it" proposition? That lot are first to the wall.

I thought she did go through a song writing phase around the mid-90's?  "Did it Again" and all that.

I thought she did go through a song writing phase around the mid-90's?  "Did it Again" and all that.

Oh yeah, i forgot about this. It was awesome.

It's not that they were considered 'not white', but they (along with Italians & other southern europeans) were regarded as very different . Up until the second world war, immigration to Australia was essentially entirely Anglo-Celtic, so the arrival of the "wogs" in the post-war period was a big change.

This book/series' exploration of the tensions in modern multicultural Australia is on par with "Crash"'s dissection of racism in L.A.

You won't find it in a peer reviewed publication, or any publication not put out by wally donuts, because it is not true.

There *are* a shitload of racists here, though.

Well, I've been here 26 years and one person didn't compare me to a Golliwog, even though my skin is a bit olive.

Wait, you've haven't seen more than a small bit of his stuff? Good thing you're commenting so much, then!

Ron Barassi, you were not half the footballer I was.

Each of his series has produced about 1.5 really solid characters.