I don't know (I don't watch The Daily Show), but I'd love to see that segment.

How was the curriculum?

It's all part-and-parcel. Also, blackface is directly relevant to the article above.

I really wish that surprised or shocked me. I really wish it did, but... that's not even the first time I've heard tell of an Aussie saying that :(

I'm not sure what word you mean, but I've heard a lot of slurs about Indians, unfortunately. I hope there was literal kicking involved!

No worries!

Well, class privilege often comes with other privileges, including the privilege to not give a shit about anyone... I can't say I'm surprised, frankly I expect more casual -isms from upper-crusties.

And awesomesauce! I appreciate that :) I personally appreciate that.

That and actively working to remedy those failings, yeah. Not being ignorant is the groundwork for positive change, though!

Hey now, that's speciesism (okay, not really, but)

Well, I'd be willing to limit myself to places that don't currently have a lot of really fucked up racism, but yeah, Antarctica sounds cool right about now.

It's sad that that's such a reasonable response. I really wish it weren't, but that's the fact of the matter :(

That's depressing, but not surprising. There's a lot of cultural resistance and denial to overcome (as this thread is demonstrating).

2009 - Hey hey (there are some article up on here) there are actually more recent examples.

No, only cultural genocide on other continents? I jest (sort-of), but there are deeper problems to racism that blatant racism. http://zeroatthebone.wordpress.com/ might be a good place to get more info on that

Err, no. There may not be any this exact moment, but that's not the only one. As was already mentioned, Chris Lilley is fond of [race]face, too.

Also, we can have racefail both in cultural acceptance of racism and in the persecution of asylum-seekers, etc. Stuff isn't mutually exclusive.

Right, the point of using it is to draw parallels and demonstrate how colonialism functions. But we're not really talking about the States here... there's plenty of other places to discuss racefail in the US

I'd say it's thanks to a history of genocidal colonialism, but yeah, those are probably where that attitude is most-visible, and that's all part-and-parcel.

As for your experience... daaaamn. Also, while you're calling fellow Austalians out, add transphobia to that list, please.

Cheers! Yeah, you're not all bad, I just think it's really troubling how these attitudes have made it into the 21st century in Australia, but not into the public understanding of Australia. I've known a lot of white people who tend to ignore that aspect of Australia in favor of Bondi Beach or Highway 1.

Nope, but that's a reasonable example, since Lilley has an awful history of [race]face. I hadn't heard of him until I saw people on this site cooing about him. *barfs*

I was thinking of Hey Hey, it's Saturday in regards to blackface.

Any [race]face is pretty good example of racism, actually. And 2009? Not exactly ages ago... especially when stuff like that is the kind of cultural influence that leads to people thinking the above-mentioned party is a great kind of bash to throw.

Don't get me started on the other aspects... America, but more drunk and less apologetic. I mean, we're no angels here in the states, but...