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Thursday, March 02, 2006
Reference to Minority Politics Incorrect "I'm reading in The Australian last Friday, he's (Mr Crean) still got the Greek branches but he's lost the Spanish branches and he's lost the Vietnamese branches as well as the Cambodian branches. "And I couldn't help but think - are there any Australians left in the so-called Australian Labor Party today?" He was forced to withdraw his remarks on the grounds that they were derogatory to minorities but it is not at all clear why. If certain minorities have a lot of influence in a political party, is that demeaning to them? It could just as well be a compliment to their hard work and committment. The argument no doubt is that you can be a good Australian even if you or your parents were born elsewhere -- and that is no doubt true -- but if you want to be regarded as simply an Australian, why band together as groups of Vietnamese Australians, Cambodian Australians etc.? To act ethnic without wanting to be regarded as ethnic is wanting to have your cake and eat it too. I think the minister was perfectly within his rights to question how many members of the Labor Party identified as simply Australian. I am pleased to note that many American blacks (though not of course all) identify themselves as simply Americans. If they can do that so can any minority. (For more postings from me, see EDUCATION WATCH, GREENIE WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and DISSECTING LEFTISM. My Home Page. Email me (John Ray) here.) Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by JR at 7:01 AM |
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1 Comments:
You are exactly right. Actually too many groups refer to themselves in such ways as "Italian Americans", "Native Americans", and "African Americans", etc. From my point of view, everyone born here as a citizen is a Native American and if you want to be called an African American then you should have been born in Africa and then moved here and become an American citizen. I don't call myself an "English American" because my ancestors came from England, can you imagine? I live in Virginia, and if I called myself a Native Virginian people would think "Ahh, he was born and raised in Virginia." but to call myself a Native American people would think, "This guy's on crack, he's not an [American] Indian at all".
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