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    My daughter was at the receiving end of a racist attack

    There is certainly an element of underlying racism around as well as the more overt kind but it's not something that only one race is guilty of. We probably see a bit more of it amongst Australians because there are more of them about and it's who we spend more time with day to day. Over time...
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    My daughter was at the receiving end of a racist attack

    Shouldn't post after one too many drinks but here goes :o... This happened a while ago. Son was taunted over a few weeks by a boy who repeatedly called him 'ranger'. This was true because my child had complained about it to me. Son ignored him -mostly because the child was fairly...
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    My daughter was at the receiving end of a racist attack

    I've discussed this subject with some depth with a black African that i know who has been here about 13 years and lived in England for about 5 years prior - we work closely together. He says he hasn't experienced any significant racism here and thought there were more race related issues in...
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    My daughter was at the receiving end of a racist attack

    Agree DMc it's pretty silly to say Australian born people are racist when people who live here but weren't born here can be equally so. More like individuals/people can be racist. What virgo's daughter experienced was racism directed at her by a group that were clearly moronic to start with...
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    My daughter was at the receiving end of a racist attack

    Any retaliation to an aggressive verbal attack (racial or otherwise) can cause enough provocation to escalate a situation. Unless you know what you're dealing with it's best to just ignore people like that, although it's probably more likely a boy will be assaulted in that situation than a...
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