Garvey's Ghost: Black Talk

Aussies getting thier White On

Descendants of white European prisoners who practiced genocide against the 'Aboriginal" people of Austrailians have continued thier heritage by attacking random Arabs on a beach in "retaliation" for the beating a Lifeguard recieved at the hands of some Lebanese. I would be interested in knowing whether white youth regularly take revenge for beatings that other white youth get at the hands of other white youth but anyways. The PM of Australia is quoted as saying:

''Attacking people on the basis of their race, their appearance, their ethnicity, is totally unacceptable and should be repudiated by all Australians irrespective of their own background and their politics,'' Howard said.

But he added: ''I'm not going to put a general tag (of) racism on the Australian community.''Of course not. I mean Genocide, forced removal from families, discrimination and, oh yes, the Aborigional athlete in the olympics who felt the need to represent for her people. Nawww Austrailia doesn't have a "race" problem. Just a few 'white supremacists" stirring up trouble.

White youths were reported as :

One white teenager had the words ''We grew here, you flew here'' painted on his back. Someone had written ''100 percent Aussie pride'' in the sand.

Like ancestor, like child.

links:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Australia-Racial-Unrest.html?hp