I like your website “Asians not brainwashed by Media.” It has very good graphics–in addition to the content. You are right about the reasons why the White Australia policy was ended. It was all about Australia wanting to exploit the Asian market–not racial justice.

I wonder if Canada is much different from the USA in terms of Asian consciousness. As far as I can, it’s not as developed, but there is the Canadian “multicultural” model, which is nominally better than the US “Melting Pot” idea that pushes assimilationism heavily.

Note that just because the ‘White Australia policy was lifted, it does not mean the racist sentiments have been extinguished, the animosity towards non whites are still there.

Website://www.anbmsource.com
(lot’s of info that might help you)

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2214375888

So when I heard about Anna, I felt glad there was someone other who had potential because as an individual I did not find others who would have collaborated politically to get something happening.

I did not like growing up in Australia for numerous reasons and racism is one of them. I was first generation of Chinese Australian and it seems to me that when I was in Australia I felt like the only person with a super heightened awareness about Asian civil rights.

There is a definite lack of Australian studies and for that reason Asians are not able to establish their place firmly in Australian society.

Asian Australians need to know they Belong in Australia as an Equal, they no no less valuable or have less rights than a white Australian.

That is what I think and I feel should be advocated.

The state of Asian Australia civil rights is poor, there is no right of religious difference, racial discrimination, lack of cultural practice, lack of solidarity, ethnic identity subjected to extreme cultural assimilation, lack of services for ethnic people.

For example, If we do not speak English people will stare at us strangely, if we do not drink beer and watch Football then we are not Australian.

IT seems that there are too many narrow minded people (white majority) who think the Australian Identity is something static and essentially ‘white’.
They believe this should be forced on to others too.

There is this a huge racial inequality and cultural ignorance, there isw animosity against ethnic people, e.g. Muslims, Asian, Indians.

Australians like to force assimilation and fear ethnic people.
And from what I last recalled, many Asians there seem to be sleep walking and like to act like colorblind liberals and I think they do this so they do not have to address any issues. They just assimilate and ignore the issues.

That in effect does not improve the society at all because the next generation of Asian Australian will be subjected to the same oppressive social pressures.

I’ve even had assimilated Asians go up against me on my beliefs when I tried to advocate the socio-political inequalities. So from this experience it seems to me that these ‘Asians’ do not want help or understand their equal rights of ethnic interests anymore, the concept of Asian Australian is something that is very weak and unrecognized as Australian people

When I spoke about this in a facebook group I ended up being accused of racism becuase I brought up the ‘race’ topic.

I only spoke about race problems, ironically they were just pretending that racism didn’t exist and turned their backs on the the issues claiming Australia was ‘multicultural’. I was appalled, they really did not understand the concept of true multiculuralism though all they seems to distinguish and confuse ‘multiracial’ with ‘multicultural’ which I believe are mutually exclusive aspects.

Which was so disheartening because their standards reflectively showed their oppressed awareness and accepted the soio-political inequalities.

Just because we see Asian people crowding into the metropolitan/city it does not reflect that Asian peopl are still a small 5% of the entire population.

When white people see this they get scared and this sinophobic tendency that emtail a very anti Asian invasian attitude.

I just did not like the narrow mindedness of Australians when it comes to anyone ‘non-white’ people, I can’t stand the ‘white’ media misrepresenting all Asian related issues.

I am extremely irritated by the dating disparties, how Asian women are fetishsized to the extreme, many ‘white Australian men’ also like visiting Thailand for sex tours. They dislike Asians hanging around in groups,

The list goes on…

btw Anna feel free to join our facebook group ‘Asians not brainwashed by Media’
I am the admin there.

You can also add me if you have facebook.

Thanks for taking the time to give me a fabulous roasting. It actually feels quite good. There’s a lot more which I should probably read about to get better insight (as you have stated).

Other than starting a group at your uni, what are some other ways you think the AA movement should progress?

After reading your large paragraph I get the feeling you should change your nick to minoritymilitant

Anyway, will definitely do some more lurking on the wowo.

Cheers
Yuey

Chinese Australian Federation Project does not = Asian Australian studies. There are no established Asian Australian studies in Australia. And “Asian studies” also does not = Asian Australian studies.

..”I think you’ve got me on this one. I was referring to the work that Tseen Khoo, Olivia Khoo, John Fitzgerald etc have done/are working on. Most of these are part of Asian Studies/Sociology/Culture+Creative Arts programs. Asian Australian studies is a relatively new field”…

…er…okay then, so it WAS BS…look mate, why waste your time making claims you cant provide evidence for?…and I seem to be repeating the same basic concepts;

Asian studies does not = Asian Australian studies
Chinese Australian federation project does not = Asian Australian studies
Chinese Australian conference does not =Asian Australian studies
A few individuals discussing Asians in Australia amongst themselves does not = Asian Australian studies.

Anyway, the bigWOWO is an excellent site to gain new knowledge and insight into the issues facing AZN communities in the “West” and I think you will definitely learn much even from just lurking here.

But just be careful, as there are alot of trolls around who like to make up stories and talk BS, and even pretend to be Asian Australian/American when they are actually not…who knows why some people are so feral that they bother to troll on an AZN empowerment site and promote KKK propaganda. Some people are just dirty, rotting flesh smelling, obese hamburger gobbling fatties who never take personal responsibility and are just too lazy to bother thinking about the world. Not all foreigners are lying pasty faced stink-like-off-cheese smelling liars, in fact some of my best friends are foreigners, so i know that some of them can actually act like decent human beings if they are exposed to Asian Australian culture, its just alot of them are so uneducated/ignorant and stupid, you know?. I guess its history, Asian Australians have more democratic and tolerant cultural values; these foreigner bogans are just modern day savages, they really need Asian Australians save them/to show them the right way, otherwise this great Australian nation will just degenerate into a cesspool of diseased bogan inbreds. Its going to be hard, definitely Asian Australia’s burden to try to civilise these uncultured deviants, but it can be done. We just have to make them believe in themselves, that if they just applied themselves and tried to improve instead of sitting around watching the footy and drinking VB all day like the lazy degenerates they are, they might one day almost be able to be civilised like the rest of us.

Take care “Yuey” and hope you are able to gain new knowledge on bigWOWO.

“What about Takeshi Kaneshiro or the Korean pop star RAIN? How do you feel about them? That’s the litmus test. ”

Funnily enough I only heard of Takeshi when I was watching Red Cliff with some friends. They were talking about a half Taiwanese-half Japanese actor and I thought I knew which one he was, the one training the troops (Zhou Yu’s troops?). My friends pointed out my mistake, he was the guy playing Zhu Ge. Oops! I know very little about RAIN and even less about Boa. How do I feel about them? Can’t say I feel much at all, I hardly know of them.

@Anna

“Your statement that youre Asian Australian because you “hate Jay Chou” is a little redundant, mate, even white people in Australia know who Jay Chou is, so thats nothing.”

I was really taking the piss How does a guy prove he’s Asian Australian in the comments section of an online blog? I love the purple Wiggle, I love the token Asian/Half Asian Chicks on Hi-5, I love dim sims, I watch SBS, go Penny Wong!, etc etc Anyone could say those things. You will just have to take my word.

“If you dont mind, can you please list EXACTLY;

-the university,
-the course/module i.d number(for Asian Australian studies), and
-the professors/ faculty co-ordinators

for the supposed Asian Australian studies that are being researched/held in ANY australian university. I’m having difficulty believing your assertion,as i have already undertaken extensive research in this area.”

I think you’ve got me on this one. I was referring to the work that Tseen Khoo, Olivia Khoo, John Fitzgerald etc have done/are working on. Most of these are part of Asian Studies/Sociology/Culture+Creative Arts programs. Asian Australian studies is a relatively new field.

By Chinese Australian Studies I was referring to things like the Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation Project, which quote”focuses on the private, community and public life of Australia’s Chinese communities before and after Federation in 1901.” Doesn’t this fall into the Asian Australian Studies category?

If you dont mind, can you please list EXACTLY;

-the university,
-the course/module i.d number(for Asian Australian studies), and
-the professors/ faculty co-ordinators

for the supposed Asian Australian studies that are being researched/held in ANY australian university. I’m having difficulty believing your assertion,as i have already undertaken extensive research in this area.

Also, I just wanted to note that some courses which offer “Chinese Australian Studies” as a module are just that-”Chinese Australian studies”, The relationship between China and Australia, and of Chinese citizens in Australia in the context of China-Australian relations. They do not discuss the experience of Asian Australians in the Australian foundational narrative or postion in Australian society as an oppressed Australian minority ethnic group.

What has China got to do with Asian Australians? what has the relationship between China and Australia got to do with Asian Australia? They are not related. Its like talking about Black Americans then talking about people in “Africa” and somehow linking the two groups they have the same skin colour. I told you before, theres a difference between Asian, and Asian Australian, and this is a important distinction because we’re talking about identity politics here, and the political and economic power relationships that arise from it. Your statement that youre Asian Australian because you “hate Jay Chou” is a little redundant, mate, even white people in Australia know who Jay Chou is, so thats nothing. How can an Asian Australian not know the difference between Asian and Asian Australians? Sure you said you do know the difference, but then you said in the next sentence that “Chinese Australian studies” = “Asian Australian studies”. Okay then…..

Larry,

Yes, I agree with you 100%, and “Asian Studies”(whatever that’s supposed to mean) in Australia is reinforcing the white power establishment. I’ve sent you a P.M.

What about Takeshi Kaneshiro or the Korean pop star RAIN? How do you feel about them? That’s the litmus test.

Seriously though, the incorporation of Asian Australian Studies with Asian Studies is probably not a good thing–if the latter is anything like Asian Studies in the USA.

In general, Asian Studies departments are fairly conservative and are often connected with Area Studies, at least in the USA.

Asian American Studies (AAS), and hopefully Asian Australian Studies, on the other hand should be more politically oppositional.

AAS challenges the existing academic establishment, while Asian Studies props up this establishment.

In the USA, one of the reasons that universities have sought to place Asian American studies classes *within* Asian Studies departments is to politically domesticate the movement for AAS.

In other words, it’s a strategy for institutional cooptation.

“I believe there is a lot we can learn from the Americans.”

Especially from BigWowo.com!