Jordan West

I recently received this chain letter in my email:

Subject: im proud.u call me racist
Okay, now that i have your attention.

There are Aboriginals, ,Torres Strait Islanders, Kiwi Australians, Lebanese Australians, Asian Australians, Arab Australians, Boat People from all over the place., etc. And then there are just Australians.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my Direction.

You Call me ” Australian Dog”, “White boy”, “Cracker”, “Honkey”, “Whitey”, “Caveman” . And that’s OK. But when I call you, Black Fellarr, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Sheep Shager Camel Jockey, Gook, or Chink, You call Me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the Housing Estates the most dangerous places to Live?

You have the United Arab’s union, College Fund. You have Invasion Day. You Have Yom Hashoah ,You have Ma’uled Al-Nabi. If we had WET (White Entertainment Television),
.We’d be racists.

If we had a White Pride Day .. You would call us Racists.

If we had White History Month, we’d be racists.

If we had any organization for only whites to”advance” OUR lives . We’d be racists.

If we had a college fund that only gave white Students scholarships….. You know we’d be racists.

“White colleges” ..THAT would be a racist college.

You can march for your race and rights. If we marched for our Race and rights, You would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and Orange, and you’re not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our White pride .You call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a Muslim gang member or beats up a Lebanese Drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society,
You call him a racist.

I am proud. But, you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists?

There is nothing improper about this e-mail.

Let’s see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
And if you don’t send it on, you’ll be eaten alive on next wednesday, ( or something along the lines of that shit. )

First of all, I’d like to know what is meant by “And then there are just Australians”. Who is just Australian? People born in Australia? I’m pretty sure many Aboriginal Australians are born in Australia. Or by ‘just Australian’ are you talking about people from White European background? Take a look at your family history and I think you’ll find that all of your descendants arrived in Australia on boats from all over the place.

You have Invasion Day. You Have Yom Hashoah ,You have Ma’uled Al-Nabi. If we had WET (White Entertainment Television),
.We’d be racists.

Invasion Day is Australia Day, the day that Australians celebrate the landing of the First Fleet and set up of the Colony of New South Wales. This sounds like a European day to me.
Yom Hashoah remembers the 6+ million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. ANZAC day remembers the bravery of the Australia/New Zealand Army Corps.
Mawlid al-Nabi celebrates the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Christmas celebrates the birthday of Christ.
White Entertainment Television? How about every channel which isn’t Black Entertainment Television. We don’t even have BET here in Australia (it turns out this email is just another modification of one which started in the US).

I am proud. But, you call me a racist.

That’s because you are a racist. That has nothing to do with being proud. I’m a proud Australian. Nobody calls me racist. I am not proud of my European history. People don’t call you racist only because of what you say – they call you racist because of your attitude.

There is nothing improper about this e-mail.

Yes there is.

The way this chain-letter is written separates “us” from “you”, but this doesn’t make sense. The only separation that is being made here is skin colour. It is this attitude that people with white skin are somehow separate from people with any other colour skin that annoys me. Unfortunately this is the attitude of many Australians – take the Cronulla riots for example. People are separate only in that they came from different countries to begin with. But here in Australia, we are all just Australians.

Australia is a land of diverse culture, which is what makes it so interesting. Its people who write and say things like this email that make me ashamed to say I’m Australian.