From: ystan@fawlty10.eng.monash.edu.au (Mr YS Tan)
Subject: Re: ******* ASIANS FACE RACE BIAS -an aussie reply-
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 07:03:06 GMT

detchay@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (TONY CHAY) writes:

>In article <2685@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> jlam@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (James Lam) writes:
>>From: jlam@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (James Lam)
>>Subject: Re: ******* ASIANS FACE RACE BIAS --- STUDENT ********
>>Date: 10 Jul 92 11:02:53 GMT

>>In article <9219220.325@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, kaic@mamura.ee.mu.oz.au (David Chan) writes:
>>|> jlam@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (James Lam) writes:
>>|> >kaic@mamura.ee.mu.oz.au (David Chan) writes:
>>|> >

>        Lets talk Tango people,  I'm an Australian, from the country.  In 
>the City I being ingnorant of public transport, etc.  have also been 
>targeted for being ignorant, It's a power game people play, when they know 
>your in a weak and vulnerable position then they'll make themselves feel 
>good by exercising their power to make you feel shit.  Don't go labelling 
>Australian's racist because you get hassled sometimes in these situations.  
>Sure some Aussies may think you're all sub-human, buy most don't.  Alot ill 
>feeling towards overseas students stems from the following:-

>	1.  Asians often stick to themselves, most don't mix with the 
>average Aussie student.  

>	2.  I get ranckled when I am in an elevator and a group of Asians 
>talk in their own language.  

	Let me ask you, Mr Chay, if you were to travel in China with a group
of Aussies (this is not a very appropriate word; Aussie includes Asian 
immigrants as well. Let's say, Whites), who could speak Chinese (average in an
 Australian standard), 
would you people rather speak Chinese among yourself ?
 
>	3.  Often the only clubs they join at university are Malaysian Law 
>Students, Hong Kong students, etc ,  So further segregating themselves, don'
>t blame the Aussies for getting pissed off at your almost secretive and 
>seperatist behaviour.

	Oops ! Aren't you overlooking something, I don't see any White
members in any of those clubs either. Segregation occurs because no one
seems to care. And don't blame it all on non-Whites.

>	4.  I have witnessed and been involved in many situations where 
>Asians have made it quite clear that all Australians are just Beer swilling 
>non-serious students who are basically dumb.  Here is the Yellow superiorty 
>making the Aussies angry that you come over here and knock us and our 
>culture and our differing work ethic.
> 

	Beer swilling & dumb ? Well, "beer swilling", doesn't that happen
every Friday night ? "Dumb", I don't see it that way, and I'm sure not
everyone thinks that way. Did you make that up for your own advantage ?
 
>      5.  With THousands of Australian students missing places at 
>universities across australia, and maybe some here not doing the course they 
>really wanted to.  Isn't it understandable that when they see so many Asian 
>students taking up places at university ( and they dont frankly give a 
>bloody stuff about the financial aspects of O/s Students) they'll feel 
>cheated and resentful.

		... deleted ...

>		Yours Sincerely 
>                              Tony (stone the crows) Chay - note Chay is not 
>Asian in origin, it is from Some jewish people 
>in Iberia who migrated to ireland and 
>converted to catholicism etc.  

>				 

May I ask, where's Iberia ?

Regards,
YS

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