Asian faces become "original sins". Can Chinese Australians escape discrimination?

Many people have encountered explicit or implicit "racial discrimination" in Australia. Generally, we will think that this is a conflict caused by different cultural attributes. But people may not know that even Australians born and raised in Australia will be questioned because of the appearance of Asians.

Asian faces have become "original sins", and Australian Chinese can't escape discrimination. C is an Australian Chinese, born in Fujian, and his parents are Malaysian Chinese. He immigrated to Australia very early. She can be said to be a native of Australia and can't speak Chinese at all. In addition to the yellow skin and appearance, her thinking concept and cultural language have long been completely westernized, that is, we occasionally joke that American-born Chinese are yellow outside and white inside. C told me that it was when I was very young, about seven or eight years old. I was walking on the side of the road when suddenly a car came in front of me. The people in the car shouted at me to get out of Australia and go back to my country! I'm confused. Where can I go? Australia is my country!

If the first generation of China immigrants are different from the West in culture, language, thinking and manners, then they are discriminated against for a reason. Then what happened to this girl who was born and raised in Australia surprised me even more: except for an Asian face, she was exactly the same as the local white people, and she was alienated just because of her appearance?

C went on to talk about her experience: once I chatted with a white grandmother on the tram, and then she praised me for speaking English as well as the locals, but she was a local and English was her mother tongue. So C had no choice but to come to a conclusion: Australian whites always seem to have a preconceived idea, and when they see Asians, they acquiesce that they can't speak English well.

Many Australians and even Asians have been questioned face to face in China. This kind of question often makes people feel full of humiliation and aggression.

Whether this is racial discrimination or not, at least it shows that it takes more time for Australians to establish their identity with Asians than other whites. People are naturally more likely to accept the same kind and reject the different. When local people can't scan your cultural background and way of thinking in a short time to judge whether you are their own kind, the difference of faces becomes the most direct way to distinguish. In the eyes of many local whites, as long as they are Asian faces, they will be defined as immigrants, so it is not easy for Chinese to integrate into the local cultural circle. Australian Chinese girls like C may be able to offset the sense of alienation caused by different appearances through more exchanges with local people and a sense of identity under the same cultural background. As international students, new immigrants or workers who come to Australia with exotic customs from the inside out, we as foreigners always have an unavoidable caution and anxiety. Once this sensitive feeling is intensified by some improper words and deeds of the local people, racial conflicts will follow.

In fact, Australia is an out-and-out immigrant country. At the end of 18 and the beginning of 19, the earliest immigrants were mainly Europeans and Americans. Since 190 1, Australia has implemented a notorious white Australia policy, openly discriminating against aborigines and other races. This policy was not officially abolished until 1973. Large-scale Asian immigrants did not form until after the 20th century. In recent decades, with the increase of economic and educational exchanges between Asia and Oceania, the number of new immigrants from Asia has increased at a geometric speed, gradually shaking the absolute position of whites in Australia. This phenomenon has touched the sense of superiority left by Australia's development history and caused discrimination.

The earliest Chinese immigrants in Australia can generally be traced back to the gold rush in the middle of19th century. Many Chinese Australians have actually lived in this land for generations, even before the history of many white new immigrants. White Australians and Asian Australians are nothing more than first come, first served. Are all so-called immigrants. The real so-called aborigines are actually aborigines who have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of years. So, who is qualified to define what is a migrant population? Who can order who to return to their own country? Strictly speaking, the most qualified people are the discriminated aborigines, which is ironic.

It is inevitable that there will be conflicts when people are born and grow up. Asian faces become "original sin". C is an Australian Chinese, born in Fujian, and his parents are Malaysian Chinese. He immigrated to Australia very early. She can be said to be a native of Australia and can't speak Chinese at all. In addition to the yellow skin and appearance, her thinking concept and cultural language have long been completely westernized, that is, we occasionally joke that American-born Chinese are yellow outside and white inside. C told me that it was when I was very young, about seven or eight years old. I was walking on the side of the road when suddenly a car came in front of me. The people in the car shouted at me to get out of Australia and go back to my country! I'm confused. Where can I go? Australia is my country!

If the first generation of China immigrants are different from the West in culture, language, thinking and manners, then they are discriminated against for a reason. Then what happened to this girl who was born and raised in Australia surprised me even more: except for an Asian face, she was exactly the same as the local white people, and she was alienated just because of her appearance?

C went on to talk about her experience: once I chatted with a white grandmother on the tram, and then she praised me for speaking English as well as the locals, but she was a local and English was her mother tongue. So C had no choice but to come to a conclusion: Australian whites always seem to have a preconceived idea, and when they see Asians, they acquiesce that they can't speak English well.

Many Australians and even Asians have been questioned face to face in China. This kind of question often makes people feel full of humiliation and aggression.

Whether this is racial discrimination or not, at least it shows that it takes more time for Australians to establish their identity with Asians than other whites. People are naturally more likely to accept the same kind and reject the different. When local people can't scan your cultural background and way of thinking in a short time to judge whether you are their own kind, the difference of faces becomes the most direct way to distinguish. In the eyes of many local whites, as long as they are Asian faces, they will be defined as immigrants, so it is not easy for Chinese to integrate into the local cultural circle. Australian Chinese girls like C may be able to offset the sense of alienation caused by different appearances through more exchanges with local people and a sense of identity under the same cultural background. As international students, new immigrants or workers who come to Australia with exotic customs from the inside out, we as foreigners always have an unavoidable caution and anxiety. Once this sensitive feeling is intensified by some improper words and deeds of the local people, racial conflicts will follow.

In fact, Australia is an out-and-out immigrant country. At the end of 18 and the beginning of 19, the earliest immigrants were mainly Europeans and Americans. Since 190 1, Australia has implemented a notorious white Australia policy, openly discriminating against aborigines and other races. This policy was not officially abolished until 1973. Large-scale Asian immigrants did not form until after the 20th century. In recent decades, with the increase of economic and educational exchanges between Asia and Oceania, the number of new immigrants from Asia has increased at a geometric speed, gradually shaking the absolute position of whites in Australia. This phenomenon has touched the sense of superiority left by Australia's development history and caused discrimination.

The earliest Chinese immigrants in Australia can generally be traced back to the1gold rush in the mid-9th century. Many Chinese Australians have actually bred in this land for generations, even before the history of many white new immigrants. White Australians and Asian Australians are nothing more than first come, first served. Are all so-called immigrants. The real so-called aborigines are actually aborigines who have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of years. So, who is qualified to define what is a migrant population? Who can order who to return to their own country? Strictly speaking, the most qualified people are the discriminated aborigines, which is ironic.

Fuck first, then apologize. "Political correctness" promotes environmental improvement. Interestingly, just the day after I chatted with C, I also experienced a blatant racial discrimination. It was an evening and pedestrians were bustling on the road. Two white people are chatting against the wall by the roadside. I just passed them when a shrill fucking Asian floated into my ear. I looked back in surprise and found that these two white people were actually engaged in chatting and didn't notice the existence of me as an Asian at all. After feeling my eyes, the initiator paused for a second and then whispered a sentence. I guess in many occasions where there are no Asians, some white people probably won't hide this heartfelt contempt.

In all fairness, racial discrimination in Australia is slowly improving, and most local residents are still very polite and friendly to foreigners. Gone are the days when racial discrimination was clearly written on the face and talked about. Because racial discrimination is politically incorrect, at least in the end I got an apology from that person.

But sometimes racial discrimination seems to be hidden in the air, buried in some people's subconscious, and there is no guarantee that it will jump out and sting the nerves of our foreign population.

We can find many answers to the question why China people are looked down upon abroad. For example, some people in China are impolite in public and cut corners in business, or people in China work hard and have strong competitiveness and grab resources, and the western media maliciously discredit them out of a sense of crisis. Foreigners have put many such labels on China people and ourselves, and it is undeniable that racial discrimination is closely related to these labels. Some white Australians have a negative impression of China people. When they talk about China people, they all use the arguments mentioned above, and they seem to be general and well aware. In fact, they have never really dealt with China people themselves. For such people, racial discrimination may be just an instinctive resistance to strangers.

Immigration, collision, running-in, assimilation and elimination of discrimination take time. C Later, I traveled to America. When I came back, I asked her what she thought. She said: I like America very much. White people, black people and yellow people all seem to adapt to each other's existence, and there will be no different circles to hold groups. People of different races in the street can walk hand in hand, as if they have been integrated with each other for many years. Racial discrimination is a very common problem. In the history of mankind, the integration of ethnic groups and aliens in any country needs a long run-in. Whether it is the ethnic integration in ancient China or the anti-racial discrimination movement in modern America, even in a vast country, as descendants of the Chinese people, we can't avoid the stereotype of other local cultures, and we may encounter setbacks when trying to integrate into a new group and a new city, not to mention the problems faced by ethnic groups with different colors, regions, cultures and languages living in the same land. However, I believe that with the passage of time, different races in Australia will eventually successfully integrate, accept and get used to each other's existence, and then usher in a new round of immigration, collision, running-in and assimilation.

So I think what Australia needs is probably just time.