Is this true about Australia?

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sat124

Australians have a belief in the 'fair go' which means that everyone should have the same opportunities and this is widely shared. But the other side of this is that people aren't given special favors because of race, creed, origin, etc (though overt discrimination is of course illegal) as, for example, in the US. With 20m people there will no doubt be some bigots which can't be helped but as a (white) American who has lived in both countries I'd say that Australia was a generally more tolerant and integrated (at least in major cities) than the US.

tina_reading

don't quote me on this, but I've heard that in some parts of queensland, ANY tourist has a chance of some sort of negative attention. Despite that, Australians are probably one of the most friendly people I have ever met, and I don't think your friend should avoid going there on the basis that there are some people there (like in all countries) that aren't as welcoming.

bubba1pup

well I have Muslims next door, Tongan's 2 doors down an African bus driver, china town about a 15 minute walk away. And it's spot the Aussie where my kids go to school so you tell me does Sydney Australia sound white majority, seeing we generally get along fine?

jammer

We will welcome her with open arms.

springo88

She will be just fine... australia is very multicultural.. i live in a very small town of about 10,000 people .. we have chinese.. brazillian ..black and white africans.. koreans... indians .. english.. american... dutch.. local aboriginals...too many to mention ..

Sam

Completely untrue! Tell her she should definately go to Australia and will have the time of her life.

Queensland, because of its great climate etc is probably the most frequented tourist destination after Sydney, therefore very tourist friendly.

As has been said before, there is not a majority of whites, its very multicultural.

mlb212522

From what I heard Australians are very friendly people.

swain1152

Where the hell did she get that idea from, our country is the most unjudgemental country on earth, really we don't care.

juniper821

That sounds fairly ridiculous to me.

we discriminate against everyone here Australia has plenty of rednecks to go around unfortunately, but seriously she will be fine no problems..

venusvixen

believe me its not a white majority country anymore its a multicultural country

marrapatta

There are racists in Australia like any other country but in general Aussies are tolerant, friendly and don't discriminate. Your friend should have no problems.

remidees_mum

well im from qld and we r pretty easy going up this way. Its the small western towns in far north qld i wouldnt be visiting. They dont even like aussies who come from the city - many of them still live in the dark ages. Most (but not all) are pretty unwelcoming when they see any stranger in their town. But i would have 2 say that due to how mulicultural Australia is u would have more chance of being accepted here than anywhere else

Taries

No way, although you get stereotypical subcultures everywhere, although nothing that is a concern, unless you do wrong by someone in the wrong crowd.

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