“Same old Aussies, Always cheating” Rascist or not? Acceptable, or not?
I just read this thread and am firmly AGAINST KiwiHatter's opinions. I feel that the comments made at the game were entirely inappropriate, and I'm surprised and dismayed to see him doubling down in this thread.
HOWEVER, you've got to say he's got a point with this.
It is technically a racist chant is it not?
And before someone tries again with the "australia is not a race" technicality, that's absolute rubbish sorry. It's entirely comparable to the Singh comment that was made, which was clearly putting all Indians in a generic box in order to produce the humour, in the same way the Australian chant is.
The Australian one SEEMS less derogatory, and more humorous, but I can't actually see how it's much different in reality.
Context.
It’s a sporting fixture against an Australian side, where we perceive them to have just cheated in some way.
Historically there is a friendly sporting rivalry between the two countries, the defining incident of which involved perceived cheating by the Australians. It’s basically just a reference to the under arm incident.
I don’t think that’s even close to being the same as the Singh comment.
It’s also not so much the comment that was made, but the aggressive reaction after someone pointed out that they found it offensive.