"Echoes of White Australia still generate passionate debate in 21st century Australia at a time when the expressions of 'White Canada' and 'White New Zealand' have long been forgotten, and America's Chinese Exclusion Act has reverted to a subject of specialist enquiry. Why does the legacy of White Australia loom larger in foreign perceptions of Australia and in the self-understanding of Australians than comparable discriminatory regimes elsewhere?" (p. 1).
#Australia #Canada #USA #NewZealand #China #Racism #History #Immigration #Law #ImmigrationPolicy #WhiteAustralia #ChineseAustralian
#australia #canada #usa #newzealand #china #racism #history #immigration #law #immigrationpolicy #whiteaustralia #chineseaustralian
#WhiteAustralia never really went away...
#auspol
https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2023/05/the-naked-city-white-australia-revisited/?mc_cid=c1963d9c1c&mc_eid=03e36aa60c
https://archive.org/details/consuming-whiteness
Consuming Whiteness: Australian Racism and the ›White Sugar‹ Campaign by Stefanie Affeldt
Topics
#australia, #sugar, #whitesupremacy, #antiblackness, #sugarrefining, #sugarplantations, #whiteaustralia, #whiteaustraliapolicy, #genocide, #colonialism, #britishcolonialism, #europeancolonialism, #invadercolonialism, #whitenationalism, #consumerism, #queensland, #blackbirding, #labororganizing, #laboractivism, #sugarstrike
The ›white Australia policy‹ has so far largely been discussed with regard only to the political-ideological perspective. No account was taken of the central problem of racist societalization, that is the everyday production and reproduction of ›race‹ as a social relation (›doing race‹) which was supported by broad sections of the population.
#australia #sugar #whitesupremacy #antiblackness #sugarrefining #sugarplantations #whiteaustralia #whiteaustraliapolicy #genocide #colonialism #britishcolonialism #europeancolonialism #invadercolonialism #whitenationalism #consumerism #queensland #blackbirding #laborOrganizing #laboractivism #sugarstrike