Nobody is likely to take a blind bit of notice of John Howard on this: his other economic decisions mitigate against having a family.
As for racism in Australia, we're supposed to be much less bad than the US, but that would mainly be due to the attitude of the people in the big urban areas, not the bush or Queensland.
The U.S. is pretty bad about racism in many areas, so that may be a sort of half-hearted comparison in some ways, but if so, it does put some perspective on it. I'd been picturing Australia as being worse for that than the U.S. even, from what I'd heard from folks travelling there. I'd still like to go someday myself, although I don't get to travel abroad as often as I'd like, so it's unlikely to happen soon.
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Date: 2004-05-27 02:59 am (UTC)As for racism in Australia, we're supposed to be much less bad than the US, but that would mainly be due to the attitude of the people in the big urban areas, not the bush or Queensland.
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Date: 2004-05-27 04:39 am (UTC)That said, I've heard and read non-pallid visitors saying it's less bad than the US.
You're very welcome to visit of course, and I'm in Melbourne, which is likely the least icky city race-wise.
Quuensland is like Alabama, without the excuse of poverty. I won't go there, either.