Comment:
My friends, who are not Caucasians told me that UK is more open to diverse culture and races, and finding decent jobs are sightly better as compare to Australia... Australia has not really come out of the race issues, and are still racists in more ways (as compare to motherland UK). Read news online and also in printed media yourself to discover and see the 'reality'! That's also why Pauline Hanson was surprised when she 'decided to migrate' to the UK, and discovered that the UK is MORE multi-cultural and diverse as compared to Australia (and are already welcoming the new change/paradigm shift of a global village), and later change her mind, and migrate back home to Australia... Hahah old fool ! Nobody see you as 'special' or need a racist old female like Pauline Hanson.
My friends, who are not Caucasians told me that UK is more open to diverse culture and races, and finding decent jobs are sightly better as compare to Australia... Australia has not really come out of the race issues, and are still racists in more ways (as compare to motherland UK). Read news online and also in printed media yourself to discover and see the 'reality'! That's also why Pauline Hanson was surprised when she 'decided to migrate' to the UK, and discovered that the UK is MORE multi-cultural and diverse as compared to Australia (and are already welcoming the new change/paradigm shift of a global village), and later change her mind, and migrate back home to Australia... Hahah old fool ! Nobody see you as 'special' or need a racist old female like Pauline Hanson.
[Note: Also see Pauline Hanson and her racist remarks and anti-multiculturalism at, Wikipedia, 2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson ]
Furthermore, the local MPs and ministers are very slow in overcoming races issues, look for yourself, and ask, when was the last time, good campaigns/programs on 'races unification' were conducted in the mass-media?? And what are the challenges/strategies that have been laid to overcome the racism issues? (Merely empty talk in the media about 'We are concern about the races issues, and we are commited to overcome it' ... means nothing, IF no concrete and sincere efforts are taken, such as, a concrete action-plan and/or strategic-plan.
Furthermore, the local MPs and ministers are very slow in overcoming races issues, look for yourself, and ask, when was the last time, good campaigns/programs on 'races unification' were conducted in the mass-media?? And what are the challenges/strategies that have been laid to overcome the racism issues? (Merely empty talk in the media about 'We are concern about the races issues, and we are commited to overcome it' ... means nothing, IF no concrete and sincere efforts are taken, such as, a concrete action-plan and/or strategic-plan.
Racist = Prejudiced against other races [Oxford Dictionary, 2008; Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved].
Snubbed = Treat somebody rudely: to treat somebody with deliberate coldness or contempt [Oxford Dictionary, 2008; Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved].
Hahah... Caucasians always thought that they are better, just because their skin color are a bit whiter (not necessarily because they are intellectually smarter). In Australian schools, Asians and other races got better scores in their exams, and Asians go to the same universities as their white mates, but at the end of the day, its the white boys/girls that are chosen for job opportunities.
Its IRONY when the whites think that they are better than others, just because they are whiter, go to work, driving Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia or Daewoo made cars, when they got home, they use electronic appliances, microwave, washing machine, refrigerator, hot water boiler, shower, television, etc. that are Japanese or Korean brand names Sony, Samsung, Daewoo, Hitachi (or even the cheap China goods for those that could not afford to pay more). So who are smarter (in making money and creating technology)? So why the unnecessary racial 'discrimination' and/or remarks?
I wonder when these will change, soon? BUT not fast enough (or not taken seriously by the local MPs)... talking about multi-cultural Australia and fair opportunities, and equal rights, and Developed and civilized whites?? More questions!!
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/9016848/models-find-skin-colour-a-hazard/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/9016848/models-find-skin-colour-a-hazard/
(16th March 2011)
Model Snubbed on Race
Model Snubbed on Race
LINDSAY McPHEE, The West Australian March 15, 2011, 9:01 pm
She may have graced catwalks and appeared in film and on television in Britain but back home in Perth, model and actress Kema Rajandran has found there is little work around because of her skin colour. Fashion industry figures have admitted non-Caucasian WA models get less work in Perth than their white counterparts and are often forced overseas to pursue their careers.
Australian-Indian Rajandran, 25, said she was devastated after being warned by one modelling agency that although she was "very photogenic" and they would take her on for casting, her opportunities would be "extremely limited" because she was not Caucasian.
She said while she understood the agency was being frank, she was "truly disappointed" non-Caucasian Australian women were being overlooked in WA. "Working in the UK and being around people of all ethnicities and cultures was an amazing experience," Rajandran said.
"To return to my homeland where almost 46 per cent of society are immigrants and see the majority of people in the media are still Caucasian is disappointing, but to have an agency state it as a normality is truly disheartening."
Chadwick Models manager Tanya Muia said the agency had a wide range of ethnically diverse models but was hamstrung by clients' demands. "We embrace many diverse heritages and nationalities but it comes down to how much work there is for them," she said. "We are dictated by what our clients want."
Catherine Ruze Agency director Shamiso Ruzvidzo said her Malaysian models had been sent back from photo shoots because they did not fit the "European label" and she now had just one dark-skinned model because there simply was not enough work. "It is really hard for ethnic models in Perth," she said. "It is changing but it is changing quite slowly."
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She may have graced catwalks and appeared in film and on television in Britain but back home in Perth, model and actress Kema Rajandran has found there is little work around because of her skin colour. Fashion industry figures have admitted non-Caucasian WA models get less work in Perth than their white counterparts and are often forced overseas to pursue their careers.
Australian-Indian Rajandran, 25, said she was devastated after being warned by one modelling agency that although she was "very photogenic" and they would take her on for casting, her opportunities would be "extremely limited" because she was not Caucasian.
She said while she understood the agency was being frank, she was "truly disappointed" non-Caucasian Australian women were being overlooked in WA. "Working in the UK and being around people of all ethnicities and cultures was an amazing experience," Rajandran said.
"To return to my homeland where almost 46 per cent of society are immigrants and see the majority of people in the media are still Caucasian is disappointing, but to have an agency state it as a normality is truly disheartening."
Chadwick Models manager Tanya Muia said the agency had a wide range of ethnically diverse models but was hamstrung by clients' demands. "We embrace many diverse heritages and nationalities but it comes down to how much work there is for them," she said. "We are dictated by what our clients want."
Catherine Ruze Agency director Shamiso Ruzvidzo said her Malaysian models had been sent back from photo shoots because they did not fit the "European label" and she now had just one dark-skinned model because there simply was not enough work. "It is really hard for ethnic models in Perth," she said. "It is changing but it is changing quite slowly."
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On a different tune, also see:
Girl Missing Fingers Shows off Amazing Talent
Yahoo!7 March 16, 2011, 10:07 am
http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/9018731/chinese-girl-plays-piano-missing-fingers
http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/9018731/chinese-girl-plays-piano-missing-fingers
(16th March 2011)
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