Interviews with migrants from Australia's fastest growing communities show only 32 per cent feel a great sense of belonging.
  • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
    63·
    2 months ago

    Well, all the white people in Australia are migrants or children of migrants, whether they want to accept reality or not.

    So if white people belong to a land their ancestors migrated to, everyone else is allowed to belong here, too.

    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      This article asks whether migrants feel they belong, not whether other Australian’s feel that migrants belong.

      • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I don’t think I implied that the migrants’ right to belong rested on whether or not other Australians feel like they belong.

        I’m stating that they have as much right TO belong as they wish, considering the colonisers feel like they belong.

        • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          No worries - not trying to tell you what you said or what you meant to say.

          FWIW I absolutely agree with you.

          There’s a whole lot of “closing the gate behind you” going on, even with more recent migrants.

          • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Yeah all good. It never hurts to clarify my point some more anyway. And yeah, that closing the gate mentality people have just makes it harder for anyone else looking for a good live to join later on.