okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month agoDo migrants feel they belong in Australia? The answer is complicatedwww.sbs.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkDo migrants feel they belong in Australia? The answer is complicatedwww.sbs.com.auokwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareInsekticus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI 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.
minus-squarefizzle@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNo 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.
minus-squareInsekticus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah 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.
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.
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.
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.