Exile in the suburbs of Adelaide

I refer to Australia.

When they are not throwing bricks at each other, the Northern Irish throw bricks at Romanian gypsies in Belfast.

The English treat their immigrants with disgruntled resignation. They need them to do the jobs they won't do themselves.

The Arabs treat their Indian and Pakistani workers workers like slaves.

In Malaysia, Philipino and Indonesian workers are treated like dirt.

They say the Japanese are hostile to foreign workers.

and the French treat everyone with contempt.

The Germans hate the Turkish workers but will allow them to wipe their babies' bums while they make a million.

Ethnic groups in Africa will slaughter each other with relish when given the opportunity.

All this is perfectly understandable really. Humans are programmed to be racists-it's in the reptilian brain stem.

I can understand that.

But what I can't understand is why native born Aussies feel it beneath them to build friendships with more recent migrants. After all, ALL Australians are migrants (apart from indigenous Australians)

Can anyone please offer me an explanation?

Perhaps they just don't know how to do it?

Please E-mail your thoughts to outsider1952@gmail.com or dnixon10@hotmail.com