Race Riots In Australia

American Voices

December 16, 2005 | ISSUE 41•50

This week saw race riots raging around Sydney, Australia, after white supremacists stormed the beaches and beat suspected Arabs. What do you think?

Even more shocking is that, in Australia, the whirlwind of racially charged violence spins the opposite direction.

Edie Shaw
Messenger
I can see why white Australians are so angry at the immigrants. Look what happened to the Aborigines when the first wave of immigrants came to the island.

Gary Burger
Farmer
Riot? Let's not be overdramatic. They were white kids. It's called a demonstration.

David Day
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