Under a heading 'Aussie Pride' The Sunshine Coast Daily published this letter on 27 January: 'Everyone should be waving the Australian flag on Australia Day. Anyone waving a flag from another country has no right to be here and should be deported to that country. Australia is for Australians to enjoy.'
Even though we espouse a 'fair go' and tolerance as Australian values it is clear that the ideal is a long way from the real as far as some Australians are concerned. I hope the writer did not watch the Williams demolition of Sharapova in the Australian Open on Australia Day as he/she may have had apoplexy at the sight of American and Russian flags! No guesses for what the writer's definition of an Australian would be.
I was reminded of a fabulous Bill Cosby piece I used when teaching. It was called 'On Prejudice' and Cosby just sat on a chair smoking a cigar and changing colour from lighting effects while he used every stereotype in the book to berate every minority group in America. He went through all races, age groups, geographical areas and then some, and then women. He just wanted them all deported -'just put 'em off somewhere'. Finally there is only himself and another man left in the country and he declares that 'I don't much care for him either.' In the final scene the voice over asks: 'And who are you?' Crosby says: 'I'm a bigot and I'm proud!'
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