Hit me baby... one more time
It was interesting to watch Today Tonight on Tuesday Night. They were leading with the Race Riot issue and they began by commenting on the recurring violence. They mentioned that innocent bystanders were being drawn into the divisive issue.
The manipulative nature of commercial media, that I hate so much, once again exposed its characteristics in this story.
A studio interview told the story of a Anglo-Australian woman who had collected her children from school, and whilst travelling home, was targeted by a car load of Lebanese men, threatening her with taunts of murder and even rape. After hearing her tell the story, the host then crossed to a separate, in-studio shot of her husband, holding their three children. It was the epitome of patronising family images to sympathise and appeal to their target audience.
It was interesting that all they reported were thoughts and views of those who had been targeted by ethnic minorities. They failed to ask any members of the migrant community what violence had occurred to them. Instead, choosing to ignore the occurrences of Sunday when migrants and ethnic minorities were targeted with hate crimes and threatened by groups of young men.
It seems that in Australia, when an ethnic person threatens an Anglo-Australian woman with rape, it's the end of our society as we know it. What about the Aboriginal women raped by the settlers? The Vietnamese women raped by Americans?
It seems that not even the Australian & American governments, the entire basis and structure of our societies, are willing to apologise, while entire communities are called to pay for certain individuals mistakes.
The manipulative nature of commercial media, that I hate so much, once again exposed its characteristics in this story.
A studio interview told the story of a Anglo-Australian woman who had collected her children from school, and whilst travelling home, was targeted by a car load of Lebanese men, threatening her with taunts of murder and even rape. After hearing her tell the story, the host then crossed to a separate, in-studio shot of her husband, holding their three children. It was the epitome of patronising family images to sympathise and appeal to their target audience.
It was interesting that all they reported were thoughts and views of those who had been targeted by ethnic minorities. They failed to ask any members of the migrant community what violence had occurred to them. Instead, choosing to ignore the occurrences of Sunday when migrants and ethnic minorities were targeted with hate crimes and threatened by groups of young men.
It seems that in Australia, when an ethnic person threatens an Anglo-Australian woman with rape, it's the end of our society as we know it. What about the Aboriginal women raped by the settlers? The Vietnamese women raped by Americans?
It seems that not even the Australian & American governments, the entire basis and structure of our societies, are willing to apologise, while entire communities are called to pay for certain individuals mistakes.
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