A Pom on Australia
Guardian correspondent Patrick Barkam spent almost 2 years in Australia, and now that he's leaving reflects on the good and the bad in the country and the people:
"Australians are the most welcoming and generous-spirited people I've ever met."
but,
"Australia is a country where newspapers openly incite racial hatred, where you can buy Coon Cheese in supermarkets, where part of a football stand is called The EJ "Nigger" Brown Stand (after the nickname of a white footballer) and where you meet Australians who have been through higher education and travelled the world but still feel comfortable talking about "wogs" and "Pakis"."
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