Are Southern Europeans considered white in United States?
I think that Ryan Le Blanc generally is correct - any European, today, is considered “white” - country of origin not withstanding.Previously, in the 19th Century, anyone who wasn’t Angle Saxon Protestant wasn’t considered “white” either - so, as Ryan mentioned that ruled out the Catholic countries in Europe: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland and it ruled out Greece - whose citizens tend to be Orthodox. And, of course, the Jews - no matter how assimilated they were into German or English culture.That being said, there is a disturbing turn of events in the USA today - and the restive minority who have deeply held prejudice against anyone they see as not “white” - again Angle Saxon and Protestant - are once again the “other.”Now the Latin countries are making up the current wave of immigration to the United States, mostly south of the US border and these particular bigots don’t care to differentiate between a Spaniard and a Mexican - seeing both as somehow diluting the “white” nationalism. Same is true of the Portuguese, because Brazil I guess. And, they just don’t understand the Greeks, and the Italians are Catholic and the Jews can’t be trusted. The stereotypical tropes are being played up again and again. All fired up by the racist rants of the President elect during the election and a renewed sense of entitlement that they feel is being unleashed by the newly recognized Alt-Right movement that carefully cultivated the malcontents over the years.Make no mistake - this is the vocal minority. The vast majority of Americans are not embracing the renewed biases. And, the vast majority of Americans see all Europeans regardless of their country of origin, as “white.”
Do Australians hate Indians residing in Australia?
I’m from India and living in Australia since 2015, more than 2 years in Melbourne and recently moved to Sydney. I have traveled to Adelaide and Tasmania as well.In these 2.5 years of my stay in Australia, I haven’t found in general that Australians hate Indians. There are some incidents in news, which may include racism against Indians , but that is not the common practice.I have Australian friends who are really nice people and our races never created any problem between our friendship. I’m working with Australians and there are no issues as well. In terms of laws, Australia is very strict against racism as well.There are always a bunch of people in any country who can act as racist against some other races , but that’s only a small part of the population. Australia is a country which is truly Multinational, you can find people from almost every part of the World. And that makes Australia so beautiful and unique.I remember an incident happened to me once, I was with few of my friends in an Irish Pub drinking, and as it was very crowded , we shared our table with 3 other people- 1 Kiwi guy and 1 Aussie girl (a couple) and one Aussie guy. We all were very drunk, and the conversation between the Aussie guy and me went like this-Aussie Guy : (Very drunk) What do you do ?Me : I work in IT.Aussie Guy : Oh you all Indians come here and take our jobs !!Me: I didn’t come by myself, I came on a sponsored visa coz there is some skill shortage in Australia for our field.Aussie Guy : (Very angry coz I have answered him and was saying something more which I don’t remember any more now)But, then his friend- the couple interfered and supported me instead of their Aussie friend and told him ‘Indian people are nice, and India is a beautiful country. And there is no issues with them coming here’.The Aussie guy later apologies , and told he is just drunk !!This is the only incident which I have found a bit rude, but otherwise people are nice. And the country itself is beautiful , nice, and really good for living.Oh, btw, Aussie people really love the Indian food- specially the Butter Chicken :)