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This is actually an interesting thread.
Melbourne is an extremely diverse and multicultural place. There are large populations of Asians, Indians (the asian kind of course), Greeks, Middle Eastern, Turks, Russians, Africans, Jews, and not to mention Anglo Saxons.
In Melbourne, for the most part, we all seem to get along. There's no real racially based gangs to warrant speaking of. Incidents of racially aggravated assault or crime is few and far between.
But one thing I have noticed, for the most part, a lot of these groups will kind of keep to themselves in terms of courtship. But this does seriously depend and what generation Australian they are.
When I first moved here from my rather white and homogeneous home town, it was a bit of an adjustment I had to make. I found it interesting that I could catch the tram home at night an be one of 4 white people on a crowded tram or train.
Once thing I found was that I developed an instant crush on Indian and African girls (Mind you, I find all women beautiful hehe). The trouble is, A lot of Indian and African girls don't really go for non Indian or African guys. But the big distinction you have to make is when people of these groups came here. If you walk through Melbourne CBD any day and you will find a lot of mixed race couples. But these are generally second generation Aussies.
Melbourne seems to have something about it that sets it apart however, because if you go to Sydney, there are HUGE social and racial tensions there. We're talking about the town that had Australia's only (and most regrettable) race riot, this was an event that made many Australians uncomfortable about what our flag is being used to represent. Aussies, historically, have never really been a flag waving nation, nationalist pride is not really done either.
And if you head out into the country though, there is a fair degree of racism, and towns start to become very white. In these areas, I can certainly relate to Ballzors plight.
I find inter-racial relationships interesting. I feel it's the next step in human evolution, something that should be encouraged to diversify the gene pool.
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