Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Merkel's CDU defeats far-right AfD in crucial German state election | DW News" video.
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@B15HOP I'd say Australia's problem is indeed similar to that of the USA. Foreigners, even visitors, are somehow instinctively treated as poor immigrants, who have to mimic your ways to be regarded as your equals. Not only that, I detected an undercurrent of racism in Australia -- whenever I travelled there with my Singaporean Chinese co-workers, more often than not they drew extra attention from airport immigration. I, as a Caucasian, was never subjected to the same scrutiny except once, when I demanded an interview, bored with having to wait for my colleague to finish hers. The official was clearly annoyed with me, but obliged nonetheless.
Maybe it's an Anglo-Saxon thing -- New Zealand and Britain share the same uppity attitude towards foreigners. Curiously, Canada is the exception. It must be their overbearing neighbours.
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