Originally Posted by
dr dre
There in lies the problem. We’ve [Australians] never valued intelligence, academia or book smarts in this country..... Asian society values higher education and learning.
... Australians are the “poor white trash” of Asia.
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Never understood this argument. We're supposedly the "poor white trash" who don't value education
YET our universities are (until recently) absolutely full of Asian students hankering for an "Australian" education.
Perhaps there's a bit more nuance to the facile "we're all dumb racist bogans" meme.