A anti-racist Sudanese refugee lawyer has claimed that White culture does not exist during an ABC television appearance where she objected to the term “Anglo-Celtic”, and claimed Australia has never been monocultural.
Nyadol Nyuon, who fled Africa for Australia as an 18-year-old and became an advocate for other refugees, appeared as an expert on the ABC’s national forum on migration on Monday night alongside other left-wing figures, including aboriginal activist Thomas Mayo.
She also responded to concerns about ethnic enclaves by deflecting to ASIO and police targeting of White nationalism, and at the end of the forum confirmed she was planning to leave Australia and renounce her citizenship because of her negative experiences.
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“Let’s come to the idea of Anglo-Celtic, and it goes back to this notion that Australia is monocultural, Australia has never been monocultural, factually Australia has never been monocultural,” Ms Nyuon said.
“Before the European settlement there were indigenous people here who spoke multiple languages, and considered themselves to be people of different nations, now you have the immigration post-WW2, those were also a diverse number of people.
“If we start talking about terms like Anglo-Celtic, it creates this idea that there is some form of White culture, that exists somewhere, that can then be recreated here in Australia.
“But there is no White culture. There is Italian culture, there is French culture, there is Argentinian culture, but there is no- this notion of a White culture that is being threatened.”
Ms Nyuon went on to say that she respects Australia and Australia law, and said that the African costume she was wearing did not mean she did not appreciate the country she was in.
Former deputy prime minister John Anderson responded by raising the issue of ethnic enclaves, and said “for many people worried about social cohesion to make the observation that it appears there are significant numbers of people in various groupings in Australia who do not respect our culture”.
“They come here with the express intent of trying to set up an enclave of their own culture which doesn’t mix with ours, and until we get to grips with that, we will not settle this debate and you will not see the social cohesion we need. I think people have a right to be concerned about what we are seeing,” he said.
“Your point about there is a certain group of people, that I’m not sure who they are, that are being monitored by our national security experts here, yes that is true, there is also 40% of concerns about White nationalists as well,” Ms Nyuon replied.
Earlier this year Ms Nyuon accused WorkSafe Victoria, where she worked on $800,000 taxpayer-funded project dedicated to protecting “diverse women” in workplaces, and Victoria University’s Sir Zelman Cowen Centre of “racism” and claimed she was used a “corporate blackface”, news.com.au reported.
“Racism is the targeting of black and brown women in a project meant to protect us. It is the double standards throughout. Racism is Victoria University and WorkSafe Victoria defaulting to White-led organisational judgment over the professional and lived expertise of black and brown women,” she wrote on her blog.
Header image: Left, right, Nyadol Nyuon during the forum (ABC).
