Racism/Discrimination (esp in Sydney)

mafimushkila123

Hello everyone!

I'm currently residing in Dubai, and one thing I hate here is the rampant discrimination. I heard good feedback from my friends about Au, na kesyo pantay-pantay daw ang treatment at never pa daw sila naka experience ng discrimination, so I thought heck mukhang mas okay nga sa Au. But then eventually I started to read and hear some stories na discriminating pa din daw dyan. How true? Has anyone of you experienced discrimination in any form? (especially yung mga nasa corporate world/CBD)? I would really appreciate if you could please share your stories.

Thanks!

vhoythoy

There is no direct or blatant discrimination or racism dito sa Australia. Most companies (if not all), you can raise any experience/ racism and discrimination concern to HR and its a ground for dismissal. But its a fact of life, kahit saan siguro sa mundo (the hidden one). Just do your best, prove yourself, and be happy doing things that you do.

mafimushkila123

@vhoythoy Thanks for sharing that!

Jacraye

@mafimushkila123 there will always be discrimination no matter where you go. that's reality. siguro here in Australia hindi lang ganun karami and hindi lang bulgaran kasi alam nila ang consequences if they discriminate.

misterV

@mafimushkila123 So far wala pa naman ako naexperience na blatant racism but there are times na you might feel it pero it's very subtle.

mafimushkila123

@misterV hmm.. kung subtle i think kaya ko hehe. So sa corporate world di ka nila ipupush around at pagkakaitan ng opportunities just because pinoy ka ganyan? masaya na ko to know na may equal opportunity dyan regardless of race.. dito kasi mahirap talaga.

mafimushkila123

@Jacraye good to know na at lis nageeffort sila dyan na itago.

LittleFinger

@mafimushkila123 wag ka matakot sa ibang lahi, kapwa pinoy mo ang nakakabwisit katrabaho.. lalo ung mga matagal na dito mayayabang, matapang sila sa kapwa pinoy pero takot sa mga puti... ewan ko ba.. dinadala nila dito pagkakupal nila pero sa kapwa pinoy lang nila...

Jacraye

@mafimushkila123 yep, kelangan at grounds for termination kagad yun. matic. even with bullying. yung mga ginagawa sa pinas na joke time sa mga ka-opisina mo kahit nakakatuwa. dito pwede ka na ireklamo ng bullying, matic terminated ulit yon.

mafimushkila123

@LittleFinger True! Kahit dito, kabayan mo pa talaga manlalaglag sayo at magtataray.

mafimushkila123

@Jacraye kaso syempre for extreme cases lang siguro yun ser, alam mo naman tayong mga pinoy madaling makonsensya para magsumbong ng mga ganyan.

Jacraye

@mafimushkila123 you can never tell. sabi nga nila, sa ibang bansa, ang unang dadale sayo e kapwa mo pinoy. hahahaha.

williamsons

What kind of discrimination do you live ? It is so sad some people are so rude ...

mhej

Being a Lesbian Filipino Migrant in Australia, I can tell you, I have never felt discriminated here for my race nor my sexuality.

Then again, I am pretty thick-skinned when it comes to the opinions of random strangers.

And tama si @LittleFinger, mga kapwa old-time Pinoys pa dito ang mapagmata at mayabang sa kababayan at sa ibang lahi.

Davidx23

Probably a good example is the looking for friends thread... (bsaya man). So hindi lang sa syd pati ade din, tsk. Haha.

sensei

we all need not to look further, mas rampant pa and discrimination sa PH. Being regionalistic (i.e. tagalog, ilocano, kapampangan, bisaya and many more) is already to my POV is discrimination. Why can't we all group together as one, representing a nation of progressive people and not by regions.

discrimination and racism will never go away, san man mapunta ang isang tao nandyan yan, kahit kapwa nila Aussie are discriminated much more ibang tao.

JC45

@sensei Nice post Sensei !

kh@L3L

parang masamang balita pala yang old timer na pinoy pa ang nag lalaglag sau