Re: Australian government slammed for new ‘cultural diversity’ quotas: ‘Labor are racists’

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On 2024-05-16, D  Ray <d@ray> wrote:

Australia’s Labor government has quietly brought in “cultural diversity”
quotas for senior leadership roles in the public service which will
disadvantage people of Anglo-Celtic background.
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Minister for the Public Service Katy Gallagher announced the plan on
Tuesday, which aims to increase “Culturally and Linguistically Diverse”
(CALD) representation for senior executives from the current 11% to 24%.
CALD employees are defined as those whose first language is not English.
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“We want to harness the skills and experience of CALD employees and remove
the barriers they face for career progression,” she said.
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“Australia is a multicultural nation, and the Australian Public Service
needs to reflect and look like the people it serves.”
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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, who is under pressure to resign for
releasing more than 150 convicted criminal illegal immigrants into the
community, said: “Our multicultural diversity is our nation’s greatest
strength. Our public service is at its best when it reflects the diversity
of our society at all levels.
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“Through this strategy, the Albanese Labor Government is ensuring that the
APS is a workplace for all Australians, no matter your faith or cultural
background.”
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One Nation federal campaign manager and former Liberal Party MP Craig Kelly
responded by asking: “Isn’t this racist?”
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“Surely selection should be based on merit? But Labor’s policies will now
see people selected on race. Labor are racists.”
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Harry Richardson, author and President of Anglo-Celtic advocacy group the
British Australian Community, told Noticer News the plan was disgraceful.
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“As everyone knows, increasing diversity is simply a Leftist/Minority dog
whistle meaning fewer White, European, heterosexual men,” he said.
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“This disgusting anti-White racism must never be tolerated from anyone,
especially from elected leaders like Katy Gallagher who should be voted out
of office at the next election.
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“No other type of racism would be tolerated from a public figure. So why
should Ms Gallagher be allowed to perpetrate blatant Anglophobic policies
which ensure whites are excluded from positions on the basis of skin colour
and replace them with less competent people simply because of their
ethnicity?”
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“Racial quotas in Australian Public Service,” wrote a shocked Australian on
X.
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“Look at what they’re doing to our beautiful nation.”
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But Australian Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi, who claimed in court
earlier this week that White people can’t be the victims of racism, called
the racial quotas “a win for people of colour in the APS” and called for
complusory “anti-racism training” for employees.
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“I have long criticised the failure of the Australian Public Service
Commission and pushed for diversity and inclusion strategies to prioritise
the representation of people of colour. It’s good to see that Minister
Gallagher has acted on these concerns,” she said.
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“There is still more work for the APS to do, including providing mandatory
anti-racism training which challenges White privilege and deals with
ingrained prejudices. They should also ditch Harmony Day which whitewashes
racism.”
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According to the Australian Public Service Commission, CALD staff are 25%
of the APS as a whole, 20% of the “policy job family”, 17% of the
“communications and marketing job family” and 11% of senior executives.
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Its Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Employment Strategy and Action
Plan states: “While we have a culturally and linguistically diverse
workforce, we need to remove the challenges and barriers to progression so
we can harness and reflect the diversity of views in our work.”
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The APS claims the barriers and challenges include “discrimination and
racism”, “a preference for traditional norms and working styles that do not
foster cognitive diversity or reflect our multicultural society” and “a
lack of cultural literacy that blocks empathy and understanding and
inhibits CALD employees contributing their knowledge and perspectives”.
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According to the plan, the appropriateness of the term CALD is “contested”
and there is “not currently widespread agreement on a single definition”,
but notes that some prefer to use “racially marginalised” instead.
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The plan states that order to improve identification of CALD employees, the
APS decided to use first language spoken, which it compares against census
data to determine representation.
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Addressing the question of whether “non-CALD” people will end up worse off,
the plan states: “We all have a culture but for some of us, our culture is
the central norm. Those within that norm may not even recognise the
centrality of their experience relative to that of other people.
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“Nonetheless, having a singular central norm means people from other
cultures always have to adapt rather than having a selfaware conversation
about legitimate differences in style, behaviour and manner. This Plan
strives for self-awareness, visibility and understanding in the workplace.”
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<https://www.noticer.news/australian-government-cald-quotas-anti-anglo-racism/>
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The problem isn't whether it is racist or not (it is), but that we
have now entered a stage of multiculturalism where different ethnic
groups are now at war with each other for power.  Anglos, and to
almost as much degree, Whites, have the problem that they have
traitors.

The West hasn't caught on yet to the fact that multiracial socites end
up this way, and that it devolves into identity politics.  If you're
group isn't fighting for its interests, its toast.


Lets also face it "diverse" just means they're not white.