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Originally Posted by Sistinas666
I know this isn't really the thread to ask but I've always been curious since the first time I watched Romper Stomper...In Australia is the racial tension mostly between the whites and asians?
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I think this is more to do with when Romper Stomper was made.
In the 70's it was the southern Europeans that were the main focus of attention - they got called "wogs" at school.
Asian immigration stepped up in the 80's and 90's (although Australia has had immigrants from Asia since the 1800's and the Gold Rush times). So focus for slurs tended to shift away from the southern Europeans to the Asian population. This was the era in which Romper Stomper was made.
These days Australia still hosts a large Asian population, but I think they are more accepted now. So I don't think the things depicted in Romper Stomper are as relevant these days as they were in the early 90's.