#3 is what I do. And if they reiterate that they're "Australian", I say "Oh, so you're indigenous? What nation? What tribe? How do you feel about the current state of [indigenous stuff that I keep an eye on] given that it's representing you and your interests?"
It's a little easier here because the country is only 250 years occupied and the colonisers mostly exterminated (actively, deliberately, with intent) the indigenous peoples, so the vast majority of people are descended from immigrants of some stripe or another.
I figure I'm not doing it for me. I'm doing it for the kids of my Australian-born, Asian presenting friends, so they'll have one less battle to fight with xenophobic assholes.
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It's a little easier here because the country is only 250 years occupied and the colonisers mostly exterminated (actively, deliberately, with intent) the indigenous peoples, so the vast majority of people are descended from immigrants of some stripe or another.
I figure I'm not doing it for me. I'm doing it for the kids of my Australian-born, Asian presenting friends, so they'll have one less battle to fight with xenophobic assholes.