24 July

The thing with the "assimilate" idea is that it's a repeated theme, throughout history. The same people saying that about Muslims now were saying it about "Asians" 10-20 years ago, and Italians or "dagos" before that. I don't think many of us think the Asians and Italians ripped the fabric of Australia apart. So we just have a core group of people always convinced somebody is trying to steal their way of life away from them. Which never happens.