BF2S Forums Wogs & Australia

Last edited by <<<FTDM>>>Gen.Raven (2007-03-06 23:06:17)

Sneaky.Russian wrote:

I think this is becoming a serious thing now.
http://HEKTIK-ETHNIKZ.bebo.com
Read some of the blogs that the owner has written. Not good i tell ya.

I am Russian, but live in Australia, and I've seen how some wogs treat this country.
For all that see as a threat/problem, please Discuss!

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Elamdri wrote:

Am I like the only person on this forum who has no fucking clue what a "Wog" is?

Wikipedia wrote:

As a racial reference in Australian English

Wog is also a slang term in Australian English historically denotes Australians of Southern European ancestry. However, more recently and increasingly, it is now being used to describe those from the Middle East as was used during the Cronulla Riots to describe youths of Lebanese, and other Middle Eastern Australian origin. This meaning came into popular use in the 1950s when Australia accepted large numbers of immigrants from Southern Europe. Although originally used pejoratively, the term is increasingly used more affectionately, especially by the individuals the term is used to describe. Wog is a word with definite and widespread currency in contemporary Australian English, and for the most part it is rarely considered to be the sort of slur or insult that it remains in other parts of the Anglosphere.

The process by which it has become embraced by the communities it describes is similar to the reclaiming of gay and poof in the homosexual community, a process designed to take the sting out of the pejorative. The process was accelerated in the early 1990s with the popularity of the stage show Wogs Out of Work starring Greek-Australians including Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Mary Coustas. The production was followed on television with Acropolis Now, and in film with The Wog Boy.

Nevertheless, this process of reclaiming the word is only partial and is mainly restricted to ethnic groups broadly accepted by the dominant Anglo-Celtic ethnic group. The term remains quite offensive to a lot of people in Australia, particularly people of non-anglo origin who grew up in Australia during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In those times the word was usually used as a racist slur or insult. Its use was often preceded by a word such as "dirty", "greasy" or an expletive such as, "fucking". For example, in December 2005, the term was used frequently in its pejorative sense before and during the 2005 Cronulla riots.

madmax wrote:

wog stands for western orientated gentlemen

madmax wrote:

then where do u think the term wog stated