Australian multiculturalism in the 21st century: In Australia of the 21st century, "White Australia" is dead and multiculturalism rules. Discuss.

Over 100 years after Federation, Australia has become a much greater place. Not only do we have 100 more years of technology and 100 more years of experience, but we have a multicultural society – something that relatively few other countries possess. When we walk on our streets, rather than seeing the uniformly coloured population that the White Australia supporters would have liked us to see, we see a blended, racial diversity that is a large step forward in human society. For so long, people have decided to stick to the people they know and are alike to. For so long, the colour of your skin was much more than just a feature, like the colour of your hair. For so long, people have warred over racial differences and been ignorant of the true broadness of the human race, thinking that skin colour changed the person as a whole. Australia has made a leap over these walls.

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We have a country where people are not afraid to mix with others of a different race, people see skin colour as they see hair colour, and people do not fight over racial differences, knowing that people are people on the inside, no matter what colour they are. Of course, Australia isn’t a multiculturalism haven – racists and behind-the-times people still see skin colour as an important factor in determining how nice a person is, but Australia s a whole is proud of its multicoloured society. In today's society, the colour of your skin is as much an identifying feature as your height or the colour of your hair. If you take a trip into Sydney City, you aren’t able to walk on the street without seeing two people of different racial background. If you take a trip to places like Auburn or...