The article narrates the author’s journey through anger and trauma while growing up in a predominantly white Christian community in Sydney. Influenced by familial prejudice against Asians and personal struggles, the author joined a group of similarly troubled youths who directed their anger towards a common enemy—Asian immigrants. During a time of heightened racial tensions, their frustrations were exacerbated by societal narratives framing these groups as threats, ultimately leading them down a dark path of potential violence against their perceived adversaries.
I had a lot of anger, mostly towards the people closest to me... I just went around with a lot of rage that I had no way of getting rid of.
We were a bunch of guys with nowhere to go and no way of getting the support we needed. We found a common enemy to release our anger towards
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