An American man who has lived in Australia for 10 years claims 'racism is stitched into the reality of people's lives here'. Gary Zazulka, who's originally from New York, slammed what he called 'covert racism' he has observed in the country in a video shared to TikTok. 'Racism is so carefully stitched into the reality of white people's lives here that they don't even know they're racist,' he said. An American TikTok user (pictured) living in Australia has claimed 'covert' racism is prevalent in the country Mr Zazulka, who frequently posts to TikTok rallying against 'western European expansionism' made the sweeping claim that any 'progressive values' Australians as a people hold are 'undermined by the racist background that built this country'. 'The racism is different from America because in America they brought actual slaves from another continent - Africa,' he said. 'That creates a different type of disharmony.' Mr Zazulka added that the way in which Australia and the United States were formed as nations also affected the prevailing modern culture. He said that during the American Revolution - in which the country gained independence from Britain and formed a liberal democracy - that there were a 'bunch of descendants of various European countries - the Spaniards, Dutch, British, French - who were fighting the British to take control of America. 'Where as in Australia it was just the British,' he said. 'They did all the hard work of genocide themselves. They did all the bloodshed and bloodletting and killing and slaughtering themselves, just the British. Then they renamed themselves to Australia,' he claimed. 'Indigenous (people) around the world should unite against the same oppressor and that one oppressor is western European expansionism.' 'In Australia they might not have had child slavery like America, but you know those British, they had the opportunities gained from child slavery America brought,' he explained. When they got here genocide was real fast, comparatively,' he said. Mr Zazulka is from New York but has been living in Australia for 10 years. He frequently posts video rallying against 'western European expansionism' Many of those commenting agreed with the statements. 'I am Aboriginal and hearing this is great. We know our history,' one woman said. 'It's built into the culture and they can't see what the big issue is,' another said. 'I love Australia. I have travelled a lot, I know we have a great country but there has always been racism disguised as banter and jokes,' added a third. Many also said the comments sounded similar to Canada's situation. 'Guess Australia and Canada have something in common,' one person said. 'As a Canadian Aboriginal I appreciate this,' said another. But some questioned whether promoting more division was a solution. 'Focusing on an already explosive topic isn't a solution.. prejudice against those different is the problem,' one person said. 'Most countries in the world have some form of racism, it's how you as an individual act,' added another. In August the year, Aboriginal ex-AFL player Tony Armstrong labelled Australia racist after weighing in on a documentary that explores the appalling rates of Indigenous incarceration. In August, ex-AFL player Tony Armstrong (pictured) labelled Australia racist after weighing in on a documentary that explores the appalling rates of Indigenous incarceration The sports presenter on the ABC, who played 35 games across six seasons for three AFL clubs, argued that Australians needed to accept they were living in a racist country after watching unsettling footage from 'Incarceration Nation'. The documentary looked at imprisonment rates across the country with Aboriginal men making up 29 per cent of the male prison population and Aboriginal women making up 34 per cent of female inmates. 'This country still can't accept it's a racist country,' Armstrong said on Channel 10's The Project. 'You still can't accept it's built off the back of slavery, it's built off the back of dispossession, it's built off the back of rape and pillage of Indigenous people.' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rates have increased over the decade with 12,456 behind bars between July 2019 and June 2020. The figure is up from 11,989 the previous year and 7,507 in 2010-2011. The documentary revealed a startling number of young Aboriginal Australians were being thrown behind bars - some for committing petty crimes. A visibly emotional Armstrong admitted that it was 'hard to watch' the unsettling footage One included a 16-year-old who was thrown into detention for 28 days after he stole a bottle of water. Another was an 18-year-old who was jailed for 90 days for stealing 90 cents from a car. Armstrong admitted that it was 'hard to watch' the unsettling footage. 'We talk about incarceration rates, you're not seeing white kids getting jailed for stealing a bottle of water. 'You're trying to find a way to rehabilitate them, you're asking what are the reasons why they ended up stealing that bottle of water? You're not just throwing the long arm of the law at them.' He also likened footage of 14-year-old Dylan Voller, who was shown hooded and bound to a chair while in youth detention in 2015, to pictures of Guantanemo Bay. 'That's not on. But that happens in our country. And we talk about a sense of truth telling, we talk about, you know, needing to accept where we've come from to be able to move forward.' All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility