Oddbean new post about login | logout "Every time the no case raises one of their arguments, if you start pulling it apart you get down to base racism – I’m sorry to say it but that’s where it lands – or just sheer stupidity." The racism conversation Australia needs to have. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/some-australians-seem-more-outraged-by-accusations-of-racism-than-by-racism-itself
@6f334c2f It's fascinating. Australians are happy to be racist, they just don't want to be called racist. Whenever the issue of Indigenous equality comes up, it's "Don't mention the R word". "Who, me? Racist? How dare you!" At least they know it's bad. But knowing that doesn't alter their behaviour. They've given "racism" such a narrow definition (lynchings?) that they can declare themselves innocent and be blind to the racism being practiced around them. #Voice #auspol