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Being Australian
Some Australian have ancestors who came here over 50,000 years ago and were, according to research published in Nature, the worlds earliest explorers. The cultures of our Indigenous people’s are rich and diverse and represent some of the oldest living cultures on earth. There are, for example, almost 150 Indigenous languages in daily use in…
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Normalising Far Right Views
As part of our campaign on monitoring far-right groups in the lead up to Australia day we highlight one of the tactics of the far right is to claim that they are not actually far right and that their views are typical of normal every day Australians. In this way they hope to appeal to…
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She’ll be right mate
While moderating our page we came across a post from someone whose parents who immigrated to Australia from Europe. In this post they suggest racism was much worse in the 1950s to 1980s. That is true for European immigrants, and likely for society as a whole, but doesn’t do much for Sudanese-Australians, Muslim-Australians or indeed…
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Racists at St. Kilda Beach & Online
Large numbers of police, including the riot squad and mounted police, have formed a barrier better far-right nationalist and anti-racism protesters at St. Kilda beach today. The far-right nationalists The far-right nationalists include the usual self appointed leaders, some of whom already have criminal convictions for serious racial vilification. In the past their focus has…
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When Patriotism becomes Nationalism
Patriotism and Nationalism can sometimes mean the same thing, however, there is one additional element to nationalism that sets it apart from real patriotism. As an article on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary explains: “the definition of nationalism also includes ‘exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its…
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Hate on the Rise in Victoria
The Herald Sun today reported on the “Rise of online hate speech” in Victoria. Here’s some highlights from the article and our commentary. As the only charity in the country dedicated to this issue we’d be happy to provide the Herald Sun or any other paper with commentary for any future articles on this topic…
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The Far Right on African Youth
Far Right groups have jumped on the bank wagon of anti-African sentiment. Some are expressing it as anti-refugee sentiment, other as pure racism against people with dark skin, while a third group seek to present it as another version of “Muslim extremism”. Here’s a few examples of what we’ve seen: Case 1: Racism The Reclaim…
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Update on AFL Memes
Following our briefing on AFL Memes and our e-mail to Facebook, the two worst examples from the page were removed on June 3rd. Ten day’s later the page itself was closed. The same people, however, have another AFL Memes page with another Adam Goodes meme is still online. The page is Troll AFL [ID: 395819680601992] and has 21,923…
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Responding to Racism and Vigilante Justice
Senator Nova Peris OAM is an Indigenous Australian, a Senator for the Norther Territory in the Australian Parliament and an Olympic gold medalist. We’re hoping we listed that in the order she would consider most important. It is worth noting she was also the first Indigenous Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal. A few days ago she…
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Report antisemitic YouTube video “History of Multiculturalism”
It is heartbreaking to find classic racism and antisemitism on the Internet. Scholars around the world have written tomes battling racism from scientific, social, cultural and historical contexts, laws have been coded to expunge them from society, and community bodies have dedicated incredible time and effort around the world to combat them. Yet, we encounter YouTube…