hate against aboriginal australians
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Have a respectful January 26, 2022
Today, January 26th, is a day of competing narratives. Whatever your focus on this day, we urge all Australians to also take time to reflect on the perspective of others. Indigenous perspective For many Indigenous Australians today is known as a Day of Mourning, Survival Day or Invasion Day. It commemorates the start of what…
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Racism Against Indigenous Australians on Instagram
Instagram not only hosts racist content, but entire accounts dedicated to sharing racist memes and which encourage others to do the same.
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Campaign on Racism against Indigenous Australians
Through March 2020 the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) will be running a campaign tackling racism against Indigenous Australians. While we’ve been working on this problem since we were established 8 years ago, this is the first month long campaign proactively tackling the problem. Join us by taking action! You can help the campaign in…
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January 26, 2020 message
January 26th is Australia’s national day. The name “Australia Day” was adopted nationally in 1935, and it wasn’t until 1994 that the date became a national public holiday. It is controversial and there is growing public support for change. The Background to January 26th Celebrating Australia’s national day on January 26th carries on an older…
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Survivor Island 3: What can we learn from the incident
Last week, racism against Aboriginal Australians in digital spaces plumbed new depths as news came out of an online game included killing of Aboriginal Australians as a game plotline, awarding the players for successfully killing them. The game has since been removed from Apple and Google Play store but not before a huge backlash in the…