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Is Australia a racist country? We asked 5 experts

  • Written by Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor

Over the weekend at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, high-profile political journalist Laura Tingle told the audience[1] Australia is a racist country, and always has been. It prompted widespread media coverage and criticism from Coalition politicians[2] and media commentators[3].

But is it true? Is Australia fundamentally a racist country?

We asked five experts what they think. Here’s what they had to say.

References

  1. ^ told the audience (www.smh.com.au)
  2. ^ Coalition politicians (www.thenewdaily.com.au)
  3. ^ media commentators (www.ntnews.com.au)

Read more https://theconversation.com/is-australia-a-racist-country-we-asked-5-experts-231053

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