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<span>Wed, Jun 05 2013 18:50:48</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media (general)...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/blogs/all-men-are-liars/getting-real-about-racism-20130529-2nb9h.html" title="May 29, 2013 ... Sam de Brito takes the pulse of Aussie manhood. ... I&amp;#39;ll take a guess at why your   casual-Eddie-McGuire-type-racism..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist Slurs In The Australian Media | Sam de Brito</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">May 29, 2013 ... Sam de Brito takes the pulse of Aussie manhood. ... I&amp;#39;ll take a guess at why your   casual-Eddie-McGuire-type-racism...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/comment/racism-abating-a-snowflakes-chance-in-hell-20130527-2n7a4.html" title="Racism will never be eradicated until there is the reconciliation of the heart. Photo: Reuters Since 2008 I have had the good fortune to ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/01/25/2916133/Peter-Gebhardt.jpg" alt="Racism abating? A snowflake's chance in hell" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/comment/racism-abating-a-snowflakes-chance-in-hell-20130527-2n7a4.html" title="Racism will never be eradicated until there is the reconciliation of the heart. Photo: Reuters Since 2008 I have had the good fortune to ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism abating? A snowflake's chance in hell</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Racism will never be eradicated until there is the reconciliation of the heart. Photo: Reuters Since 2008 I have had the good fortune to ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/five-experiences-with-racism-in-australia-20130530-2neu9.html" title="&quot;The insecurity and the inferiority complex never really leaves you&quot;: Kamahl. Photo: Domino Postiglione Kamahl Musician/actor, 78 Backgro..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2013/05/30/4451455/th-fiveexperiences.jpg" alt="Five experiences with racism in Australia" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/five-experiences-with-racism-in-australia-20130530-2neu9.html" title="&quot;The insecurity and the inferiority complex never really leaves you&quot;: Kamahl. Photo: Domino Postiglione Kamahl Musician/actor, 78 Backgro..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Five experiences with racism in Australia</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">"The insecurity and the inferiority complex never really leaves you": Kamahl. Photo: Domino Postiglione Kamahl Musician/actor, 78 Backgro...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/i-was-a-radical-islamist-who-hated-all-of-you/story-fni0cwl5-1226652515525" title="MOST people find it hard to imagine stabbing another human being, let alone almost decapitating someone with a meat cleaver. To do so in ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/05/28/1226652/516148-maajid-nawaz.jpg" alt="I was a radical Islamist who hated all of you" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/i-was-a-radical-islamist-who-hated-all-of-you/story-fni0cwl5-1226652515525" title="MOST people find it hard to imagine stabbing another human being, let alone almost decapitating someone with a meat cleaver. To do so in ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">I was a radical Islamist who hated all of you</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">MOST people find it hard to imagine stabbing another human being, let alone almost decapitating someone with a meat cleaver. To do so in ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/racism-on-the-job-an-ugly-problem-report-discovers-20130526-2n5do.html#ixzz2URZH4TgB" title="Not taking it ... Adam Goodes points the finger after being called an 'ape' by a young Collingwood supporter during the AFL's Indigenous ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2013/05/26/4439229/th_deng_2705.jpg" alt="Racism on the job an ugly problem, report discovers" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/racism-on-the-job-an-ugly-problem-report-discovers-20130526-2n5do.html#ixzz2URZH4TgB" title="Not taking it ... Adam Goodes points the finger after being called an 'ape' by a young Collingwood supporter during the AFL's Indigenous ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism on the job an ugly problem, report discovers</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Not taking it ... Adam Goodes points the finger after being called an 'ape' by a young Collingwood supporter during the AFL's Indigenous ...</div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/jillastark/status/338146182062800897" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BLFVeBKCMAA76rU.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>And we wonder where racism comes from. Unbelievable cartoon on asylum seekers in the Daily Tele pic.twitter.com/mgl3PKr5Tu
via ‏@GuardianJessica</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/jillastark" style="color: #429ec6;">Jill Stark</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4708084.html" title="A terror attack in the UK overnight - apparently committed once again in the name of Islam - is designed to create an Islam vs The West d..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4707676-16x9-340x191.jpg" alt="Multiculturalism trumps terrorism - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4708084.html" title="A terror attack in the UK overnight - apparently committed once again in the name of Islam - is designed to create an Islam vs The West d..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Multiculturalism trumps terrorism - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A terror attack in the UK overnight - apparently committed once again in the name of Islam - is designed to create an Islam vs The West d...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Sandy Roberts' Indian impression triggers Twitter backlash shar.es/Z4ZtH</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/336258155644334080" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, May 19 2013 16:12:46</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/05/20/01/11/hate-crimes-on-the-rise-in-victoria" title="Victoria Police want tougher penalties handed out to people convicted of hate crimes after new figures show hundreds of Victorians have b..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://prod.static9.net.au/content/images/default-share-image.jpg" alt="Hate crimes on the rise in Victoria" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/05/20/01/11/hate-crimes-on-the-rise-in-victoria" title="Victoria Police want tougher penalties handed out to people convicted of hate crimes after new figures show hundreds of Victorians have b..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Hate crimes on the rise in Victoria</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Victoria Police want tougher penalties handed out to people convicted of hate crimes after new figures show hundreds of Victorians have b...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">306 prejudice-motivated crimes in VIC last year...senior police believe the real figure could be much higher news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/…</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/336257516700835840" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, May 19 2013 16:10:14</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">How is Logan healing the racial tensions that erupted in January? @AllanJClarke reports at 7:30pm on @NITV ow.ly/kZYXg</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/livingblack" style="color: #429ec6;">Living Black</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/livingblack/status/334175001391529986" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, May 13 2013 22:15:03</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://theconversation.com/afl-majak-daw-shows-weve-come-a-long-way-on-racism-but-the-journey-is-far-from-complete-14169" title="North Melbourne's Majak Daw, the AFL's first Sudanese-born player, has been subjected to racial abuse from fans in his first few senior g..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/23781/width668/frpwt65d-1368577625.jpg" alt="AFL: Majak Daw shows we've come a long way on racism, but the journey is far from complete" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://theconversation.com/afl-majak-daw-shows-weve-come-a-long-way-on-racism-but-the-journey-is-far-from-complete-14169" title="North Melbourne's Majak Daw, the AFL's first Sudanese-born player, has been subjected to racial abuse from fans in his first few senior g..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">AFL: Majak Daw shows we've come a long way on racism, but the journey is far from complete</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">North Melbourne's Majak Daw, the AFL's first Sudanese-born player, has been subjected to racial abuse from fans in his first few senior g...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">There is no place for racism in Australian sport. heraldsun.com.au/opinion/kick-b…</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/334097110544822272" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, May 13 2013 17:05:33</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Football fans evicted from Etihad Stadium after racially abusing North Melbourne's Majak Daw | Herald Sun: heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/…</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/333727464914305024" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, May 12 2013 16:36:42</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-arrivals-keen-to-give-back-to-the-community-report-20130512-2jg80.html" title="&quot;If you don't have English, it's very hard to get a job&quot;: Malaykham Salivanh. Photo: Sahlan Hayes Migrants and refugees are keen to volun..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2013/05/12/4267095/th-refugee.jpg" alt="New arrivals keen to give back to the community: report" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-arrivals-keen-to-give-back-to-the-community-report-20130512-2jg80.html" title="&quot;If you don't have English, it's very hard to get a job&quot;: Malaykham Salivanh. Photo: Sahlan Hayes Migrants and refugees are keen to volun..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">New arrivals keen to give back to the community: report</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">"If you don't have English, it's very hard to get a job": Malaykham Salivanh. Photo: Sahlan Hayes Migrants and refugees are keen to volun...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Indigenous care officer dismissed as ''black fella'' by co-worker to receive $77,000 compensation couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan… via @couriermail</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/332672026613534720" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, May 09 2013 18:42:46</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/dreyfus-says-brandis-stands-for-hate-speech/story-fn59niix-1226637173326" title="ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus has accused the opposition of defending hate speech, not free speech, after his Coalition counterpart Georg..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources.news.com.au/cs/theaustralian/images/placeholders/story-thumb-large.jpg" alt="Dreyfus says Brandis stands for hate speech" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/dreyfus-says-brandis-stands-for-hate-speech/story-fn59niix-1226637173326" title="ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus has accused the opposition of defending hate speech, not free speech, after his Coalition counterpart Georg..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Dreyfus says Brandis stands for hate speech</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus has accused the opposition of defending hate speech, not free speech, after his Coalition counterpart Georg...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/racist-tirade-directed-woman-grocery-shopping/1854320/#.UYbm8qgDphA.twitter" title="RACIAL vilification has reared its ugly head in Bundaberg after an ethnic woman wearing a headdress was subjected to a tirade of humiliat..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media2.apnonline.com.au/img/media/images/2010/07/06/SCN_07-07-2010_OPINION_02_column07-07.IMG0.jpg" alt="Hateful tirade directed at woman grocery shopping" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/racist-tirade-directed-woman-grocery-shopping/1854320/#.UYbm8qgDphA.twitter" title="RACIAL vilification has reared its ugly head in Bundaberg after an ethnic woman wearing a headdress was subjected to a tirade of humiliat..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Hateful tirade directed at woman grocery shopping</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">RACIAL vilification has reared its ugly head in Bundaberg after an ethnic woman wearing a headdress was subjected to a tirade of humiliat...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/why-the-world-still-favours-white-models-20130503-2ixgh.html" title="Dolce &amp; Gabbana fashion show during Milan Fashion Week Womenswear in February this year. Photo: Venturelli The fashion industry is not kn..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.dailylife.com.au/2013/05/06/4248447/1_TN_models.jpg" alt="Why the world still favours white models" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/why-the-world-still-favours-white-models-20130503-2ixgh.html" title="Dolce &amp; Gabbana fashion show during Milan Fashion Week Womenswear in February this year. Photo: Venturelli The fashion industry is not kn..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Why the world still favours white models</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Dolce &amp; Gabbana fashion show during Milan Fashion Week Womenswear in February this year. Photo: Venturelli The fashion industry is not kn...</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=51837e6512c60f805b35816b&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-may-2013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-may-2013</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:50:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia -- April 2013]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now.</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Sat, May 04 2013 17:21:09</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism on a Sydney bus...</h2></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">A racist incident on a Sydney bus - which was recorded by a passenger on their smart phone - had everyone talking about why bystanders didn't speak up.</div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/passengers-stood-by-as-asian-tourists-were-abused-20130401-2h30p.html" title="A busload of people stood by as two Asian tourists were racially abused in the city on Easter Saturday, according to a woman who filmed t..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2013/04/01/4155615/320-bus.jpg" alt="Passengers stood by as Asian tourists were abused" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/passengers-stood-by-as-asian-tourists-were-abused-20130401-2h30p.html" title="A busload of people stood by as two Asian tourists were racially abused in the city on Easter Saturday, according to a woman who filmed t..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Passengers stood by as Asian tourists were abused</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A busload of people stood by as two Asian tourists were racially abused in the city on Easter Saturday, according to a woman who filmed t...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/04/02/15/34/second-witness-says-no-one-stopper-bus-racist" title="A second witness to a racist rant on a Sydney bus said he was also told not to argue with the man abusing a group of Asian tourists. Vide..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://img2.catalog.video.msn.com/image.aspx?uuid=7f0e0ea9-a8a1-40ee-912f-4e623aeeca4e&amp;w=144&amp;h=81" alt="Second witness says no one stopped bus racist" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/04/02/15/34/second-witness-says-no-one-stopper-bus-racist" title="A second witness to a racist rant on a Sydney bus said he was also told not to argue with the man abusing a group of Asian tourists. Vide..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Second witness says no one stopped bus racist</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A second witness to a racist rant on a Sydney bus said he was also told not to argue with the man abusing a group of Asian tourists. Vide...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/yoursay/1752428/Should-people-intervene-when-they-witness-a-racist" title="A woman who filmed a racist attack on Asian tourists in Sydney yesterday has told media she was one of only two people to speak out in de..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media.sbs.com.au/news/upload_media/7071_racist-rant.jpg" alt="Should people intervene when they witness a racist attack?" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/yoursay/1752428/Should-people-intervene-when-they-witness-a-racist" title="A woman who filmed a racist attack on Asian tourists in Sydney yesterday has told media she was one of only two people to speak out in de..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Should people intervene when they witness a racist attack?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A woman who filmed a racist attack on Asian tourists in Sydney yesterday has told media she was one of only two people to speak out in de...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EoOHnmwhniM?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>A CURRENT AFFAIR - Racist Rant</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/acurrentaffair9" style="color: #429ec6;">acurrentaffair9</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/stand-up-for-fellow-passengers-suffering-racial-abuse-20130402-2h50x.html" title="Illustration: Rocco Fazzari Am I the only person in Australia utterly fed up with racist taunts on public transport and seemingly blase c..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2011/05/17/2367679/letters.jpg" alt="Stand up for fellow passengers suffering racial abuse" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/stand-up-for-fellow-passengers-suffering-racial-abuse-20130402-2h50x.html" title="Illustration: Rocco Fazzari Am I the only person in Australia utterly fed up with racist taunts on public transport and seemingly blase c..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Stand up for fellow passengers suffering racial abuse</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Illustration: Rocco Fazzari Am I the only person in Australia utterly fed up with racist taunts on public transport and seemingly blase c...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/comment/curse-of-australias-silent-pervasive-racism-20130404-2h9i1.html#ixzz2PZBIR8Ahhttp://www.theage.com.au/comment/curse-of-australias-silent-pervasive-racism-20130404-2h9i1.html#ixzz2PZBIR8Ah" title="Illustration: Andrew Dyson. As opening lines in letters go, ''I find you deeply offensive'' is pretty direct. Fair enough. I suspect lots..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2013/03/02/4075380/Waleed_Aly.jpg" alt="Curse of Australia's silent pervasive racism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/comment/curse-of-australias-silent-pervasive-racism-20130404-2h9i1.html#ixzz2PZBIR8Ahhttp://www.theage.com.au/comment/curse-of-australias-silent-pervasive-racism-20130404-2h9i1.html#ixzz2PZBIR8Ah" title="Illustration: Andrew Dyson. As opening lines in letters go, ''I find you deeply offensive'' is pretty direct. Fair enough. I suspect lots..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Curse of Australia's silent pervasive racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Illustration: Andrew Dyson. As opening lines in letters go, ''I find you deeply offensive'' is pretty direct. Fair enough. I suspect lots...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">'What if that happened to my mother?': Man who stood up to bus racism told to accept abuse smh.com.au/nsw/what-if-th… via @smh</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Liz_loveslife" style="color: #429ec6;">Liz </a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Liz_loveslife/status/319207241926447104" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Apr 02 2013 14:58:31</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism on a Melbourne train...</h2></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">A racist incident on a Melbourne train was recorded by a bystander, but this time plenty of bystanders spoke up and also comforted the target.</div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8WtEcNVePAQ?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Racist rant</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/ten" style="color: #429ec6;">ten</a></div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OM03pBOv0o0?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Racist rant caught on camera</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/7news" style="color: #429ec6;">7news</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/its-my-fing-country-racist-rant-caught-on-camera-20130412-2hp76.html" title="A woman who exploded into a racist rant on a Wednesday-night train, screaming obscenities such as &quot;it's my f---ing country&quot; and referring..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2013/04/12/4185276/train-rant-th.jpg" alt="It's my f---ing country: racist rant caught on camera" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/its-my-fing-country-racist-rant-caught-on-camera-20130412-2hp76.html" title="A woman who exploded into a racist rant on a Wednesday-night train, screaming obscenities such as &quot;it's my f---ing country&quot; and referring..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">It's my f---ing country: racist rant caught on camera</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A woman who exploded into a racist rant on a Wednesday-night train, screaming obscenities such as "it's my f---ing country" and referring...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tV0oFgBWTws?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Melbourne train racist tirade witness speaks with Neil Mitchell</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/3awradio" style="color: #429ec6;">3awradio</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/racism-in-public-why-the-majority-will-be-silent-no-longer-13484" title="Video recorded on cameraphones, such as this from a Melbourne train, is proof that people are willing to shame racism in public and no lo..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/22431/width668/2trgsj49-1365992087.jpg" alt="Racism in public: why the majority will be silent no longer" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="https://theconversation.com/racism-in-public-why-the-majority-will-be-silent-no-longer-13484" title="Video recorded on cameraphones, such as this from a Melbourne train, is proof that people are willing to shame racism in public and no lo..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism in public: why the majority will be silent no longer</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Video recorded on cameraphones, such as this from a Melbourne train, is proof that people are willing to shame racism in public and no lo...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Proud to see Melbournians stand up against racism! It shows the power of bystanders to shut down damaging behaviour. bit.ly/156QJuq</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/VicHealth" style="color: #429ec6;">VicHealth</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/VicHealth/status/322520945166282752" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Apr 11 2013 18:26:00</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-17/woman-charged-over-racist-train-rant/4635938" title="Victorian Police have laid charges over a racist rant on a Melbourne train last week. A 37-year-old woman allegedly abused an African man..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4626634-16x9-700x394.jpg" alt="Woman charged over racist Melbourne train rant" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-17/woman-charged-over-racist-train-rant/4635938" title="Victorian Police have laid charges over a racist rant on a Melbourne train last week. A 37-year-old woman allegedly abused an African man..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Woman charged over racist Melbourne train rant</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Victorian Police have laid charges over a racist rant on a Melbourne train last week. A 37-year-old woman allegedly abused an African man...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism on Melbourne train (take 2) ...&nbsp;</h2></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Another racist rant on a Melbourne train attracted less attention - are people bored already??</div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=515cea14d0e32b493c00b4f7&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-april-2013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-april-2013</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 00:21:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia -- March 2013]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Wed, Apr 03 2013 19:27:04</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/2634-south-australia-takes-the-first-step-to-overcome-entrenched-racism.html" title="Khatija-Thomas,-Commissioner-for-Aboriginal-Affairs-in-South South Australian Greens Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation spokesperson T..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.nit.com.au/images/articles/304/Khatija-Thomas,-Commissioner-for-Aboriginal-Affairs-in-South-Australia.jpg" alt="South Australia takes the first step to overcome entrenched racism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/2634-south-australia-takes-the-first-step-to-overcome-entrenched-racism.html" title="Khatija-Thomas,-Commissioner-for-Aboriginal-Affairs-in-South South Australian Greens Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation spokesperson T..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">South Australia takes the first step to overcome entrenched racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Khatija-Thomas,-Commissioner-for-Aboriginal-Affairs-in-South South Australian Greens Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation spokesperson T...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mamdouh-habib-sues-racist-police-over-discrimination/story-e6frg6n6-1226608731638" title="Mr Habib, who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay between 2001 and 2005, claims that since his return to Australia police have called him ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/03/28/1226608/550488-mamdouh-habib.jpg" alt="Mamdouh Habib sues &amp;#39;racist&amp;#39; police" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mamdouh-habib-sues-racist-police-over-discrimination/story-e6frg6n6-1226608731638" title="Mr Habib, who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay between 2001 and 2005, claims that since his return to Australia police have called him ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Mamdouh Habib sues &amp;#39;racist&amp;#39; police</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Mr Habib, who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay between 2001 and 2005, claims that since his return to Australia police have called him ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-25/an-sols-chinese-community-worried-about-racism/4592530?section=australianetworknews" title="Posted March 25, 2013 12:01:51 The Chinese Solomon Islands Association says it is becoming increasingly concerned about anti-Chinese sent..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Solomons Chinese community targets online racism - Australia Network News - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Posted March 25, 2013 12:01:51 The Chinese Solomon Islands Association says it is becoming increasingly concerned about anti-Chinese sent...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YRygRhka1iM?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Racism in Australia</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/sunriseon7" style="color: #429ec6;">sunriseon7</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1748810/Australia-celebrates-Harmony-Day" title="Mr Alhadeff says anti-racism strategies should start in Australian schools. And he says an important component should be making sure that..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media.sbs.com.au/news/upload_media/5022_harmony-day-130321-sbs.jpg" alt="Australia celebrates Harmony Day" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1748810/Australia-celebrates-Harmony-Day" title="Mr Alhadeff says anti-racism strategies should start in Australian schools. And he says an important component should be making sure that..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Australia celebrates Harmony Day</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Mr Alhadeff says anti-racism strategies should start in Australian schools. And he says an important component should be making sure that...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uSQI_BEP9WQ?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Brisbane bus drivers show racial prejudice</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/worldnewsaustralia" style="color: #429ec6;">worldnewsaustralia</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/5d4706f8-5e4c-3e80-b90f-031f5567b818/is-australia-racist/" title="A new study suggests Queensland bus drivers were racist towards non whites. Researcher Redzo Mujcic explains the findings." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/hd/ch7sunrise/sunrise/generic_video/0321_sun_racist2_sml_18kkak0-18kkak2.jpg?a=ch7sunrise&amp;c=44dd5cda04947ae372c88586234eb736&amp;mr=0&amp;s=8efa2b2b7fc2eb71654b436dba7d823d" alt="Is Australia racist?" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/5d4706f8-5e4c-3e80-b90f-031f5567b818/is-australia-racist/" title="A new study suggests Queensland bus drivers were racist towards non whites. Researcher Redzo Mujcic explains the findings." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Is Australia racist?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A new study suggests Queensland bus drivers were racist towards non whites. Researcher Redzo Mujcic explains the findings.</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/03/australian-government-has-its-eye-on-racist-facebook-groups/" title="Founders of racist Facebook groups and Facebook itself have been put on notice by the Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, this week, ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/g/2013/03/dreyfus-640x360.png" alt="Australian Government Has Its Eye On Racist Facebook Groups" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/03/australian-government-has-its-eye-on-racist-facebook-groups/" title="Founders of racist Facebook groups and Facebook itself have been put on notice by the Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, this week, ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Australian Government Has Its Eye On Racist Facebook Groups</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Founders of racist Facebook groups and Facebook itself have been put on notice by the Federal Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, this week, ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://media.theage.com.au/news/national-times/gittins-racism-in-australia-4122036.html" title="Gittins: Racism in Australia (02:12). We&amp;#39;re no more racist than other countries, and less racist than some. But we do need remember a..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Gittins: Racism in Australia</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Gittins: Racism in Australia (02:12). We&amp;#39;re no more racist than other countries, and less racist than some. But we do need remember a...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/idea-of-a-fair-society-taken-for-a-ride-20130319-2gddf.html" title="Australians aren't racist - and even if some people are, you and I certainly aren't. It's true, of course, that many of us are terribly s..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2011/05/27/2389990/Ross_Gittins.jpg" alt="Idea of a fair society taken for a ride" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/idea-of-a-fair-society-taken-for-a-ride-20130319-2gddf.html" title="Australians aren't racist - and even if some people are, you and I certainly aren't. It's true, of course, that many of us are terribly s..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Idea of a fair society taken for a ride</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Australians aren't racist - and even if some people are, you and I certainly aren't. It's true, of course, that many of us are terribly s...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/special-day-to-fight-racism/1796608/" title="ON March 21, 1960 police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters in the South African township of Sharpeville. At that time many South..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media2.apnonline.com.au/img/media/images/2012/10/16/Multicultural20group.JPG" alt="Special day to fight racism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/special-day-to-fight-racism/1796608/" title="ON March 21, 1960 police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters in the South African township of Sharpeville. At that time many South..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Special day to fight racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">ON March 21, 1960 police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters in the South African township of Sharpeville. At that time many South...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1747830/Parliamentary-report-shuns-Sharia-law-suggestions" title="A parliamentary report into multiculturalism has shunned suggestions Australia should implement Shariah law, saying Australian traditions..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media.sbs.com.au/news/upload_media/site_1_rand_15786410_lakembamosque_s_100414_getty.jpg" alt="Parliamentary report shuns Sharia law suggestions" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1747830/Parliamentary-report-shuns-Sharia-law-suggestions" title="A parliamentary report into multiculturalism has shunned suggestions Australia should implement Shariah law, saying Australian traditions..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Parliamentary report shuns Sharia law suggestions</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A parliamentary report into multiculturalism has shunned suggestions Australia should implement Shariah law, saying Australian traditions...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/03/12/256-Rampant-racism-fast-becoming-acceptable-feature-in-Australian-society.html" title="Sydney, Mar 12 (ANI): Overt racial altercations like that displayed in a recent shocking altercation between two women on a Transperth bu..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.newstrackindia.com/static/galleryimages/images1/5946.small.Chiranjeevi-during-the-launch-of-Public-Service-Delivery-System_thumb.jpg" alt="Rampant racism fast becoming &amp;#39;acceptable feature&amp;#39; in Australian society" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/03/12/256-Rampant-racism-fast-becoming-acceptable-feature-in-Australian-society.html" title="Sydney, Mar 12 (ANI): Overt racial altercations like that displayed in a recent shocking altercation between two women on a Transperth bu..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Rampant racism fast becoming &amp;#39;acceptable feature&amp;#39; in Australian society</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Sydney, Mar 12 (ANI): Overt racial altercations like that displayed in a recent shocking altercation between two women on a Transperth bu...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/03/is-it-racist-to-prefer-australian-call-centres/" title="The Ad Standards Board (ASB) has ruled that it's not racist to criticise foreign call centres in advertisements that promote onshore serv..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/l/2013/03/Call-Centre-Girl2-640x360.jpg" alt="Is It Racist To Prefer Australian Call Centres?" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/03/is-it-racist-to-prefer-australian-call-centres/" title="The Ad Standards Board (ASB) has ruled that it's not racist to criticise foreign call centres in advertisements that promote onshore serv..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Is It Racist To Prefer Australian Call Centres?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The Ad Standards Board (ASB) has ruled that it's not racist to criticise foreign call centres in advertisements that promote onshore serv...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-11/british-woman-cleared-of-anti-australian-racism/4565290" title="A British woman convicted of racism after calling her New Zealand-born neighbour an Australian has had her name cleared. Audio: Court fin..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">British woman cleared over &amp;#39;fat Australian&amp;#39; rant</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A British woman convicted of racism after calling her New Zealand-born neighbour an Australian has had her name cleared. Audio: Court fin...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://media.watoday.com.au/news/wa-news/racist-perth-bus-brawl-4097517.html" title="Derby line-up speculations fly 01:26. No horse meat here (Video Thumbnail) · No horse meat here 01:38. &amp;#39;I can hear again&amp;#39; ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.watoday.com.au/2013/03/10/4097519/th.jpg" alt="Racist Perth bus brawl" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://media.watoday.com.au/news/wa-news/racist-perth-bus-brawl-4097517.html" title="Derby line-up speculations fly 01:26. No horse meat here (Video Thumbnail) · No horse meat here 01:38. &amp;#39;I can hear again&amp;#39; ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist Perth bus brawl</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Derby line-up speculations fly 01:26. No horse meat here (Video Thumbnail) · No horse meat here 01:38. &amp;#39;I can hear again&amp;#39; ...</div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/oz_f/status/310232138895212544" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BE4qfJVCQAA5CtY.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Probably the most racist cartoon I've ever seen... From The Australian. pic.twitter.com/d6E6SWExtn</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/oz_f" style="color: #429ec6;">Osman Faruqi</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/young-south-australian-of-the-year-khadija-gbla-angry-at-racist-officers/story-e6frg6n6-1226593572680" title="VICTIMS of domestic violence are suffering further at the hands of incompetent, insensitive and racist police officers, a decorated youth..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/03/08/1226593/572380-khadija-gbla.jpg" alt="2011 Young South Australian of the Year Khadija Gbla angry at 'racist' officers" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/young-south-australian-of-the-year-khadija-gbla-angry-at-racist-officers/story-e6frg6n6-1226593572680" title="VICTIMS of domestic violence are suffering further at the hands of incompetent, insensitive and racist police officers, a decorated youth..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">2011 Young South Australian of the Year Khadija Gbla angry at 'racist' officers</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">VICTIMS of domestic violence are suffering further at the hands of incompetent, insensitive and racist police officers, a decorated youth...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-08/secret-police-operation-targeted-african-australians/4561566?section=vic" title="Not only is that racism, but it is highly ineffective policing.&quot; Mr Rapke also says it was ill-informed. &quot;We looked at the crim..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/linkableblob/4562120/thumbnail/secret-police-operation-targeted-african-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Secret police operation &amp;#39;targeted&amp;#39; African-Australians" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-08/secret-police-operation-targeted-african-australians/4561566?section=vic" title="Not only is that racism, but it is highly ineffective policing.&quot; Mr Rapke also says it was ill-informed. &quot;We looked at the crim..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Secret police operation &amp;#39;targeted&amp;#39; African-Australians</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Not only is that racism, but it is highly ineffective policing." Mr Rapke also says it was ill-informed. "We looked at the crim...</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=5137e09f6c5c14e87e013bce&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-march-2013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-march-2013</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:27:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia -- February 2013]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Wed, Mar 06 2013 16:25:59</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/27/marcia-langton-sparks-academic-spat-over-charges-of-racism/?wpmp_switcher=mobile" title="Essentially Langton makes the point that the patronisation of indigenous Australians through race based welfare only serves to perpetuate..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.crikey.com.au/wp-content/themes/crikey-mobile/img/logo.png" alt="Marcia Langton sparks academic spat over charges of &amp;#39;racism&amp;#39;" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/27/marcia-langton-sparks-academic-spat-over-charges-of-racism/?wpmp_switcher=mobile" title="Essentially Langton makes the point that the patronisation of indigenous Australians through race based welfare only serves to perpetuate..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Marcia Langton sparks academic spat over charges of &amp;#39;racism&amp;#39;</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Essentially Langton makes the point that the patronisation of indigenous Australians through race based welfare only serves to perpetuate...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/so-much-for-a-balanced-diet-20130227-2f4nl.html" title="Sophia Pou (left) and Ashlee Pham have been unfairly framed as villains on Channel Seven's My Kitchen Rules, which along with The Block r..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2013/02/27/4065704/sophia-ashlee-mkr.jpg" alt="So much for a balanced diet" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/so-much-for-a-balanced-diet-20130227-2f4nl.html" title="Sophia Pou (left) and Ashlee Pham have been unfairly framed as villains on Channel Seven's My Kitchen Rules, which along with The Block r..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">So much for a balanced diet</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Sophia Pou (left) and Ashlee Pham have been unfairly framed as villains on Channel Seven's My Kitchen Rules, which along with The Block r...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">#MKR tends to frame outsiders to the Anglo-Saxon Australian experience as villains #discrimination http://bit.ly/Y4uhMA via The Age</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/306918914993033216" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Feb 27 2013 16:09:06</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/my-kitchen-rules-is-not-racist-says-channel-seven/story-e6frfmyi-1226580346334" title="&amp;#39;&amp;#39;The selection of the contestants is a reflection of our multi-national community.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Pou and Pham are one of three gatec..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2013/02/18/1226580/353130-mkr.jpg" alt="My Kitchen Rules is not racist, says Channel Seven" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/my-kitchen-rules-is-not-racist-says-channel-seven/story-e6frfmyi-1226580346334" title="&amp;#39;&amp;#39;The selection of the contestants is a reflection of our multi-national community.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Pou and Pham are one of three gatec..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">My Kitchen Rules is not racist, says Channel Seven</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">&amp;#39;&amp;#39;The selection of the contestants is a reflection of our multi-national community.&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Pou and Pham are one of three gatec...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4533592.html" title="22 February 2013 Racism should be called as it is How many isolated acts of racism does it take before we recognise we are witnessing a p..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/44288-16x9-340x191.jpg" alt="Racism should be called as it is - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4533592.html" title="22 February 2013 Racism should be called as it is How many isolated acts of racism does it take before we recognise we are witnessing a p..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism should be called as it is - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">22 February 2013 Racism should be called as it is How many isolated acts of racism does it take before we recognise we are witnessing a p...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">How many isolated acts of racism does it take before we recognise we are witnessing a pattern? asks David Forman http://bit.ly/XspphX</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ABCthedrum" style="color: #429ec6;">ABC The Drum </a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ABCthedrum/status/304705294980751360" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Feb 21 2013 13:32:58</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://newmatilda.com/2013/02/21/geert-wilders-lightning-rod-racists" title="dazza: You may like this story, which I read last year in a humanist newsletter. The S.A. author of that letter had become concerned abou..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Geert Wilders Is a Lightning Rod For Racists | newmatilda.com</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">dazza: You may like this story, which I read last year in a humanist newsletter. The S.A. author of that letter had become concerned abou...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1057776" title="A website run by Australian broadcaster ABC has been hacked in apparent retaliation for interviewing controversial Dutch politician Geert..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2013/2/27/223758/default/v1/162341849-1-180x180.jpg" alt="Hackers Target Oz Website Over Geert Wilders" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1057776" title="A website run by Australian broadcaster ABC has been hacked in apparent retaliation for interviewing controversial Dutch politician Geert..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Hackers Target Oz Website Over Geert Wilders</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A website run by Australian broadcaster ABC has been hacked in apparent retaliation for interviewing controversial Dutch politician Geert...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1738440/Geert-Wilders-offered-multiculturalism-lesson" title="Multicultural organisations say anti-Islamic Dutch MP Geert Wilders should use his Australia tour as a learning experience. Listen: Group..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media.sbs.com.au/news/thm/450_338_70/aap_9956_201210geert_800x600.jpg" alt="Wilders offered multiculturalism lesson" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1738440/Geert-Wilders-offered-multiculturalism-lesson" title="Multicultural organisations say anti-Islamic Dutch MP Geert Wilders should use his Australia tour as a learning experience. Listen: Group..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Wilders offered multiculturalism lesson</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Multicultural organisations say anti-Islamic Dutch MP Geert Wilders should use his Australia tour as a learning experience. Listen: Group...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/chinese-aussie-rules-players-suffer-abuse-racism/story-e6frf7kx-1226583002494" title="A recent video showing a game hosted by the Australian Consulate in Macau was indicative of the racist attitudes, he said. Australian spe..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Chinese Aussie rules players suffer abuse, racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A recent video showing a game hosted by the Australian Consulate in Macau was indicative of the racist attitudes, he said. Australian spe...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/calling-all-racial-stereotypes-to-mcgregor-film-20130219-2eos4.html" title="Race row: Ewan McGregor's latest project Son of a Gun has raised some questions over its casting call. A crime thriller being shot in Wes..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2013/02/19/4045001/ewan-th-20130219161803835849.jpg" alt="Calling all racial stereotypes to McGregor film" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/calling-all-racial-stereotypes-to-mcgregor-film-20130219-2eos4.html" title="Race row: Ewan McGregor's latest project Son of a Gun has raised some questions over its casting call. A crime thriller being shot in Wes..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Calling all racial stereotypes to McGregor film</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Race row: Ewan McGregor's latest project Son of a Gun has raised some questions over its casting call. A crime thriller being shot in Wes...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://bikyanews.com/85597/hindus-ask-australia-for-soul-searching-on-racism/" title="Expressing shock at the reported racism taunts in a Sydney bus at Australia&amp;#39;s broadcasting star Jeremy Fernandez recently, Hindus hav..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://bikyanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Hindu-temple-Perth.jpg" alt="Hindus ask Australia for soul searching on racism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://bikyanews.com/85597/hindus-ask-australia-for-soul-searching-on-racism/" title="Expressing shock at the reported racism taunts in a Sydney bus at Australia&amp;#39;s broadcasting star Jeremy Fernandez recently, Hindus hav..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Hindus ask Australia for soul searching on racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Expressing shock at the reported racism taunts in a Sydney bus at Australia&amp;#39;s broadcasting star Jeremy Fernandez recently, Hindus hav...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/police-agree-to-new-procedures-to-combat-racism/4524770" title="The Victorian police force has avoided a trial over claims that its officers commonly resort to racial profiling. An undertaking to inves..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4525902-16x9-700x394.jpg" alt="Victoria Police settles racial profiling case" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/police-agree-to-new-procedures-to-combat-racism/4524770" title="The Victorian police force has avoided a trial over claims that its officers commonly resort to racial profiling. An undertaking to inves..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Victoria Police settles racial profiling case</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The Victorian police force has avoided a trial over claims that its officers commonly resort to racial profiling. An undertaking to inves...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/racist-taunts-alleged-as-judge-to-rule-on-blockade/story-fn59noo3-1226577460890?sv=c0ff794fb81e9fe83736b1e1bfad4274" title="A JUDGE will rule today on the blockade in southwest Melbourne in which Filipino workers on 457 visas have been allegedly threatened and ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/10/09/1225936/269832-victoria-police.jpg" alt="Racist taunts alleged as judge to rule on blockade" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/racist-taunts-alleged-as-judge-to-rule-on-blockade/story-fn59noo3-1226577460890?sv=c0ff794fb81e9fe83736b1e1bfad4274" title="A JUDGE will rule today on the blockade in southwest Melbourne in which Filipino workers on 457 visas have been allegedly threatened and ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist taunts alleged as judge to rule on blockade</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A JUDGE will rule today on the blockade in southwest Melbourne in which Filipino workers on 457 visas have been allegedly threatened and ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/business/multiculturalisms-here-to-stay-so-lets-embrace-it-and-look-to-the-future-20130215-2eif3.html" title="Melbourne has a very popular lord mayor in Robert Doyle, and I was honoured to sit with him at the annual Weary Dunlop Lunch, which celeb..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2011/08/09/2545355/facebook-thumb-smh.png" alt="Multiculturalism&amp;#39;s here to stay, so let&amp;#39;s embrace it" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/business/multiculturalisms-here-to-stay-so-lets-embrace-it-and-look-to-the-future-20130215-2eif3.html" title="Melbourne has a very popular lord mayor in Robert Doyle, and I was honoured to sit with him at the annual Weary Dunlop Lunch, which celeb..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Multiculturalism&amp;#39;s here to stay, so let&amp;#39;s embrace it</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Melbourne has a very popular lord mayor in Robert Doyle, and I was honoured to sit with him at the annual Weary Dunlop Lunch, which celeb...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/nations-wound-closer-to-being-healed-20130213-2ec4y.html#ixzz2KjyfoW7R" title="Australia has moved one step closer to recognising its first people in the country's founding document after one of the federal parliamen..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2013/02/13/4028144/th-Gillard_recognise3.jpg" alt="Nation's 'wound' closer to being healed" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/nations-wound-closer-to-being-healed-20130213-2ec4y.html#ixzz2KjyfoW7R" title="Australia has moved one step closer to recognising its first people in the country's founding document after one of the federal parliamen..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Nation's 'wound' closer to being healed</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Australia has moved one step closer to recognising its first people in the country's founding document after one of the federal parliamen...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/disability-scheme-test-sites-too-anglo/story-fn59nokw-1226576555454" title="&quot;FECCA considers that the NDIS launch sites will collectively fail to adequately test the scheme in the reality of multicultural Aus..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/09/04/1226465/068660-ndis.jpg" alt="Disability scheme test sites &amp;#39;too Anglo&amp;#39;" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/disability-scheme-test-sites-too-anglo/story-fn59nokw-1226576555454" title="&quot;FECCA considers that the NDIS launch sites will collectively fail to adequately test the scheme in the reality of multicultural Aus..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Disability scheme test sites &amp;#39;too Anglo&amp;#39;</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">"FECCA considers that the NDIS launch sites will collectively fail to adequately test the scheme in the reality of multicultural Aus...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/racism-demands-action-from-all-of-us-20130212-2eb07.html" title="Feb 13, 2013 ... Those from migrant backgrounds who had been in Australia less than five years   were six times more likely to experience..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2013/02/12/4027255/th-Lucas-Walsh.jpg" alt="Racism demands action from all of us - Sydney Morning Herald" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/racism-demands-action-from-all-of-us-20130212-2eb07.html" title="Feb 13, 2013 ... Those from migrant backgrounds who had been in Australia less than five years   were six times more likely to experience..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism demands action from all of us - Sydney Morning Herald</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Feb 13, 2013 ... Those from migrant backgrounds who had been in Australia less than five years   were six times more likely to experience...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Racism demands action from all of us. Lead needs to come from the top but it won't because refugee policy now racist. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/-2eb07.html</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/MalcolmFraser12" style="color: #429ec6;">Malcolm Fraser</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/MalcolmFraser12/status/301428942194221056" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Feb 12 2013 12:33:54</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=5136dd28d387c3b2472c6be8&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-february-2013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-february-2013</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:25:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia -- Dec/Jan 2013]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now http://www.alltogethernow.org.au/</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Wed, Feb 06 2013 21:35:52</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Racial tension fears after teenager dies in a hit-and-run outside a house party in Logan, Queensland http://bit.ly/Tw7S6P</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/SBSNews" style="color: #429ec6;">SBS News</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/SBSNews/status/275389438861930498" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Dec 02 2012 16:02:13</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Ritchie apologizes for #racist comments : Never too late to make amends! #cricket http://bit.ly/VpxuYG</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/275451552473440258" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Dec 02 2012 20:09:02</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">A taxi driver refused to take Gurrumul, his manager told @774melbourne . Another eg of Melbourne's terrible taxi issues. Racism too common</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/AndieHamblin" style="color: #429ec6;">Andrea Hamblin</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/AndieHamblin/status/276094110337753089" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Dec 04 2012 14:42:20</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Award-winning singer Geoffrey #Gurrumul Yunupingu refused a taxi last night, according to his manager - who blames racism #Guthrie</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/774melbourne" style="color: #429ec6;">ABC Radio Melbourne</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/774melbourne/status/276091275147628544" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Dec 04 2012 14:31:04</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/jones-fails-to-dismiss-racism-complaint-20121204-2at5w.html" title="Broadcaster Alan Jones. Controversial broadcaster Alan Jones has failed in his bid to dismiss a complaint of racial vilification brought ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/10/02/3683085/th-Alan%20Jones.jpg" alt="Jones fails to dismiss racism complaint" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/jones-fails-to-dismiss-racism-complaint-20121204-2at5w.html" title="Broadcaster Alan Jones. Controversial broadcaster Alan Jones has failed in his bid to dismiss a complaint of racial vilification brought ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Jones fails to dismiss racism complaint</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Broadcaster Alan Jones. Controversial broadcaster Alan Jones has failed in his bid to dismiss a complaint of racial vilification brought ...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Indian migrants new biggest group http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/indian-migrants-new-biggest-group-20121204-2atsk.html via @canberratimes</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/276542775481217026" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Dec 05 2012 20:25:10</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2><b>20th anniversary of Paul Keating's Redfern speech...</b></h2></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">20 years after Keating's speech, "it's a thing through small things, big things will happen" Gail Mabo said http://bit.ly/VxHkBT #Redfern</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/277952591739117569" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Dec 09 2012 17:47:16</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/against-the-odds-pluses-from-park-pinnacle-20121209-2b3eo.html" title="Illustration: michaelmucci.com When I was a law student in the late 1980s, it was an urban myth that taxi drivers wouldn't take you to Re..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2012/12/09/3877206/th-Larissa%20Behrendt.jpg" alt="Against the odds, pluses from park pinnacle" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/against-the-odds-pluses-from-park-pinnacle-20121209-2b3eo.html" title="Illustration: michaelmucci.com When I was a law student in the late 1980s, it was an urban myth that taxi drivers wouldn't take you to Re..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Against the odds, pluses from park pinnacle</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Illustration: michaelmucci.com When I was a law student in the late 1980s, it was an urban myth that taxi drivers wouldn't take you to Re...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2><b>Impact of racism on Australian society...</b></h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/12/10/3651332.htm" title="Racism affects the workplace and can increase crime according to Australian research A recent example of racism which again highlighted t..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201212/r1046711_12117579.jpg" alt="Research shows that racism affects us all - ABC South West WA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/12/10/3651332.htm" title="Racism affects the workplace and can increase crime according to Australian research A recent example of racism which again highlighted t..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Research shows that racism affects us all - ABC South West WA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Racism affects the workplace and can increase crime according to Australian research A recent example of racism which again highlighted t...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.peril.com.au/peril/2012/12/11/racist-violence-and-social-class-in-australia/" title="It's highly likely that by now you would have seen the video that went viral of several individuals racially abusing and threatening a Fr..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/images.smh.com.au/2012/08/25/3583754/art-cronulla-620x349.jpg?fit=400%2C400" alt="Racist violence and social class in Australia" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.peril.com.au/peril/2012/12/11/racist-violence-and-social-class-in-australia/" title="It's highly likely that by now you would have seen the video that went viral of several individuals racially abusing and threatening a Fr..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist violence and social class in Australia</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">It's highly likely that by now you would have seen the video that went viral of several individuals racially abusing and threatening a Fr...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Fantastic! @AusHumanRights Melbourne Bus Company at Centre of Racist Abuse Video Signs Up To National Anti-Racism... http://humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2012/114_12.html</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/280428889870843904" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Dec 16 2012 13:47:12</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Racism - It Stops With Me- RT if it stops with you?</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ItStopsWithMe" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism.ItStopsWithMe</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ItStopsWithMe/status/280520689058971648" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Dec 16 2012 19:51:58</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2><b>Racism in sport happens more and more often...</b></h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1133461/Police-to-probe-A-League-racist-claim" title="Adelaide United has called in police after Wellington Phoenix striker Paul Ifill claimed he was racially abused by fans during his side's..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/resize/file/4273_ifill.jpg/id/91405/w/310/h/174" alt="Police to probe A-League racist claim : The World Game on SBS" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1133461/Police-to-probe-A-League-racist-claim" title="Adelaide United has called in police after Wellington Phoenix striker Paul Ifill claimed he was racially abused by fans during his side's..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Police to probe A-League racist claim : The World Game on SBS</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Adelaide United has called in police after Wellington Phoenix striker Paul Ifill claimed he was racially abused by fans during his side's...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">The only way to stamp out racism in soccer is to suspend players and ban fans from watching their teams http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/racism-calls-for-a-tough-response-20121217-2bivh.html</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/CastanCentre" style="color: #429ec6;">Castan Centre</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/CastanCentre/status/280885311565860864" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Dec 17 2012 20:00:51</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2><b>What people are saying about racism...</b></h2></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Racism calls for a tough response. Intolerable anywhere, especially in sport. http://www.theage.com.au/sport/-2bivh.html</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/MalcolmFraser12" style="color: #429ec6;">Malcolm Fraser</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/MalcolmFraser12/status/280785876194320384" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Dec 17 2012 13:25:44</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">"If we are to Close The Gap then racism is one area that must be addressed with as much vigour as Health &amp; Education" http://is.gd/DrI4zb</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/281165211250081792" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Dec 18 2012 14:33:04</a></div></blockquote><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=511325a87e26961a160b53f3&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-dec-jan-2013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-dec-jan-2013</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:35:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia -- November 2012]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Thu, Dec 06 2012 21:45:47</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">What role do journalists play in racial vilification? Are the principles of the Fourth Estate being upheld? Have your say! #eccvconf H.S.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ethnicvic" style="color: #429ec6;">ECCV</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ethnicvic/status/270740672762494976" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Nov 19 2012 20:09:41</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://afr.com/p/opinion/shouting_down_racism_ugly_voices_tdo7SL8FDlBuVj6CAGG4nN" title="Almost picking my accent he accused me of being Australian. I corrected him (as I&amp;#39;m a Kiwi). He then wanted to know whether I had a j..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Shouting down racism&amp;#39;s ugly voices</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Almost picking my accent he accused me of being Australian. I corrected him (as I&amp;#39;m a Kiwi). He then wanted to know whether I had a j...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/news/make-an-example-of-dumb-racists/story-fnepjsb4-1226521481329" title="RACISM is a problem Australia needs to eradicate if we are to have any real and worthy sense of national pride, writes Joe Hildebrand. --..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/10/14/1226495/710743-joe-hildebrand.jpg" alt="Make an example of dumb racists" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/news/make-an-example-of-dumb-racists/story-fnepjsb4-1226521481329" title="RACISM is a problem Australia needs to eradicate if we are to have any real and worthy sense of national pride, writes Joe Hildebrand. --..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Make an example of dumb racists</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">RACISM is a problem Australia needs to eradicate if we are to have any real and worthy sense of national pride, writes Joe Hildebrand. --...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/lifestyle/article/-/15439037/time-to-dob-in-racists/" title="We'd like to think we're not, but the secret is out: Australia is a land of racists. It's embarrassing but apparently true. We may embrac..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/121121/racism630_18aou3g-18aou3j.jpg?x=292&amp;sig=.cnuqlpBwEPKeis7cdfjUw--" alt="Time to dob in racists - Today Tonight - Yahoo!7 News" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/lifestyle/article/-/15439037/time-to-dob-in-racists/" title="We'd like to think we're not, but the secret is out: Australia is a land of racists. It's embarrassing but apparently true. We may embrac..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Time to dob in racists - Today Tonight - Yahoo!7 News</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">We'd like to think we're not, but the secret is out: Australia is a land of racists. It's embarrassing but apparently true. We may embrac...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mad-mex-in-racist-facebook-scandal/story-e6frg6n6-1226524998106" title="A NATIONAL Mexican restaurant chain has been forced to remove a &amp;#39;&amp;#39;racist&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Facebook post involving a famous Filipino boxe..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/11/27/1226525/036756-mad-mex.jpg" alt="Mexican restaurant Mad Mex in racist Facebook row" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mad-mex-in-racist-facebook-scandal/story-e6frg6n6-1226524998106" title="A NATIONAL Mexican restaurant chain has been forced to remove a &amp;#39;&amp;#39;racist&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Facebook post involving a famous Filipino boxe..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Mexican restaurant Mad Mex in racist Facebook row</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A NATIONAL Mexican restaurant chain has been forced to remove a &amp;#39;&amp;#39;racist&amp;#39;&amp;#39; Facebook post involving a famous Filipino boxe...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2012/11/27/09/32/korean-media-report-racist-attacks-in-australia" title="Aussies accused of &amp;#39;racist violence&amp;#39; in Korean press. By Matthew Henry, ninemsn. 9:32am November 27, 2012. Korean citizens have b..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Aussies accused of &amp;#39;racist violence&amp;#39; in Korean press</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Aussies accused of &amp;#39;racist violence&amp;#39; in Korean press. By Matthew Henry, ninemsn. 9:32am November 27, 2012. Korean citizens have b...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2012/11/202_125637.html" title="Australia must act resolutely to stop similar crime An increasing number of Asians, including Koreans, are falling victim to what appears..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist attacks?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Australia must act resolutely to stop similar crime An increasing number of Asians, including Koreans, are falling victim to what appears...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/sexual-abuse-gore-racism-bullying-rampant-on-australian-school-facebook-pages/story-e6frfro0-1226514669372" title="Sexual abuse, gore, racism, bullying rampant on Australian school Facebook pages. by: Petra Starke and Jessica Marszalek; From: News Limi..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2012/08/16/1226451/858829-facebook.jpg" alt="Sexual abuse, gore, racism, bullying rampant on Australian school Facebook ..." style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/sexual-abuse-gore-racism-bullying-rampant-on-australian-school-facebook-pages/story-e6frfro0-1226514669372" title="Sexual abuse, gore, racism, bullying rampant on Australian school Facebook pages. by: Petra Starke and Jessica Marszalek; From: News Limi..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Sexual abuse, gore, racism, bullying rampant on Australian school Facebook ...</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Sexual abuse, gore, racism, bullying rampant on Australian school Facebook pages. by: Petra Starke and Jessica Marszalek; From: News Limi...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/bystanders-rarely-object-to-racism-expert-20121122-29rkb.html" title="He said a large national survey for the project had found 86 per cent believed racism was a problem in Australia and one in 10 identified..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/11/22/3814877/racist-bus-rant-th.jpg" alt="Bystanders rarely object to racism: expert" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/bystanders-rarely-object-to-racism-expert-20121122-29rkb.html" title="He said a large national survey for the project had found 86 per cent believed racism was a problem in Australia and one in 10 identified..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Bystanders rarely object to racism: expert</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">He said a large national survey for the project had found 86 per cent believed racism was a problem in Australia and one in 10 identified...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.sportlive.co.za/cricket/sa/2012/11/11/racism-furore-overshadows-cricket-in-australia" title="The test series between South Africa and Australia has been overshadowed by racist remarks made by a former Australian player. Sunday Tim..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.sportlive.co.za/incoming/2011/10/10/cricket-bat-and-balls-generic.jpg/ALTERNATES/crop_80x80/Cricket+bat+and+balls+generic.jpg" alt="Racism furore overshadows cricket in Australia" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.sportlive.co.za/cricket/sa/2012/11/11/racism-furore-overshadows-cricket-in-australia" title="The test series between South Africa and Australia has been overshadowed by racist remarks made by a former Australian player. Sunday Tim..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism furore overshadows cricket in Australia</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The test series between South Africa and Australia has been overshadowed by racist remarks made by a former Australian player. Sunday Tim...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/former-australa-test-batsman-greg-ritchie-apologises-for-his-racist-remarks-during-the-gabba-test/story-fn2mcu3x-1226517241605" title="Ritchie used the derogatory term &quot;kaffir&amp;#39;&amp;#39; in an anecdote involving former South Africa and Australia batsman Kepler Wessels..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2012/11/15/1226517/397945-greg-ritchie.jpg" alt="Ritchie sorry for racist slur" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/former-australa-test-batsman-greg-ritchie-apologises-for-his-racist-remarks-during-the-gabba-test/story-fn2mcu3x-1226517241605" title="Ritchie used the derogatory term &quot;kaffir&amp;#39;&amp;#39; in an anecdote involving former South Africa and Australia batsman Kepler Wessels..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Ritchie sorry for racist slur</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Ritchie used the derogatory term "kaffir&amp;#39;&amp;#39; in an anecdote involving former South Africa and Australia batsman Kepler Wessels...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8560691" title="It's the Aussie shopping centre getting an Asian makeover. These shop owners are being forced out to make way for an all-Asian mall." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/img/2012/0711_Asian.jpg" alt="All-Asian Mall" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8560691" title="It's the Aussie shopping centre getting an Asian makeover. These shop owners are being forced out to make way for an all-Asian mall." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">All-Asian Mall</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">It's the Aussie shopping centre getting an Asian makeover. These shop owners are being forced out to make way for an all-Asian mall.</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">We have written a formal complaint to Channel 9 re their biased A Current Affair report. Send your complaint via http://www.freetv.com.au/Content_Common/OnlineComplaintStep1.aspx</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/266774954903752704" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Nov 08 2012 21:31:20</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Swamped-by-xenophobia-thanks-to-A-Current-Affair/" title="I saw something a couple of days ago that made me want to throw a brick through the TV. I'm not normally a violent person, but A Current ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/thumbnails/asian-fruit-THUMB.gif" alt="Swamped by xenophobia, thanks to A Current Affair" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Swamped-by-xenophobia-thanks-to-A-Current-Affair/" title="I saw something a couple of days ago that made me want to throw a brick through the TV. I'm not normally a violent person, but A Current ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Swamped by xenophobia, thanks to A Current Affair</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">I saw something a couple of days ago that made me want to throw a brick through the TV. I'm not normally a violent person, but A Current ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/09/all-asian-mall-aca-beat-up-exposed-by-local-rag/" title="The latest racist beat-up by A Current Affair has been exposed as a fraud by the good work of a local newspaper in Sydney. In one of the ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://media.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/9-11-2012-12-56-46-PM1.jpg" alt="All-Asian mall?! ACA beat-up exposed by local rag -" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/09/all-asian-mall-aca-beat-up-exposed-by-local-rag/" title="The latest racist beat-up by A Current Affair has been exposed as a fraud by the good work of a local newspaper in Sydney. In one of the ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">All-Asian mall?! ACA beat-up exposed by local rag -</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The latest racist beat-up by A Current Affair has been exposed as a fraud by the good work of a local newspaper in Sydney. In one of the ...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Biased and #racist report from A Current Affair backfired on them: http://bit.ly/TcY8iK @crikey_news and http://bit.ly/TcY8iK by @alexcauchi</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/266766746491445250" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Nov 08 2012 20:58:43</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/shattering-the-facade-of-kindness-20121101-28mpv.html" title="Illustration: Andrew Dyson. THE play Something to Declare tells the story of a pregnant asylum seeker who is about to give birth in an Ad..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/09/16/3639735/Waleed_Aly.jpg" alt="Shattering the facade of kindness" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/shattering-the-facade-of-kindness-20121101-28mpv.html" title="Illustration: Andrew Dyson. THE play Something to Declare tells the story of a pregnant asylum seeker who is about to give birth in an Ad..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Shattering the facade of kindness</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Illustration: Andrew Dyson. THE play Something to Declare tells the story of a pregnant asylum seeker who is about to give birth in an Ad...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Focus on international students...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.unitedvoice.org.au/news/international-student-cleaners-hit-rip-offs-racism-report" title="International students working as cleaners in our big shopping centres are being thrown into an ugly culture of racism and are being ripp..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.unitedvoice.org.au/sites/default/files/styles/uv-article-primary/public/UV-4234.jpg" alt="International student cleaners hit by rip-offs &amp; racism: report" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.unitedvoice.org.au/news/international-student-cleaners-hit-rip-offs-racism-report" title="International students working as cleaners in our big shopping centres are being thrown into an ugly culture of racism and are being ripp..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">International student cleaners hit by rip-offs &amp; racism: report</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">International students working as cleaners in our big shopping centres are being thrown into an ugly culture of racism and are being ripp...</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=50aaaaedfaaa67752a0efeef&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-november-2012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-november-2012</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:45:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia - October 2012]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Thu, Nov 01 2012 17:13:33</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.brw.com.au/p/blogs/rebecca_huntley/tackle_racism_to_make_the_asian_2ukviHPNB4diLy1FFLnMSI" title="The Asian Century White Paper is a significant achievement. And yet the roadmap will falter unless the government can talk up our economi..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.brw.com.au/rw/2009-2014/BRW/2012/10/30/Photos/9cc44b58-22c2-11e2-9298-bd4221951e3b_China_Daily_Life_XHG101--646x363.jpg" alt="Tackle racism to make the Asian Century work" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.brw.com.au/p/blogs/rebecca_huntley/tackle_racism_to_make_the_asian_2ukviHPNB4diLy1FFLnMSI" title="The Asian Century White Paper is a significant achievement. And yet the roadmap will falter unless the government can talk up our economi..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Tackle racism to make the Asian Century work</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The Asian Century White Paper is a significant achievement. And yet the roadmap will falter unless the government can talk up our economi...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/bullying-racism-and-sexism-claims-rock-wa-police/story-e6frg13u-1226499966500" title="The present and former staff documented serious allegations stretching over two years, including inappropriate touching, lewd sexual rema..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/10/12/1226164/403588-police-tape-stock.jpg" alt="Bullying, racism and sexism claims rock WA police" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/bullying-racism-and-sexism-claims-rock-wa-police/story-e6frg13u-1226499966500" title="The present and former staff documented serious allegations stretching over two years, including inappropriate touching, lewd sexual rema..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Bullying, racism and sexism claims rock WA police</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The present and former staff documented serious allegations stretching over two years, including inappropriate touching, lewd sexual rema...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/10/24/gp-conference-to-tackle-the-issue-of-racism-in-health-services/" title="Experiences of racism in health services are a significant barrier to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving appropriate ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/files/2012/10/racism-450x199.jpg" alt="GP conference to tackle the issue of racism in health services" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/10/24/gp-conference-to-tackle-the-issue-of-racism-in-health-services/" title="Experiences of racism in health services are a significant barrier to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving appropriate ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">GP conference to tackle the issue of racism in health services</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Experiences of racism in health services are a significant barrier to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving appropriate ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/live-geale-mundine-press-conference/story-e6frg6n6-1226498389523" title="Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world&amp;#39;s most racist countries and wants a new flag and anthem. by: Jamie Pandaram; ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/10/19/1226499/626354-mundine-flag.jpg" alt="Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world&amp;#39;s most racist ..." style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/live-geale-mundine-press-conference/story-e6frg6n6-1226498389523" title="Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world&amp;#39;s most racist countries and wants a new flag and anthem. by: Jamie Pandaram; ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world&amp;#39;s most racist ...</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Anthony Mundine has labelled Australia one of the world&amp;#39;s most racist countries and wants a new flag and anthem. by: Jamie Pandaram; ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/news/racism-its-just-not-white/story-fnepjsb4-1226494390536" title="Be honest, we&amp;#39;ve all laughed at a racist joke. Depending on the circumstance, that can be fine. If it&amp;#39;s in an environment where e..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/10/14/1226166/451733-whisper.jpg" alt="You can&amp;#39;t be racist to a white person ... can you?" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.news.com.au/news/racism-its-just-not-white/story-fnepjsb4-1226494390536" title="Be honest, we&amp;#39;ve all laughed at a racist joke. Depending on the circumstance, that can be fine. If it&amp;#39;s in an environment where e..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">You can&amp;#39;t be racist to a white person ... can you?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Be honest, we&amp;#39;ve all laughed at a racist joke. Depending on the circumstance, that can be fine. If it&amp;#39;s in an environment where e...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://theriskyshift.com/2012/10/racism-in-australian-media/" title="Journalists in Australia need to report news in a fair and objective manner since their behaviours and beliefs influence public opinion. ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://theriskyshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/6914226106_e3979b0cd6_o-300x250.jpg" alt="Racism In Australian Media" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://theriskyshift.com/2012/10/racism-in-australian-media/" title="Journalists in Australia need to report news in a fair and objective manner since their behaviours and beliefs influence public opinion. ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism In Australian Media</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Journalists in Australia need to report news in a fair and objective manner since their behaviours and beliefs influence public opinion. ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/10/16/3611723.htm" title="&quot;It's awesome, all of the cultures come together and we are like one big family, no one is racist to each other,&quot; says Year 11 student, N..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201210/r1019613_11554779.jpg" alt="Afghan girl, 'No one is racist to each other' - ABC South East SA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/10/16/3611723.htm" title="&quot;It's awesome, all of the cultures come together and we are like one big family, no one is racist to each other,&quot; says Year 11 student, N..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Afghan girl, 'No one is racist to each other' - ABC South East SA - Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">"It's awesome, all of the cultures come together and we are like one big family, no one is racist to each other," says Year 11 student, N...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NvwYrOtjqGk?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Anti-Islamic comments on Facebook, ADF to investigate</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/fullworldnews" style="color: #429ec6;">fullworldnews</a></div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Racism is not just a problem for overseas students. It affects the rest of us too. #ABCBreakfast #auspol</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/senthorun" style="color: #429ec6;">Senthorun Raj</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/senthorun/status/253965071787626496" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Oct 04 2012 14:09:26</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/07/aborigines-film-music-the-sapphires?newsfeed=true" title="The film reflects contemporary anger with the Vietnam war and portrays the racism the singers encountered. Australian singing star Jessic..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="https://static-secure.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2012/10/6/1349534844390/A-scene-from-the-Australi-004.jpg" alt="How Aboriginal &amp;#39;Supremes&amp;#39; beat racism to inspire box office hit" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/07/aborigines-film-music-the-sapphires?newsfeed=true" title="The film reflects contemporary anger with the Vietnam war and portrays the racism the singers encountered. Australian singing star Jessic..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">How Aboriginal &amp;#39;Supremes&amp;#39; beat racism to inspire box office hit</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The film reflects contemporary anger with the Vietnam war and portrays the racism the singers encountered. Australian singing star Jessic...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://mumbrella.com.au/mambo-australia-asylum-seekers-want-to-come-to-australia-for-the-sunbathing-120176" title="Dr Mumbo is not entirely sure that Mambo Australia really has a sense of the difference between good taste and remarkably poor taste when..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://cdn0.mumbrella.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-04-at-1.53.31-PM.png" alt="Mambo Australia: Asylum seekers want to come to Australia for the sunbathing - mUmBRELLA" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://mumbrella.com.au/mambo-australia-asylum-seekers-want-to-come-to-australia-for-the-sunbathing-120176" title="Dr Mumbo is not entirely sure that Mambo Australia really has a sense of the difference between good taste and remarkably poor taste when..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Mambo Australia: Asylum seekers want to come to Australia for the sunbathing - mUmBRELLA</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Dr Mumbo is not entirely sure that Mambo Australia really has a sense of the difference between good taste and remarkably poor taste when...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/jews-aborigines-unite-to-fight-racism/27834" title="The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and Aboriginal Medical Service have lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Human ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Peter-Wertheim.jpg" alt="Jews, Aborigines unite to fight racism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/jews-aborigines-unite-to-fight-racism/27834" title="The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and Aboriginal Medical Service have lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Human ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Jews, Aborigines unite to fight racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and Aboriginal Medical Service have lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Human ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/fighting-for-justice-when-your-skins-black-20121003-26zmb.html" title="Illustration: John Spooner ARTHUR Murray died the other day. I turned to Google Australia for tributes, and there was a 1991 obituary of ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/10/03/3685402/DB-20121003191936205866.jpg" alt="Fighting for justice when your skin's black" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/fighting-for-justice-when-your-skins-black-20121003-26zmb.html" title="Illustration: John Spooner ARTHUR Murray died the other day. I turned to Google Australia for tributes, and there was a 1991 obituary of ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Fighting for justice when your skin's black</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Illustration: John Spooner ARTHUR Murray died the other day. I turned to Google Australia for tributes, and there was a 1991 obituary of ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://ow.ly/ecJRE" title="B'NAI B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Anton Block has condemned the daubing of swastikas on Parliament House earlier this week..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.jewishnews.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/swastika-parliament-house-1.jpg" alt="Swastikas daubed on Parliament House | The Australian Jewish News" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://ow.ly/ecJRE" title="B'NAI B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Anton Block has condemned the daubing of swastikas on Parliament House earlier this week..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Swastikas daubed on Parliament House | The Australian Jewish News</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">B'NAI B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Anton Block has condemned the daubing of swastikas on Parliament House earlier this week...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/shelving-of-referendum-will-preserve-our-racist-constitution-20120925-26jmg.html" title="It is incredibly hard to change the Australian constitution. Last week the federal government shelved for at least three years plans for ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.canberratimes.com.au/2012/09/26/3664877/dm-wide-constitution-20120926010731262688.jpg" alt="Shelving of referendum will preserve our racist constitution" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/shelving-of-referendum-will-preserve-our-racist-constitution-20120925-26jmg.html" title="It is incredibly hard to change the Australian constitution. Last week the federal government shelved for at least three years plans for ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Shelving of referendum will preserve our racist constitution</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">It is incredibly hard to change the Australian constitution. Last week the federal government shelved for at least three years plans for ...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Anti-racism initiatives and research...</h2></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Want to take part in a two-week diary study about racism and receive a $100 voucher? Email... http://fb.me/10z53aWcn</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ChallengeRacism" style="color: #429ec6;">Challenging Racism</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ChallengeRacism/status/263119020025319424" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Oct 29 2012 20:23:57</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Scanlon Social Cohesion Survey released today finds 12% of Aussies have been racially discriminated in past 12 mths http://bit.ly/Y0Q33e</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ItStopsWithMe" style="color: #429ec6;">Racism.ItStopsWithMe</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ItStopsWithMe/status/261620696717852672" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Oct 25 2012 17:10:09</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://bit.ly/Y0Q33e" title="Mapping Social Cohesion 2011 report" class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mapping-population/--images/mapping-social-cohesion-neighbourhoods-report-2012-cover.jpg" alt="Mapping Social Cohesion 2012: The Scanlon Foundation Surveys National Report and Neighbourhoods Report, Arts, Monash University" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/Y0Q33e" title="Mapping Social Cohesion 2011 report" class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Mapping Social Cohesion 2012: The Scanlon Foundation Surveys National Report and Neighbourhoods Report, Arts, Monash University</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Mapping Social Cohesion 2011 report</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=50930cdaaaddd8d1478adb81&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-october-2012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-october-2012</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:13:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia - September 2012]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Mon, Oct 01 2012 19:16:51</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/shelving-of-referendum-will-preserve-our-racist-constitution-20120925-26jmg.html" title="It is incredibly hard to change the Australian constitution. Last week the federal government shelved for at least three years plans for ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.canberratimes.com.au/2012/09/26/3664877/dm-wide-constitution-20120926010731262688.jpg" alt="Shelving of referendum will preserve our racist constitution" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/shelving-of-referendum-will-preserve-our-racist-constitution-20120925-26jmg.html" title="It is incredibly hard to change the Australian constitution. Last week the federal government shelved for at least three years plans for ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Shelving of referendum will preserve our racist constitution</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">It is incredibly hard to change the Australian constitution. Last week the federal government shelved for at least three years plans for ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/is-it-because-he-is-brown-20120926-26lfy.html" title="Chris Brown ... pleaded guilty to felony assault in 2009. Photo: Reuters If you were to take the entertainment media as gospel - and many..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2012/09/26/3667121/art-353-528550487.jpg" alt="Is it because he is Brown?" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/is-it-because-he-is-brown-20120926-26lfy.html" title="Chris Brown ... pleaded guilty to felony assault in 2009. Photo: Reuters If you were to take the entertainment media as gospel - and many..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Is it because he is Brown?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Chris Brown ... pleaded guilty to felony assault in 2009. Photo: Reuters If you were to take the entertainment media as gospel - and many...</div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/leofieldgrass/status/250873890434347009" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://api.plixi.com/api/tpapi.svc/imagefromurl?size=medium&amp;url=http://lockerz.com/s/247810939" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>@mX @alltognow A black man afraid of racist threats is using "ali g defence"?  Dumb and offensive, mX http://lockerz.com/s/247810939</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/leofieldgrass" style="color: #429ec6;">Leo Fieldgrass</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/8683" title="Australia's Channel 7 network has been found guilty by the press regulator of serious violations of the broadcasting code, after screenin..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://assets.survivalinternational.org/pictures/1960/channel-7_news_medium.jpg" alt="Guilty: Australia's Channel 7 censured over 'racist' infanticide report" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/8683" title="Australia's Channel 7 network has been found guilty by the press regulator of serious violations of the broadcasting code, after screenin..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Guilty: Australia's Channel 7 censured over 'racist' infanticide report</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Australia's Channel 7 network has been found guilty by the press regulator of serious violations of the broadcasting code, after screenin...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://bit.ly/QyYRHW" title="Welcome return: Sunshine Heights Western Tigers with players from Keon Park. Photo: Supplied They were set to walk away from the game the..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/09/07/3617054/keon-wide.jpg" alt="Soccer team bounces back after racism brawl" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/QyYRHW" title="Welcome return: Sunshine Heights Western Tigers with players from Keon Park. Photo: Supplied They were set to walk away from the game the..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Soccer team bounces back after racism brawl</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Welcome return: Sunshine Heights Western Tigers with players from Keon Park. Photo: Supplied They were set to walk away from the game the...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">it's fascinating how Frank Lowry's multiculturalism speech has been interpreted, differs across news outlets according to interests/audience</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/alltognow/status/248610638081957891" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Sep 19 2012 19:32:49</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-19/frank-lowy-multicultural-address/4270830" title="Updated September 20, 2012 12:39:31 Billionaire businessman Frank Lowy says Australian multiculturalism has been a &quot;triumph in tolerance&quot;..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4270854-16x9-700x394.jpg" alt="Lowy hails multiculturalism in wake of protests - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-19/frank-lowy-multicultural-address/4270830" title="Updated September 20, 2012 12:39:31 Billionaire businessman Frank Lowy says Australian multiculturalism has been a &quot;triumph in tolerance&quot;..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Lowy hails multiculturalism in wake of protests - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Updated September 20, 2012 12:39:31 Billionaire businessman Frank Lowy says Australian multiculturalism has been a "triumph in tolerance"...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Is confused about australia and its racism...do the media blow it out of proportion that is creates a misleading perception?</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/JessGennusa" style="color: #429ec6;">JessGennusa</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/JessGennusa/status/247827252514013184" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Mon, Sep 17 2012 15:39:56</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Of course the front page of the Herald Sun is fuelling uneducated bogan racism.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/EarlofEltham" style="color: #429ec6;">Nicholas Plummer</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/EarlofEltham/status/247455344987611139" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Sep 16 2012 15:02:06</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://ow.ly/1OvB5M" title="AUSTRALIA'S Race Discrimination Commissioner wants an urgent national summit to address the harm being caused by hateful and racist comme..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/09/18/1226476/740022-helen-szoke.jpg" alt="Social media on trial over racism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://ow.ly/1OvB5M" title="AUSTRALIA'S Race Discrimination Commissioner wants an urgent national summit to address the harm being caused by hateful and racist comme..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Social media on trial over racism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">AUSTRALIA'S Race Discrimination Commissioner wants an urgent national summit to address the harm being caused by hateful and racist comme...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ray-stevens-jihad-jackie-remark-about-mp-jackie-trad-sparks-parliament-racism-claim/story-e6freoof-1226472138467" title="PREMIER Campbell Newman yesterday accused Opposition environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad of having a glass jaw after Leader of the House ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/05/17/1226359/362648-jackie-trad-maiden-speech.jpg" alt="Ray Stevens' 'Jihad' remark about Jackie Trad sparks Queensland Parliament racism claim" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ray-stevens-jihad-jackie-remark-about-mp-jackie-trad-sparks-parliament-racism-claim/story-e6freoof-1226472138467" title="PREMIER Campbell Newman yesterday accused Opposition environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad of having a glass jaw after Leader of the House ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Ray Stevens' 'Jihad' remark about Jackie Trad sparks Queensland Parliament racism claim</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">PREMIER Campbell Newman yesterday accused Opposition environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad of having a glass jaw after Leader of the House ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://bit.ly/ODQPTa" title="Calls are intensifying in Victoria for an independent body to investigate serious claims of racism by the state's police force - particul..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/web/images/census/census_banner_300x315.jpg" alt="Cops under fire over African youth crime claims | Audio News &amp; Podcast | SBS World News" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/ODQPTa" title="Calls are intensifying in Victoria for an independent body to investigate serious claims of racism by the state's police force - particul..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Cops under fire over African youth crime claims | Audio News &amp; Podcast | SBS World News</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Calls are intensifying in Victoria for an independent body to investigate serious claims of racism by the state's police force - particul...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Sydney protests...</h2></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://bit.ly/UXa8qI" title="It quickly became clear during the days following the recent Sydney protests that a small group of Muslims perpetrated the violent behavi..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/images/olo_fb_likes.png" alt="Public discourse debased through infeartainment - On Line Opinion - 27/9/2012" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/UXa8qI" title="It quickly became clear during the days following the recent Sydney protests that a small group of Muslims perpetrated the violent behavi..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Public discourse debased through infeartainment - On Line Opinion - 27/9/2012</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">It quickly became clear during the days following the recent Sydney protests that a small group of Muslims perpetrated the violent behavi...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@DiversityAus @alltognow wouldn't it be a joy to see our values statement on a front page for all to inhale.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/officialimogen" style="color: #429ec6;">imogen bailey</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/officialimogen/status/251109574130683904" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Sep 26 2012 17:02:42</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">RT @alltognow: Who's responsibility is it to ensure multiculturalism cont to be successful in Aust? http://bit.ly/UXa8qI All of us together!</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/Rod_Hysted" style="color: #429ec6;">Rod_Hysted</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Rod_Hysted/status/251115194934239233" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Sep 26 2012 17:25:02</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">'Infeartainment' I have looking for a word to describe the racist dross of tabloid TV for ages @textureclash @alltognow http://bit.ly/UXa8qI</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/JLarmourReid" style="color: #429ec6;">James Larmour-Reid</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/JLarmourReid/status/251091298726080512" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Sep 26 2012 15:50:05</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">A thought provoking piece from @alltognow on the role of media in promoting multiculturalism. Infeartainment? http://bit.ly/UXa8qI</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/HuddleNMFC" style="color: #429ec6;">The Huddle</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/HuddleNMFC/status/251086613403271168" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Sep 26 2012 15:31:28</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://muslimvillage.com/2012/09/18/28733/statement-muslim-leaders-respond-to-saturdays-incident-in-sydney" title="Several Muslim representatives and religious leaders met again last night to discuss the events that occurred on Saturday in Sydney. This..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-Shot-2012-09-18-at-1.23.43-PM-300x165.png" alt="Statement: Muslim leaders respond to Saturday's incident in Sydney - MuslimVillage.com" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://muslimvillage.com/2012/09/18/28733/statement-muslim-leaders-respond-to-saturdays-incident-in-sydney" title="Several Muslim representatives and religious leaders met again last night to discuss the events that occurred on Saturday in Sydney. This..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Statement: Muslim leaders respond to Saturday's incident in Sydney - MuslimVillage.com</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Several Muslim representatives and religious leaders met again last night to discuss the events that occurred on Saturday in Sydney. This...</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=50483b25b3664819681893e5&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-september-2012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-september-2012</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:16:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia - August 2012]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Wed, Sep 05 2012 22:44:31</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZYNO47zluIA?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>National Press Club: Helen Szoke</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/newsonabc" style="color: #429ec6;">newsonabc</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/dealjournalaustralia/2012/08/30/australian-supermarket-job-ad-stirs-racism-debate/" title="A job advert for one of Australia&amp;#39;s largest supermarket chains specifying “no Indians or Asians… please” that hit the headlines this ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-UC043_milk_A_20120808052048.jpg" alt="Australian Supermarket Job Ad Stirs Racism Debate" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/dealjournalaustralia/2012/08/30/australian-supermarket-job-ad-stirs-racism-debate/" title="A job advert for one of Australia&amp;#39;s largest supermarket chains specifying “no Indians or Asians… please” that hit the headlines this ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Australian Supermarket Job Ad Stirs Racism Debate</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">A job advert for one of Australia&amp;#39;s largest supermarket chains specifying “no Indians or Asians… please” that hit the headlines this ...</div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/pamkaur23/status/240703835121778688" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://p.twimg.com/A1cm3NzCAAAwDJl.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>racism @ http://pic.twitter.com/pGCqGuZL</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/pamkaur23" style="color: #429ec6;">pamkaur</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/racist-outbreaks-threat-to-australias-brand-20120823-24p0g.html" title="Australia&amp;#39;s race discrimination commissioner says the nation&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;&amp;#39;brand&amp;#39;&amp;#39; has at times been maligned by outbreaks ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2012/08/23/3578612/art-353-szoke.jpg" alt="Racist outbreaks threat to Australia&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;brand&amp;#39;" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/racist-outbreaks-threat-to-australias-brand-20120823-24p0g.html" title="Australia&amp;#39;s race discrimination commissioner says the nation&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;&amp;#39;brand&amp;#39;&amp;#39; has at times been maligned by outbreaks ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist outbreaks threat to Australia&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;brand&amp;#39;</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Australia&amp;#39;s race discrimination commissioner says the nation&amp;#39;s &amp;#39;&amp;#39;brand&amp;#39;&amp;#39; has at times been maligned by outbreaks ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.madisonmag.com.au/blogs/are-australians-racist.htm" title="Madisonmag.com.au is the website for madison Magazine - a magazine with intelligent news and features, real women, beautiful fashion insp..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.madisonmag.com.au/assets/images/articles/blog/3343_racism-forum-sydney-120601-l-reconciliation-nsw_1.jpg" alt="Are Australians racist?" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.madisonmag.com.au/blogs/are-australians-racist.htm" title="Madisonmag.com.au is the website for madison Magazine - a magazine with intelligent news and features, real women, beautiful fashion insp..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Are Australians racist?</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Madisonmag.com.au is the website for madison Magazine - a magazine with intelligent news and features, real women, beautiful fashion insp...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14670268/racist-email-sparks-inquiry/" title="&quot;People working in the Department of Immigration, which makes decisions about people&amp;#39;s status in Australia, refugees or otherwis..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/ao/hp/pics/westlogo1.jpg" alt="Racist email sparks inquiry" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14670268/racist-email-sparks-inquiry/" title="&quot;People working in the Department of Immigration, which makes decisions about people&amp;#39;s status in Australia, refugees or otherwis..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Racist email sparks inquiry</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">"People working in the Department of Immigration, which makes decisions about people&amp;#39;s status in Australia, refugees or otherwis...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LhAKfx2gt_o?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Racist memes spark calls for online ombudsman</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/worldnewsaustralia" style="color: #429ec6;">worldnewsaustralia</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/bondi-cafe-broken-into-daubed-with-racist-graffiti-20120813-244jt.html" title="Do you know more? Email us, message us on Twitter @smh or text 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764) with information and images. Racially charg..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2011/08/09/2545355/facebook-thumb-smh.png" alt="Bondi cafe broken into, daubed with racist graffiti" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/bondi-cafe-broken-into-daubed-with-racist-graffiti-20120813-244jt.html" title="Do you know more? Email us, message us on Twitter @smh or text 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764) with information and images. Racially charg..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Bondi cafe broken into, daubed with racist graffiti</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Do you know more? Email us, message us on Twitter @smh or text 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764) with information and images. Racially charg...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-hero-too-many-of-us-still-dont-know-20120813-244vg.html" title="Many more Olympic heroes were made in London but in Australia - a nation that reveres sporting heroes - mine remains all but forgotten. A..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/08/14/3553135/norman7292.jpg" alt="The hero too many of us still don't know" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-hero-too-many-of-us-still-dont-know-20120813-244vg.html" title="Many more Olympic heroes were made in London but in Australia - a nation that reveres sporting heroes - mine remains all but forgotten. A..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">The hero too many of us still don't know</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Many more Olympic heroes were made in London but in Australia - a nation that reveres sporting heroes - mine remains all but forgotten. A...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/assanges-mother-subjected-to-nazi-taunts-20120819-24g2f.html" title="Julian Assange's mother has hung up the phone on a Melbourne radio host after he taunted her with a Nazi slogan when she backed out of an..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2011/08/09/2545355/facebook-thumb-smh.png" alt="Assange's mother subjected to Nazi taunts" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/assanges-mother-subjected-to-nazi-taunts-20120819-24g2f.html" title="Julian Assange's mother has hung up the phone on a Melbourne radio host after he taunted her with a Nazi slogan when she backed out of an..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Assange's mother subjected to Nazi taunts</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Julian Assange's mother has hung up the phone on a Melbourne radio host after he taunted her with a Nazi slogan when she backed out of an...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/fraser-condemns-racism-of-refugee-report-20120814-246us.html" title="FORMER Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says recommendations in the Houston report are &amp;#39;&amp;#39;racist&amp;#39;&amp;#39; and in some ways worse tha..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/08/14/3554795/art-fraser.jpg" alt="Fraser condemns &amp;#39;racism&amp;#39; of refugee report" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/fraser-condemns-racism-of-refugee-report-20120814-246us.html" title="FORMER Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says recommendations in the Houston report are &amp;#39;&amp;#39;racist&amp;#39;&amp;#39; and in some ways worse tha..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Fraser condemns &amp;#39;racism&amp;#39; of refugee report</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">FORMER Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says recommendations in the Houston report are &amp;#39;&amp;#39;racist&amp;#39;&amp;#39; and in some ways worse tha...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yM6PRTqNEis?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Is Australia a racist country?</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/sunriseon7" style="color: #429ec6;">sunriseon7</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/abbotts-race-move-draws-criticism-20120806-23qk8.html" title="The Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner insists there must be a mechanism to resolve claims of vilification, after the Coalition vow..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.canberratimes.com.au/2011/11/28/2802353/facebook-thumb-canberratimes.png" alt="Abbott's race move draws criticism" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/abbotts-race-move-draws-criticism-20120806-23qk8.html" title="The Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner insists there must be a mechanism to resolve claims of vilification, after the Coalition vow..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Abbott's race move draws criticism</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner insists there must be a mechanism to resolve claims of vilification, after the Coalition vow...</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_t2pPRTyvwk?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Abbott's "Bolt" amendment to race laws; Mates protecting mates? ABC Lateline 6 August 2012</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/michaeldanby" style="color: #429ec6;">michaeldanby</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/licensing-hate-the-possible-consequences-of-abbotts-racial-vilification-changes-8680" title="As politics heightens in the decreasing count down to the 2013 Federal election, the opposition is laying its cards on the table. Always ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/13935/width668/3t4hr6b2-1344289301.jpg" alt="Licensing hate: the possible consequences of Abbott's racial vilification changes" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/licensing-hate-the-possible-consequences-of-abbotts-racial-vilification-changes-8680" title="As politics heightens in the decreasing count down to the 2013 Federal election, the opposition is laying its cards on the table. Always ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Licensing hate: the possible consequences of Abbott's racial vilification changes</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">As politics heightens in the decreasing count down to the 2013 Federal election, the opposition is laying its cards on the table. Always ...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>"Racism. It Stops With Me."</h2></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N_s6Z0uP3ek?wmode=transparent&amp;showinfo=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Racism. It Stops With Me. extended video</span> · 
<a href="http://youtube.com/australianhrc" style="color: #429ec6;">australianhrc</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://ow.ly/dc1Ld" title="Dr Helen Szoke Race Discrimination Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Friday 24th August 2012, Melbourne I would like to beg..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.humanrights.gov.au/images/site/logo.gif" alt="Launch of the National Anti Racism Strategy (2012)" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://ow.ly/dc1Ld" title="Dr Helen Szoke Race Discrimination Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Friday 24th August 2012, Melbourne I would like to beg..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Launch of the National Anti Racism Strategy (2012)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Dr Helen Szoke Race Discrimination Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Friday 24th August 2012, Melbourne I would like to beg...</div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/KateLundy/status/238838509140586496" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://pbs.twimg.com/media/A1CGW9CCMAALIQ8.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>With Dr Helen Szoke, race discrimination Commissioner and Attorney General Nicola Roxon at the Launch.... http://pic.twitter.com/eonD7V5r</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/KateLundy" style="color: #429ec6;">Kate Lundy</a></div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=5029c21803f5de9c630b7750&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Falltognow" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-august-2012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/alltognow/racism-in-australia-august-2012</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[All Together Now]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:44:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism in Australia - July 2012]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/alltognow" style="color: #429ec6;">All Together Now</a> · 
<span>Thu, Aug 02 2012 18:06:17</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media...</h2></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Hey @channel9 it would be awesome if you could cover the Olympics without the casual racism every now and again.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/natscanner" style="color: #429ec6;">Nat Scan</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/natscanner/status/229586198002270209" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Sun, Jul 29 2012 07:36:29</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-25/the-project-derogatory-to-aborigines/4153098" title="Updated July 25, 2012 13:05:45 A regional mayor is demanding an apology from Channel Ten over what she says was a derogatory comment refe..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/420342-3x2-340x227.jpg" alt="Apology demanded from Channel Ten over alleged racism - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-25/the-project-derogatory-to-aborigines/4153098" title="Updated July 25, 2012 13:05:45 A regional mayor is demanding an apology from Channel Ten over what she says was a derogatory comment refe..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Apology demanded from Channel Ten over alleged racism - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Updated July 25, 2012 13:05:45 A regional mayor is demanding an apology from Channel Ten over what she says was a derogatory comment refe...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/getting-to-know-you--20120727-22z2w.html" title="Meadow Heights principal Kevin Pope oversees students from 42 ethnic groups. KEVIN Pope sees a big difference between tolerating differen..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.smh.com.au/2012/07/27/3498052/zzzzrace2.jpg" alt="Getting to know you ..." style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/getting-to-know-you--20120727-22z2w.html" title="Meadow Heights principal Kevin Pope oversees students from 42 ethnic groups. KEVIN Pope sees a big difference between tolerating differen..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Getting to know you ...</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Meadow Heights principal Kevin Pope oversees students from 42 ethnic groups. KEVIN Pope sees a big difference between tolerating differen...</div></div><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Squato/status/229487913472233473" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://p.twimg.com/Ay9OCptCEAAvRlh.png" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>Hey @ninemsn A fried Rice gag, really? The 1950's called, they want their racism back. http://pic.twitter.com/yBAhQ5Dc</span> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Squato" style="color: #429ec6;">Squato</a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/tertiary-education/rate-the-states-in-fight-against-racism-report-20120716-226js.html" title="AUSTRALIA&amp;#39;S states should be rated for the support they give foreign students to head off crises like the wave of violent attacks on ..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.theage.com.au/2012/07/17/3461436/univeristy-students.jpg" alt="Rate the states in fight against racism: report" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/tertiary-education/rate-the-states-in-fight-against-racism-report-20120716-226js.html" title="AUSTRALIA&amp;#39;S states should be rated for the support they give foreign students to head off crises like the wave of violent attacks on ..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Rate the states in fight against racism: report</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">AUSTRALIA&amp;#39;S states should be rated for the support they give foreign students to head off crises like the wave of violent attacks on ...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://bit.ly/NHaRuk" title="19 July 2012 'Hottest refugee' search is cheap, nasty and revealing My gut instinct revulsion to Zoo Weekly's search for Australia's &quot;hot..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4140238-16x9-340x191.jpg" alt="'Hottest refugee' search is cheap, nasty and revealing - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/NHaRuk" title="19 July 2012 'Hottest refugee' search is cheap, nasty and revealing My gut instinct revulsion to Zoo Weekly's search for Australia's &quot;hot..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">'Hottest refugee' search is cheap, nasty and revealing - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">19 July 2012 'Hottest refugee' search is cheap, nasty and revealing My gut instinct revulsion to Zoo Weekly's search for Australia's "hot...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">@welcome2aussie @alltognow our Ethnic Broadcaster journal talks about racial vilification in the #media: http://www.nembc.org.au/info_pages_nembc.php/pages_id/87</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/nembc_official" style="color: #429ec6;">NEMBC</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/nembc_official/status/223673147864514562" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Fri, Jul 13 2012 00:00:08</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/racist-mosque-pamphlet-probed-20120629-218ma.html" title="The ACT government will refer a pamphlet opposing the construction of a mosque in Gungahlin to the Human Rights Commission for investigat..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.canberratimes.com.au/2011/11/28/2802353/facebook-thumb-canberratimes.png" alt="&amp;#39;Racist&amp;#39; mosque pamphlet probed" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/racist-mosque-pamphlet-probed-20120629-218ma.html" title="The ACT government will refer a pamphlet opposing the construction of a mosque in Gungahlin to the Human Rights Commission for investigat..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">&amp;#39;Racist&amp;#39; mosque pamphlet probed</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">The ACT government will refer a pamphlet opposing the construction of a mosque in Gungahlin to the Human Rights Commission for investigat...</div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><h2>Celebrating NAIDOC week</h2></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Being on @twitter has greatly increased my awareness and celebration of #NAIDOC day, this is awesome</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/blue_bec" style="color: #429ec6;">Rebecca</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/blue_bec/status/221042284832104448" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 17:46:02</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Congratulations @Telstra #NAIDOC, publicly acknowledging country &amp; mob in every store, the foundation of #Australiandiversity @TroyRoderick</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/nareenyoung" style="color: #429ec6;">Nareen Young</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/nareenyoung/status/221043017128222720" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 17:48:56</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Happy NAIDOC Day ! Did you know you can borrow a Wiradjuri dictionary from the library? #NAIDOC http://fb.me/1QUwORZon</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/WaggaLibrary" style="color: #429ec6;">Wagga City Library</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/WaggaLibrary/status/221023736785158144" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 16:32:19</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/but-youre-too-pretty-to-be-aboriginal-20120706-21kro.html" title="Rachel Visser, Miss NAIDOC Perth 2012 Photo: via Miss NAIDOC Perth When I was at University for the first time, I remember some bloke tel..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://images.dailylife.com.au/2012/07/05/3430968/MissNAIDOC_perth_narrow.jpg" alt="'But you're too pretty to be Aboriginal...'" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/but-youre-too-pretty-to-be-aboriginal-20120706-21kro.html" title="Rachel Visser, Miss NAIDOC Perth 2012 Photo: via Miss NAIDOC Perth When I was at University for the first time, I remember some bloke tel..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">'But you're too pretty to be Aboriginal...'</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Rachel Visser, Miss NAIDOC Perth 2012 Photo: via Miss NAIDOC Perth When I was at University for the first time, I remember some bloke tel...</div></div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Happy #NAIDOC everyone I here there's alot goin on today so get down to where ever it is and enjoy!!!</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/jessicamauboy" style="color: #429ec6;">Jessica Mauboy</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/jessicamauboy/status/221021522142310400" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 16:23:31</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Good Luck to all the #NAIDOC Award nominees for 2012! #IndigenousX</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/indigenous_gov" style="color: #429ec6;">Closing the Gap</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/indigenous_gov/status/220999488041525249" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 14:55:58</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Happy #NAIDOC day you mob!! #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC #NAIDOC</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ren_1" style="color: #429ec6;">Renoriginal</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ren_1/status/221019019505967105" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 16:13:35</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Happy #NAIDOC Australians celebrate by RTing the #NAIDOC tag, finding an event at http://www.naidoc.org.au/ and by not-being-a-dick!</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/HelenRazer" style="color: #429ec6;">Helen Razer</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/HelenRazer/status/221013752756187136" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Thu, Jul 05 2012 15:52:39</a></div></blockquote><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">How awesome would it be if the July 2013 edition of @WomensWeeklyMag featured 6 successful Indigenous women on their cover? #NAIDOC</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/leesawatego" style="color: #429ec6;">Leesa Watego</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/leesawatego/status/220359222435651584" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Jul 03 2012 20:31:47</a></div></blockquote><div class="element image" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;"><a href="http://twitter.com/EmMaguire/status/220378577785462784" style="color: #429ec6;"><img src="http://p.twimg.com/Aw7xJh1CIAA0HQL.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></a><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;"><span>LOVE @abcopen's Dreambox. I could spend all arvo on here. #NAIDOC. http://open.abc.net.au/projects/dreambox-41gz2pv#/discover (h/t @jevoislafemme) http://pic.twitter.com/WrYUmFS7</span> · 
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