#WOC writes thread on White people derailing antiracism discussions. What does a White man do, multiple times?https://twitter.com/Max_TO/status/874457541715120130 …
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1/2 Also common in Australia to say "at least we're not as bad as the USA" AUS was founded on genocide, segregation, Indigenous disposession
2/2 Official multiculturalism policy was called the White Australia policy. Racism remains rampant. USA is false benchmark of "bad" racism
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Agree - we just own it more than other settler colonialists states since it is embedded in our constitution.....
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Australia is unusual; don't have Treaty with Indigenous people. Don't talk about, nor collect data on, race. But race has impact (of course)
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That is interesting, especially round data collection. Lack of data allows systems to maintain themselves
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1/2 Yes! It limits anti-racism consciousness. Census data are on ancestry. People concede *cultural* differences; "can't we just get along?"
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2/2 Ancestry maintains Anglo-Celtic dominance ("we're 6th generation") which then subsumes Indigenous sovereignty & obscures impact of race.
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This is how White male politician objected to being called "White" whilst he was attempting to abolish sections of Racial Discriminaton Act
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That is what colorblind philosophy looks like as a state lens. So POC and indigenous folks will always be seen/not seen.
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Exactly. Affirms White people as arbitrators of race (who is/isn't considered Black, "ethnic," "just Australian") & thus bolsters Whiteness.
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