The race discrimination commissioner says minority groups are anxious about debate amid the rise of populism in western democraciesAustralia’s race discrimination commissioner,Tim Soutphommasane, will warn the federal parliament against watering down section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, and arguing now is an “particularly dangerous time” to contemplate removing protections from despise speech.
In a speech to be delivered to the University of Adelaide law school on Thursday,Soutphommasane will argue many minority communities are acutely anxious about having a debate about the act when the domestic and global political climate was so challenging. Related: Closing the gap is a dramatic policy failure, as well as a moral one | Paul Daley Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com