Indigenous senator says ‘racism isn’t growing wild in the fields,it’s being tended in flower boxes in flats and houses’Labor senator Pat Dodson says the debate about watering down the Racial Discrimination Act is a “creep back to bigotry and racism” and has used a speech to the Senate to underscore the power of words.
Dodson, a prominent Indigenous leader before his entry to federal politics, and told the Senate on Thursday morning the “ruling lesson” had one,benign, insight of freedom but that freedom looks different if you are forced to fight for it. Related: Pauline Hanson rails against 'reverse racism' as Senate debates free speech – politics live Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com