Stan Grant, high-profile Indigenous journalist, is “stepping away” from his role at Australia’s public broadcaster, citing “vile” and “relentless” racism he and his family experienced since critical remarks about the British monarchy’s role in colonialism.
, calling for the date to be changed out of sensitivity and for an improvement in the racism and disadvantages Indigenous people face.“In the name of the crown my people were segregated on missions and reserves,” Grant wrote. “Police wearing the seal of the crown took children from their families. Under the crown our people were massacred.”, a newspaper owned by the Murdoch family’s News Corp.
“Before I started my first role with the ABC back in 2018, almost every non-white person who had worked at the organization advised me against taking a job there,” he wrote in an. “They cited story after story of overt racism from colleagues, managers and the audience.”
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