The fracas in the wake of comments by Marcia Langton suggests a necessary conversation – led by people with lived experience – is still out of bounds
But talking about racism makes people uncomfortable. When the subject gets broached, an unsettling dynamic can ensue. People can appear more outraged by accusations of racism than about racism itself.
So we end up in the ludicrous situation where the only politically acceptable way to combat racism at a structural level involves never expressing frustration about racism just in case someone weaponises community discomfort about racism against the group experiencing it. Two vignettes from the week illustrate this phenomenon. Langton was howled down in the bearpit of the House of Representatives and across much of the political media complex for sharing a visceral personal perspective about racism. Meanwhile at the National Press Club the shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price,– that Indigenous people had not suffered harsh consequences as consequence of British colonisation. Price was given a standing ovation in the room.
Langton was perfectly within her rights to posit that some Australians who are resolved to vote no on 14 October will do so because they harbour racist views, or are being influenced by a toxic sludge of negative messaging.
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