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"In early 20th century Australia, Indigenous people were denied citizenship and
the nation had a racially exclusive immigration policy. Most people not only
accepted the “White Australia” policy but openly identified with its assumption
of white supremacy. Popular culture was replete with overtly racist terms and
images.
Even after World War II, as Australians began to focus on their region and
nearby colonies threw off their imperial rulers, acceptance of “White
Australia” continued for many.
Yet from the late 1940s, some Australians began to question the racial
inequality on which colonialism relied. By 1975, when the Whitlam government
passed the
Racial Discrimination Act, racially exclusive immigration had been
jettisoned and First Nations people had legal equality, albeit not parity.
Such a profound shift in popular consensus did not occur spontaneously. Here
are ten key Australians who prodded the country to question its own thinking on
race."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
