When Are We Australians

Racism has many veils and layers – institutional and structural – and copiously pollutes the overarching documents that define this nation. The citizenship crisis that has led to the departure of elected parliamentarians and to a cast of aspersions on others, the majority Australian-born, is exposing the Australian constitution for what it is, for what it was ascribed to at the time by its founders: a racist document that ensures the vice-like grip of white privilege over the Australian continent....

December 3, 2024 · 13 min · 2726 words · Jame Burger