Indeed, the conflation of multiculturalism with Indigenous concerns is a clear
example of this kind of racism, where the former launders the dispossession
of the latter. — submission from Prof Chelsea Watego and Dr David Singh, NARF
project, May 2021 – April 2022
Following the lead of these activists, we are not seeking to be included in
projects to build ‘tolerance’ or ‘social cohesion’ that simultaneously ignore this
war raging all around us. If institutions continue to launder state violence
using the polite language of diversity and inclusion, their ‘anti-racist strategies’
will be racist. — submission from Sisters Inside, NARF project, May 2021 – April
2022
Participants in the National Anti-Racism Framework project initial scoping process indicated that
safe and risk averse language used in anti-racism initiatives, such as the rebranding of the
‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ as ‘Harmony Day’, can perpetuate
racism. They argued that language within a framework must unequivocally support anti-racist
aspirations as determined by First Nations peoples and culturally and linguistically diverse
groups.
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