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. National Anti-Racism Framework Scoping Report 2022 | 58

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