Published: October 19, 2018
This week was another demonstration of white fragility in the Australian parliament
As our collective dismay at the support among government senators for Pauline Hanson’s “It’s OK to be white” motion on Monday turned into collective pleasure in watching them flail for equilibrium upon realising the enormity of their blunder, a peculiar fatigue was dampening certain Blak voices.
The past 12 months have been incredibly fecund in terms of subject matter for anti-racism pundits to draw from, but experiencing and combating such a barrage of racial bigotry takes its toll.
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