Published: August 22, 2019
We see institutional racism at play in many, if not most, Aboriginal deaths in custody
Earlier this year, we saw blatant racial segregation of Aboriginal people staying in the Ibis hotel in Alice Springs.. According to reports, staff at the hotel were routinely directed to segregate Aboriginal people into rooms that were dirty with food scraps, had stained linen, exposed wiring, clothing belonging to former guests and other deficiencies, while charging the same nightly rate as non-Indigenous guests allocated to superior rooms.
While substandard accommodation at the Ibis hotel might be seen as the almost unexceptional racism that pervades Australian society, the racist effects can be lethal in other circumstances.
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