Dismantling Systemic Racism: First Nations Perspectives - Australia’s National Anti-Racism Framework

We, as a society continue to tip toe around the word itself and on a large scale, refuse to accept the existence, the prevalence, the severity and the impact of racism in Australia. [...] 2 First Nations Co was engaged by the Commission to undertake consultations with First Nations people across the country to ensure the centrality of First Nations knowledge and experience to the development of the Framework. [...] The collaborative effort between First Nations Co and the Australian Human Rights Commission underscores the commitment to a process that is both inclusive and transformative, ensuring that the voices of First Nations peoples are at the forefront of the fight against racism. [...] It demonstrates the pervasive and deeply embedded nature of racism, the lack of commitment to acknowledging the history of our country and the continued impacts this has on First Nations people. [...] The waste of tax-payers’ dollars, the cause of the divide, the ones always wanting ‘more’, the whingers, the disruptors, the ones who can’t ‘just get over it’.