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Posted on March 11, 2008 by JH
Did you see this in the papers today:
Race row hostel breaks silence
from theage.com.au
Various reports have come out since the story first broke, which have muddied the waters somewhat, but the basis of the story seems to be:
- A bunch of Aboriginal women travelled to Alice Springs and checked in to a backpacker hostel
- A short time later they were asked/told to leave by management who, apparently, had received complaints from the other backpackers, who were “alarmed” by the fact they (the women) were Aboriginal.
Whichever way you slice it: this is as blatant an example of racial discrimination as you will ever see. If you disagree, try imagining this story in Alabama in the 1950s, with the Aboriginal women replaced with Afro-American men.
I shouldn’t have to say this, but: you can’t go around discriminating against people based on the colour of their skin. It’s not on.
It says an awful lot about the nature of race relations in this country, even after the big sorry day. We have a long way to go.
Thanks for the message on my blog. The d-day thing is good and something I’ve been looking forward to for a while, a weight off my mind to be honest and long overdue - it’s all a good excuse to crack open the Moet
The other stuff is an issue though, especially the not sleeping - that’s the thing I really need to get sorted as it’s developed into a rather viscous circle. I need to get back into the running therapy - pre-dawn runs are the ticket but it’s hard to get up early when you can’t sleep and it’s hard to sleep if you don’t get up early
seriously- i DO NOT understand how this can happen… it makes me VERY mad.. the prob is(me included) say..what can we do about it one day and leave it..but seriously..what should we do!!!! notice the should instead of can-can never happens