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Barry smith's avatar

Racism truly is a pointless endeavour. There's really no point to it

Because at the end of the day we're all humans. We all belong to the same species regardless of our different ethnicities, cultures of skin pigmentation

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David shire's avatar

There's really no point to it. It's all just baseless prejudice

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David shire's avatar

All for no just cause or reason

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Khorana rose from humble beginnings in India to decipher the genetic code. But his enormous contribution to science has been largely overlooked.

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Jenny hardings's avatar

It's just too bad that we're all surrounded by racists, homophobes and bigots.

Nobody wants to spread love anymore

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David shire's avatar

It's a poisoned society

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David shire's avatar

People need to educated on the dangers of the prejudice we face everyday

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Such brilliance overlooked because of something as pointless as skin colour. Its such a sad shame🤧

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Graham potter's avatar

Racism creates a society where people don't trust and respect each other.

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Joseph custer's avatar

It's the sad and ugly truth😪

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Jenny hardings's avatar

We're all part of the same species. The human race

It shouldn't matter where we come from or what we look like. We are all one.

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David shire's avatar

Really sad shame

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Joseph custer's avatar

Lots of brilliant people suffer the same everyday from corrupt racist bosses and superiors

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Graham potter's avatar

These impacts can reduce people's ability to work or study, and to achieve their future goals.

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David shire's avatar

🙌

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Graham potter's avatar

Australia is now a very culturally diverse country – about half of us were born overseas or had one or more parents born overseas. When racial tensions develop, they don't just affect one or two of us - they affect us all… as neighbours, workmates, friends and fellow Australians.

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David shire's avatar

Preach on my brother ✊❤

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David shire's avatar

One world, one people✊❤

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Graham potter's avatar

At all

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Graham potter's avatar

Like several times I see this and wonder

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Joseph custer's avatar

It's a sad shame the world still hasn't found a way to stop this after hundreds of years

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Graham potter's avatar

We know it's wrong.

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Marvell golohor's avatar

As a black man I face a lot of struggles everyday. From racist coworkers, to racist cops. It really isn't easy out there🤧

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Marvell golohor's avatar

I really hope that someday we all grow past all these racial squabbles

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David shire's avatar

The world will get better but only If we make it better

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Denise jagovich's avatar

We can try to make it

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Graham potter's avatar

Only if the world 🌎 could change. But that’s like....

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Joseph custer's avatar

Yes. The change starts with all of us✊

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Graham potter's avatar

Very true

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Poland has an opportunity to emerge from this refugee crisis a more united, more accepting and economically strong society, but first they need to have tough conversations about immigration.

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Jenny hardings's avatar

I hope they can pull through🙏

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David shire's avatar

Yeah. Me too

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Graham potter's avatar

I also pray for that.

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Graham potter's avatar

When it's allowed to flourish, it lessens us as a people. Remember the Stolen Generations… the White Australia policy… these are the ugly times in our history. We need to be vigilant in making sure that these kinds of things are never allowed to happen again.

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David shire's avatar

Wow

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Graham potter's avatar

Amen 🙏 to that.

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David shire's avatar

🙏

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Joseph custer's avatar

We eventually will

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Joseph custer's avatar

It'll just take a little patience and understanding

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David shire's avatar

Wow. That's rough buddy😔💔

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David shire's avatar

So sorry you have to go through that

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Kayode oyelowo's avatar

It's not an experience I'd wish on anyone

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Solidarity must never be attempted through the erasure and homogenization of people’s lived experiences.

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Preach on🙌

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Graham potter's avatar

Truly not pleasant

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Denise jagovich's avatar

🤕🤒

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Graham potter's avatar

🥺😰😨😓😓

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Joseph custer's avatar

I'm so sorry about what you went through brother. You deserve better

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David shire's avatar

Nobody should ever go through such💔

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Sending hugs from where I am🤗

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David shire's avatar

🤗🤗🤗

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Years before Colin Kaepernick was born, Robinson wrote, ‘I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a Black man in a white world.’

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Graham potter's avatar

It's always disappointing to hear or see such cases, I mean we all are humans.

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David shire's avatar

We are one. Colour and culture should not segregate us but rather boost our unity

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Kayode oyelowo's avatar

There's no point to it. It's been a problem for hundreds of years and it's still an issue today.

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Denise jagovich's avatar

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court withstood four days of hearings and was confirmed to become the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Now that's real progression to me😁

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Denise jagovich's avatar

exaggerate the extent to which African Americans are trapped in inner-city poverty.

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Graham potter's avatar

Ongoing feelings of racism includes sadness, anger, depression and being left out

headaches, increased heart rate, sweating, trembling and muscle tension.

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David shire's avatar

So sad😪

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Jenny hardings's avatar

It's absolutely pointless. There's no end goal to it besides meaningless violence, pain and prejudice caused to the innocent coloured folks.

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David shire's avatar

There's no end goal

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Graham potter's avatar

Racism also affects people's general wellbeing when they are denied equal access to jobs, services and education.

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David shire's avatar

There's so much more to it

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David shire's avatar

Lots of coloured folks out there have lost access to certain opportunities, medical care and promotions because of racist superiors

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Marvell golohor's avatar

It's kinda how comically obvious the context of this article is for me😂😂

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David shire's avatar

I know right?😂

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Being both trans and a person of color comes with a unique set of challenges. Collectively working toward overcoming these barriers is one way this community fights for survival.

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Jenny hardings's avatar

I understand your struggle. It's not easy

You have my support wherever you are✊

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David shire's avatar

I stand with you✊

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David shire's avatar

In other news, the grass is green🤣🤣🤣

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Right ✅

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Kayode oyelowo's avatar

Very funny🤣

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Not one bit. This is a very serious issue

People have died for this very cause

We need to start putting an end to it

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David shire's avatar

We need to focus on the issues on ground

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Not at all

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Systemic racism has been a problem for quite a while and until we the people do something about it, it's going to keep on being a problem

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Jenny hardings's avatar

I'm very thankful for president Joe Biden. He's an advocate for the rights of all Americans. Both Caucasian and coloured alike. That's the real American dream. A safe, non-biased place where we can all live together peacefully

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David shire's avatar

He's a true American hero

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Denise jagovich's avatar

It includes prejudice, discrimination or hatred directed at someone because of their colour, ethnicity or national origin. It's not acceptable 😕

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Jenny hardings's avatar

Absolutely unacceptable 😪

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David shire's avatar

Highly unacceptable 🚮

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David shire's avatar

Can the government please just normalise holding corrupt police accountable already😫

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Racism in Australian workplaces often goes unaddressed. The Diversity Council Australia’s report provides some strategies to address these issues in workplaces.

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Jenny hardings's avatar

And unfortunately, a lot of these issues will go unaddressed for decades to come. This is because of how society has decided to treat the minority groups and I not fair

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Kayode oyelowo's avatar

They actually do hold a lot of them accountable.

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Denise jagovich's avatar

College presidents worked both at the forefront and behind the scenes in fighting for African Americans’ civil rights in the 1960s.

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David shire's avatar

Wow. I didn't know that

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Kayode oyelowo's avatar

However most of the time it takes a lot of riots and protests to get the voices of the people heard. Otherwise the perpetrators won't be brought to justice

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Australia is billed as the ‘most successful’ multicultural nation in the world. But almost half of non-white Australians regularly experience racism at work.

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Kayode oyelowo's avatar

For instance, the case of George Floyd wasn't solved until after numerous protests and riots had been caused.

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Denise jagovich's avatar

Despite efforts to diversify the film industry, the Oscars awards ceremony demonstrates how far Hollywood has come – and how far it still has to go.

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Graham potter's avatar

A study of over 800 Australian secondary school students found that racism had huge mental health impacts on young people who experience it,

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Jenny hardings's avatar

We all need to do better

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David shire's avatar

Yes we do😌

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David shire's avatar

Like why so sad denzel?😂

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David shire's avatar

What's up with the pic of denzel Washington weeping oh so passionately though?😂

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Joseph custer's avatar

Well obviously 🙄

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Elias's avatar

Le racisme est inutile quand l'argent gouverne le monde

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Deanne Alexi's avatar

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