The crimson thread of racism festers in the darker interstices of Australian culture

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Tue, 09/04/2024 - 04:58
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Tue, 09/04/2024 - 04:58
In 1890 Henry Parkes spoke of “The crimson thread of kinship running through us all.” He believed this “crimson thread” – evocative of blood – united all white people in the Australian colonies and bound them to Britain. The federation he was advocating for Australia was to be exclusively white and eternally British. In contemporary Continue reading »