Food for thought

[seeingred]

Brief, lucid commentary on the attacks on Indian students here in Australia, and the politicians' response to it (ie denial until there was money at stake) from Waleed Aly at the Monthly: Racism, Australian-Style.

The studies Aly refers to can be found online: The Anti-Racism Research Project; Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across

Comments

[antikythera]

I was trying to make that connection to original sin, but couldn't quite put my finger on it. That is definitely what the argument feels like sometimes. There has been some discussion by white people in debunkingwhite (I lurk and don't post) that sounds curiously like religious navel-gazing. I don't want to go further on that lest I snark. If I'm onto something I'm sure other people will have noticed it.

[seeingred]

I have seen it commented on now and again.

[antikythera]

I'm unclear on the history of the current movement -- is Joseph Barndt with his Catholic background actually the originator of the strategies we're talking about? Were they designed with the original-sin model in mind or is this coincidence/later influence?

[seeingred]

That's an extremely good question. Let me see if I can find out.