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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

True, but I was also referring to the difference in the type of racism. "Australia is a racist country" could, as I think Tingle was implying, refer to structural/systemic/societal racism, whereas "Australians are racist" implies overt or covert racism at the individual level. To change the quote from one to the other is a misrepresentation of what was said and the meaning intended - particularly when you take into account that Tingle was referencing both Australia's history and the Coalition's migration policies at the time.