CM, thanks for that.

I have finished draft.

what I have argued is that they have not proven the scenario of structural racism, and that the recent events could have been avoided if the context had been used right. I focus on the example of name calling.

write to my email address and will you send my draft for comment, if you do it tonite.

c11lewis@yahoocom.au

I am ready to submit tomorrow or Friday.

CM, submitted now, but did include your ideas into last paragraph.

"I have argued that the allegation of structural racism is not proven, and invite the authors of the DoBetter report to provide explicit proof rather than rest on fashionable and implicit group agreement with regard to an issue that is far more complex than either the left or right would have us believe".

Thanks for your advice.

In a way I think it's utterly pointless to debate racism. People who don't like people of other complexion than themselves will always do so just as those who have never been discriminated against on the grounds of race will always bleat discrimination. It's instinctive ! No legislation will ever change that !
What we could do is to put those in their place who exploit racism by bleating victim when they're clearly not !
Opportunism of this kind is what's bringing on this problem, not the mere intolerance of another race.
I know many who at every opportunity claim discrimination yet I have witnessed those very people speaking of others in very derogatory terms.
Then there are the fence-sitting hypocrites who fan the flames of simple dislike into sheer hatred for their own gain.
Racism will be as long as there there's more than one race.
I have had some very good times with people who, since early childhood have been indoctrinated with racism yet they showed no animosity towards me. I have had racial dislike aimed at me but I also have had more discrimination dished out by people of my own race. In fact, quite a number of years ago an indigenous chap who openly had no time for Whites actually put the wind up some white bureaucrats who tried to short-change me.
Racism will be as long as there's more than one race !

Yes, and discrimination will probably remain within each race.

Look at Italy where many in the north has attitudes to the south.

Look at India with its caste system, still evident.

Chris Lewis,
I have the feeling that the caste system in India is more to do with labour exploitation than racism. There's actually a tiny bit of that here also, those who can flash a Uni degree are automatically deemed more qualified no matter how silly the Degree holder is !

I agree, academic qualifications can be an overrated aspect of one's competency.

Just look at the report stating that structural racism applies to the Collingwood FC, and many simply agreeing because it was written by academics.