Catholic Religious call out racism towards First Nations People

Catholic Religious Australia has documented experiences of racism towards First Nations peoples witnessed by Religious who accompany their communities in its recent submission to a Senate Inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

CRA made clear that contemporary racism towards First Nations people is inseparable from the history of colonisation, that has been misguided by the view that First Australians, their cultures, civilisation and sovereignty, are deeply inferior to the ways of the white colonisers…

CRA called for genuine government consultation with First Nations communities and decisive action to dismantle systemic racism, and the creation of mechanisms for genuine dialogue and truth-telling, at all levels of society.

Read the media release from CRA in full here