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Recently on ABC’s Q&A panellist Todd Sampson (from The Gruen Transfer and CEO of ad agency Leo Burnett) insisted that if we do not regard racism as a serious issue in Australia “we have stuffed our heads up our butts”.
Not only are such proclamations damaging to our national spirit, they are fundamentally false. If anything, the opposite is true.
Try this experiment - something I’ve done consistently over the past decade - ask Australians from a minority background what racism they have experienced.
The King of Pop may be dead, but the controversy surrounding his untimely exit is far from buried.
The dust has barely settled since his globally-televised public memorial service last week, yet every day more pieces seem to be missing in the Jacko jigsaw about his life, his death, his final resting place and those he left behind.
The case has transcended from the mysterious to the macabre, with reports that his ghost has been seen walking the halls of his Neverland ranch to questions over who has possession of his brain.
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No Jean Joy says:
All of this is pure speculation how on earth could someone living in Melbourne know anything about what Michael Jackson was feeling. Also how is the death of an alleged chronic IV drug user the fault of the media? Read more »
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ANGELO says:
Hangers on destroy lives thats a fact .Blood sucking criminals i know this first hand . also i dont agree with MJ being buried at neverland so all these hangers on dont make a penny from his death as MJ was worth more dead than alive . May the media… Read more »
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A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month…and the first day of what we hope will be a welcome and valuable addition to Australia’s media landscape.
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Dan Lewis says:
“It’s not a fancy, la-di-dah site aimed at people with three university degrees, nor is it a site for yobbos who want to engage in mindless abuse. “ What about people with three university degrees who want to engage in mindless abuse? Read more »
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Tory Maguire says:
John, for The Punch’s policy on commentary see our Community Agreement. You can click through from the bottom of the page or go here: http://www.thepunch.com.au/community-agreement/ Read more »
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