The subject of bigotry is fraught with danger and it’s with trepidation that one wanders through the minefield waving their opinion for all to see.
Bigotry is bad and no one form of bigotry is any worse or more justified than another. This attitude should taken by all levels of government. To treat one form of bigotry as more important than another is, in itself, a form of bigotry.
However, there are times when certain types of bigotry are justifiably at the forefront of public discussion, due to significant events or a tipping point being reached. The Black Lives Matter campaign is a good example of this.
In Victoria, the State Government has announced additions to the school curriculum to tackle bigotry and Federally, it was recently announced we’ll have two MPs joining an international inter-parliamentary taskforce to highlight bigotry.
Unfortunately, both announcements only seek to address one form of bigotry.
Maybe I’ve missed reports, but I was blissfully unaware of high incarceration rates from the Jewish community or the high number of Jewish deaths in custody. I also didn’t catch viral videos of Jewish people being racially vilified and bullied on trains, trams and buses as we so often see directed at Australians of Asian heritage, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 5G rollout.
Read the article by Peter Wicks in Independent Australia.
[Editor: If I had an award to offer to the most disgusting, insidious publication in this country Independent Australia would be the winner.]