Macquarie University public law professor Drew Fraser appears on Channel 9's "A Current Affair" and offers a collection of racist propaganda from the Hitler era. Thankfully, host Ray Martin takes him to task. Fraser's University has reportedly issued a statement deploying racism but supporting Fraser's right to express his views. Should there be limits on such freedoms?
Ray: What is a typical Australian in your eyes?
Drew: It is the sun bronzed, blonde, blue eyed Aussie. That is what brought me down here. That is what, I would say, brought many people down here, the belief that what was really attractive about Australia, was that it was populated by Australians.
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Ray: What is a typical Australian in your eyes?
Drew: It is the sun bronzed, blonde, blue eyed Aussie. That is what brought me down here. That is what, I would say, brought many people down here, the belief that what was really attractive about Australia, was that it was populated by Australians.
Read the whole interview.
2 Comments:
I agree. Interesting that ACA even featured such a person. Perhaps as a way to expose his bigotry? Strange, though, as Ray's show often features very stereotypical portrayals of a wide variety of groups in soceity...
Channel 9 can be very weird...
Yeah, and what do we make of the results of ACA's phone poll? 85% of callers were in support of that racist "academic". Now every racist in this country will feel validated. Wonderful! Still reckon Ray Martin isn't a schlock-jock, hmmm?
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