Yumi: Let’s change the date.
KAK: I don’t think that’s really going to help change the lives of children in remote communities who are being sexually assaulted and kept away from school.
Yumi: That’s racist.
KAK: It’s not racist, it’s true. You’ve got thirteen-year-olds on the street in Darwin being spoken to by police at 9pm because they don’t want to stay at home with their parents.
Yumi: But that’s not what we were talking about.
KAK: It should be what we’re talking about.
Yumi: Don’t change the subject.
KAK: But what about the children? Who’s looking after them?
Yumi: We’re sick of being told what to do by white people. Change the date.
KAK: We’re sick of hearing stories about Aboriginal children missing out on education and a chance to live happy, productive lives.
Yumi: You have no right to tell us about our own culture.
KAK: So white people can’t talk about Aborigines?
Yumi: These are the sorts of things that racists always say.
KAK: I’m not a racist.
Left commentariat: KAK is just doing the usual thing: whataboutism. She’s a racist. Change the date.
Pauline Hanson: See? I told you …
The broader community: ...
[UPDATE 12.03pm, 5 October 2019:] The Sydney Morning Herald reported today, "the Australian Communications and Media Authority had completed its investigation and cleared Kennerley of any wrongdoing."
KAK: I don’t think that’s really going to help change the lives of children in remote communities who are being sexually assaulted and kept away from school.
Yumi: That’s racist.
KAK: It’s not racist, it’s true. You’ve got thirteen-year-olds on the street in Darwin being spoken to by police at 9pm because they don’t want to stay at home with their parents.
Yumi: But that’s not what we were talking about.
KAK: It should be what we’re talking about.
Yumi: Don’t change the subject.
KAK: But what about the children? Who’s looking after them?
Yumi: We’re sick of being told what to do by white people. Change the date.
KAK: We’re sick of hearing stories about Aboriginal children missing out on education and a chance to live happy, productive lives.
Yumi: You have no right to tell us about our own culture.
KAK: So white people can’t talk about Aborigines?
Yumi: These are the sorts of things that racists always say.
KAK: I’m not a racist.
Left commentariat: KAK is just doing the usual thing: whataboutism. She’s a racist. Change the date.
Pauline Hanson: See? I told you …
The broader community: ...
[UPDATE 12.03pm, 5 October 2019:] The Sydney Morning Herald reported today, "the Australian Communications and Media Authority had completed its investigation and cleared Kennerley of any wrongdoing."
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