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| June 14, 2009 | | Racism exists in Australia: Oz official | Melbourne: With attacks on Indian students continuing in Australia , Race Discrimination Commissioner
Tom Calma believes there is a case to give a racist tag to them. Calma admitted
that racism existed in Australia , but said the whole country should not be blamed
for it. "We need to recognize that racism does exist in Australia . It doesn't
mean the whole society is racist but it does exist with individual's actions and
small group actions," news.com quoted Calma, as saying. Calma said Australia could
not allow a repeat of the 1990s when racial comments by politician Pauline Hanson
inflamed feelings across Asia . "It's important that we all accept that, understand
and start to develop the frameworks to address it into the future and not be reactive
but be pro-active. That is really what I think we are lacking at this stage,"
he added. Calma also feared that the sporadic attacks could affect the highly
lucrative international student industry. He said the authorities must start working
with the community to ensure that measures are being implemented to prevent the
attacks from swelling.
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