221 years on we remain a land of bigots
Tory Shepherd, Health Reporter: The Advertiser | March 25, 2009
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25247299-5006301,00.html
MORE than 200 years after Europeans arrived, Aboriginal people face discrimination in public places and institutions, Flinders University researchers have found.
And the distress racism causes affects Aboriginal health.
The authors of In Our Own Backyard said it appeared racism was alive and well, with more than nine in ten Aboriginal people experiencing bias, abuse and violence, and two thirds experiencing it often.
They also found twice as many Aboriginal people were teetotallers, compared to non-Aborigines, while three times as …


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