HARMONY, SILENCE AND THE TALL POPPY PROBLEM

“Real harmony is not the absence of tension. It is what emerges when societies are willing to engage honestly with difficult questions about fairness, dignity and belonging.” For the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Gisele Ishimwe, PHD candidate at the Western Sydney University, writes on behalf of the African Australian Advocacy Centre on what happens when racism is named and the conversation shifts from the issue, to those who’ve spoken up.