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Racism notes

22 September 2018

9:00 AM

22 September 2018

9:00 AM

Taking offence means we all walk on eggshells

Recently, a controversial cartoon was drawn of a tennis champion which many people claimed offended them because of its alleged ‘racist’ nature. But this is simply one example of where allegations of racism have been made where there was no racism; there will be new allegations of racism next week, and the week after that, and the week after that.

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