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What’s wrong with “It’s ok to be white”?

17 October 2018

1:59 PM

17 October 2018

1:59 PM

Pauline Hanson has once again caused remarkable controversy by saying something entirely unremarkable.

“It’s okay to be white.”

Apparently, this is highly controversial because an idiot said it once upon a time. That’s it. It’s not factually incorrect. There is nothing inherently intolerant, violent, hateful or inaccurate about it. Of course, if the outrageous motion put by the Senator to our Commonwealth Parliament was repeated in Cape Town, you can be sure Cyril Ramaphosa would be frothing at the mouth nearly as much as Penny Wong is now.

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