Why didn’t we leave the cheese alone - and tackle violence and sexual abuse in Indigenous communities instead?

I’ve managed to go through my whole not so short life without ever associating the name of Coon Cheese with anything but cheese. Until now.

Thanks to Darwin race activist Stephen Hagan, I now understand that Coon Cheese is racist because the word “coon” has sometimes been used as a derogatory name for Aborigines.

“First Nations people and people of colour shouldn’t have to tolerate the visual ugliness of Coon cheese products positioned prominently in the dairy aisles in supermarkets,” he told the Australian today.

Mr Hagan appears to have been successful with his demands that the famous cheese name be “consigned to...

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Why didn’t we leave the cheese alone – and tackle violence and sexual abuse in Indigenous communities instead?

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