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There’s no racism at Basketball Australia? Well never mind, all is not lost

21 March 2021

3:00 PM

21 March 2021

3:00 PM

A Human Rights Commission report into racism within Basketball Australia, released at the weekend, is a solution in search of a problem.

A five-month investigation by the HRC found pretty much zero evidence of racism.

In fact, the report itself lamented that only 21 people had even bothered to make submissions to the inquiry.

It said the poor response indicated “a lack of interest in the topic by the basketball community or no concerns about racial equality in basketball”.

Well, there you go.

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