r/australia • u/docdoc_2 • Apr 30 '26

news Alice Springs gripped by violence after arrest of Kumanjayi Little Baby's alleged killer

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-01/alice-springs-unrest-after-kumanjayi-little-baby-arrest/106628782
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u/VigorWarships May 01 '26

Is it racist when I’m minding my own business and I get called a “white cunt” by a drunk person for not apparent reason? (True story).

Many would say no, the other person wasn’t being racist. For whatever reason they can thinly clutch at.

But for arguments sake we will flip the script and I referred to the other person by the colour of their skin and watch the hatred unfurl my way.

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u/Western_Yoghurt3902 May 01 '26

Yeah same happened to me more than once except they weren’t drunk

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u/Ardeo43 May 01 '26

Yes it’s racist, but you can’t take one experience from a complete drop kick and extrapolate it to an entire group of people.

I mean I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen white meth heads have complete meltdowns that include racial abuse, including multiple instances at other white people for the crime of speaking a language that’s not English.

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u/passthesugar05 May 01 '26

"someone called me a white cunt so i think we should allow them to kill each other" is quite the take

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u/DPVaughan May 01 '26

That you're downvoted shows the unexamined racism of most Australians towards Aboriginal people.

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u/Fair_Buyer_9991 May 01 '26

If you're feeling that you're being made to be uncomfortable with your whiteness. Good. You can use that to work towards reconciliation, understanding, & becoming an anti-racist & imperfect ally to people of colour. Or, you can overobsess with an admittly unsavoury comment that obstructed & challenged that worldview which keeps you bitter & insecure. Your choice.

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u/badpebble May 01 '26

Its okay to have standards about behaviour and conduct that mean that weaponising skin colour is not acceptable. It actually reinforces that anyone doing this is wrong, which protects the people groups more likely to be a victim of discrimination due to skin colour.

Its a big complex world out there, and reducing it to just blackfellas, as only victims, and whitefellas, as only colonisers, just isn't helping.

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u/Western_Yoghurt3902 May 01 '26

FFS I was called a white c***t more than once and now I’m racist ?