![]() We heard a sound that is very familiar to us. But I can tell you what we heard when we heard those boos. I can’t speak for the what lay in the hearts of the people who booed Adam Goodes. Thousands of voices rose to hound an indigenous man, a man who was told he wasn’t Australian, a man who was told he wasn’t Australian of the Year.Īnd they hounded that man into submission. Suddenly the front page was on the back page, it was in the grandstand. It happened on the sporting field, it happened on the football field. Who are we? What sort of a country do we want to be.Īnd this happened in a place that is most holy, most sacred to Australians. it looked into its soul and it had to ask this question. In the winter of 2015, Australia turned to face itself. Thank you so much for coming along this evening, and I'd also like to extend my respects to my Gadigal brothers and sisters from my people, the Wiradjuri people. For the negative was Jack Thompson and Rita Panahi. Also for the affirmative was Pallavi Sinha. This speech was delivered in an IQ2 debate with the topic, 'Racism is destroying the Australian dream'. 27 October 2015, City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia
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