Racism in Australia

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Racism against various ethnic or minority groups has existed in Australia since British colonisation. During Australia's colonial history and post-federation, the Indigenous peoples of Australia faced severe restrictions on their political, social, and economic freedoms, and suffered genocide, forced removals, and massacres. They continue to face unlawful discrimination. European, Sub-Saharan African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Arab, Iranian, Latin American, and North American Australians have also been the victims of discrimination and harassment. In addition, Jews, Italians and the Irish were often subjected to xenophobic exclusion and other forms of religious and ethnic discrimination. Racism was expressed in a range of government policies, including the establishment of Aboriginal Protection Boards, removal of indigenous Australian children from their families, the White Australia policy on immigration, uncompensated land transfers from indigenous communities to the state, and Japanese...

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