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"They came yelling chants that “racists” weren’t “welcome here”, with signs
deriding Pauline Hanson’s former fish and chip shop and the One Nation leader
herself.
On Thursday, thousands of students across the country put down the textbooks to
walk through streets in protest against the rise of Pauline Hanson, joining the
protests organised by the National Union of Students.
When Kaylee, who is in Year 8 and uses they/them pronouns, asked for the day
off school, their mum requested they lay out their reasoning. They presented
her with a four-page essay.
They aren’t a political family; their mum doesn’t regularly read the news, but
Kaylee said “I persuaded her” to come along.
“People of a different race shouldn’t lose their rights,” Kaylee said. “And
queer people have already had a lot of issues with fighting for their rights,
and if that gets taken away too, that’s not OK.”
Asked why they thought Hanson should not be in charge, Kaylee simply said: “I
just don’t think she should be able to make those kinds of choices”.
The themes from the speakers were clear – racism is not welcome here, and
Hanson does not represent Australia’s youth."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
