Stan Grant’s ‘Racism is Destroying the Australian Dream’ speech

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Sarah Payne

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“Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free,” calm and practiced, Aboriginal journalist Stan Grant’s voice rings out across the stage. I’m watching a video of a speech of his that went viral in late 2015, the subject matter being ‘racism is destroying the Australian dream’. Thus far he’s made clear points, drawing on a recent scandal surrounding Indigenous AFL player Adam Goodes. But honestly, he’s losing me a little with the national anthem. It’s a confusing song, not least because it uses the now defunct word girt.

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Payne, S. (2018). Stan Grant’s ‘Racism is Destroying the Australian Dream’ speech. NEW: Emerging Scholars in Australian Indigenous Studies, 2(1), 84-86. https://doi.org/10.5130/nesais.v2i1.1481
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