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It is how racism becomes enshrined in law. Vote no, before it is too late.
It’s not racist. There’s no detriment to anyone. I will agree I don’t want this in the constitution for hundreds of years when it’ll be meaningless eventually. But it isn’t racist.
The voice to parliament isn't about race, it's about ensuring that the traditional owners have constitutional right to advise parliament.
...silly duffer, the constitution already empowers the government to make laws about race (s 51 xxvi). This power has been used regularly against Indigenous Australians.
Or is it only racist when it's against white people?
Any differential treatment based on race is racism. Only way to stop it is not having it mentioned anywhere in the law. We need to stop this practice not enshrine it.