Systemic racism prevents Traditional Owners from making decisions for and meeting their obligations to Country – but investing in Traditional Owner Corporations, as culturally safe and authoritative spaces, could help reduce racist harm.
We contributed a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the nature and extend of racist harm against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Less-discussed than individual experiences of racism, but just as harmful, systemic racism attacks the organisations mob establish for self-governance, which harms whole communities. Yet these organisations are what help promote cohesion, reconciliation, and a more just future.
