Twitter reacts to 'racist' political cartoon in Australian newspaper

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Twitter reacts to 'racist' political cartoon in Australian newspaper
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The people of Australia had a collective conniption recently when a Vanity Fair writer called the country “America 50 years ago (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/margot-robbie-profile-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).” But after the recent allegations of torture and abuse (http://mashable.com/2016/07/25/juveniles-tear-gassed-australian-prison/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) levelled at the **rthern Territory government, and after today's "racist (https://newmatilda.com/2016/08/04/artistic-arse-the-great-racist-works-of-cartoonist-bill-leak/)" political cartoon in one of the nation's biggest newspapers — people could be forgiven for thinking twice about whether that statement has more than a little legitimacy.*

SEE ALSO: Black Lives Matter reveals a six-point plan to combat systemic racism (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/black-lives-matter-movement-coalition-policy-goals/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


After images and video emerged showing the horrible treatment of Indige**us children at the hands of Don Dale juvenile facility staff, the Australian media has been in a frenzy, with most news outlets expressing shock and outrage (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/don-dale-viral-image/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). However, The Australian (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/) newspaper’s newest political cartoon has taken aim at the extremely marginalised community. Again. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/03/racist-cartoon-in-australian-paper/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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