Mehreen Faruqi v Pauline Hanson: Greens senator tells court attacks on white people not racist

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Greens senator says One Nation senator made the ‘ultimate racist slur’ while Hanson’s lawyer suggests Faruqi is a ‘hypocrite’

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is being sued by Australian Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi over a social media post.One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is being sued by Australian Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi over a social media post.Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has told the federal court that verbal attacks on white people in Australia are not racist because racism is “tied to power” and in this country, “the power.. is held by white people”.

Her complaint is based on a post Hanson made on the social media platform Twitter, now called X, in September 2022. “I understood this to be particularly pointed at me, that I don’t have the same rights to have the same benefits that Australia offered every other citizen of this country,” Faruqi said.

“It is tied to who holds the power and who has the authority to perpetrate racism and oppress people,” Faruqi said. “And in this country, the power of that is held by white people.”

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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