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Johannisen speaks up, for his daughter – The Age
When George Floyd was killed and the Black Lives Matter movement catapulted into worldwide consciousness, Jason Johannisen felt it was the right time to speak up.
“But looking back at it, my parents grew up in the apartheid days in South Africa, and I guess all we want is to move forward and hopefully as a society we can grow. I think the way for growth is probably just educating everyone and just understanding what people have gone through.”
Then Johannisen saw the way teammate Lin Jong was racially vilified online. Johannisen didn’t want to sit by idly. He was one of the initial 100 signatories to an open letter sent to the Attorney-General calling for…
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