So you think you’re not racist? We’ll just redefine racism

The ‘scourge’ of racism is allegedly ‘resurgent’ in Australia. Again. At least, it is according to Chin Tan, Race Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission.  

Mr Tan has declared that racism poses ‘significant threats’ and is urging the federal government to create an anti-racism framework — with funding, of course — to replace the last one, which must be outdated, having been created eons ago in 2018. 

But if the ‘scourge of racism’ doesn’t seem to describe the Australia you and I know, there’s the clue to what’s going on here. Mr Tan is using a familiar word – ‘racism’ – but he means something new. 

‘Racism’ was originally used to…