The Rights of Indigenous Australians

There is little doubt in my mind that the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, is a racist in both traditional and contemporary senses of the word. From his rejection of sanctions against the evil apartheid regime in the mid-1980s, to his public gaffe in calling for curbing of Asian immigration in 1988, his refusual to condemn Pauline Hanson's outbursts, the "children overboard" scandal ofand the Tampa (does anyone seriously think he didn't know?) and his refusual even to accept that Australia faces racist problems after the Cronulla riots are all indicitive of a person who panders and supports the superiority of the white man over his lessers. Of course, he claims "I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body."

But none have suffered as greatly as indigenous Australians at the hands of the current Prime Minister.

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But quite honestly, I don't think John Howard particularly cares about indigenous Australians. I think he's more interested in how he can use them for his own means. History will judge him very harshly indeed.