‘Where is the evidence?’: critics take aim at NT judge who says antiracism is becoming ‘a religion’
by Lorena Allam from on (#63602)
Opponents say it is surprising' for Judith Kelly to claim that on the whole, modern Australian society is not racist', in speech on Indigenous domestic violence
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Lawyers and academics have criticised comments by a Northern Territory supreme court judge that antiracism was becoming a religion", preventing honest discussions about the epidemic of extreme domestic violence" against Aboriginal women.
In the 26 August speech to a gathering of female lawyers, Justice Judith Kelly said there was a cultural component" to the violence inflicted on Aboriginal women by Aboriginal men in the territory.
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