Prominent Indigenous Australian journalist quits over racism
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During his coverage of Charles' coronation, he cites the "relentless racial scum" endured by Britain after it abolished colonial persecution of indigenous Australians. One of Australia's top television journalists opened up national soul quest, leaving his show in the spotlight on racial abuse he faced as an Indigenous man. Stan Grant, an award-winning journalist with ABC, said the national broadcaster took to Twitter to complain about the "relentless racial scum" he endured. But he has "lied and distorted my words" by the media himself and ABC's King III. “I pointed out that the crown represents the invasion and theft of our land,” Grant said in an article published Friday on ABC's website. “The police wearing the crown seal took the children from their families. Our people were d under the crown. ” The coronation comment was criticized by some conservative media as one-sided and inappropriate. Grant said he spoke of love for Australia because the fact that Indigenous people still have highest rates of imprisonment and poverty, he said. The 59-year-old announced on Monday that he will be stepping away as presenter after the next episode of ABC's Q+A Current Affairs Discussion. "Toxicity around the race" Grant hired his own employer. “I'm writing this because no one at ABC gave public support, whose producers invited me as a guest to the coronation scope. No ABC executive has openly refuted the lies written or spoken about me,” he said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanian backed Grants by telling reporters “You can respect differing opinions without engaging in bad faith.” ABC news director Justin Stevens issued a statement grant, saying he faced "grotesque racial abuse, including threats to his safety." AGE Cultural News Editor Osman Faruqi and the Sydney Morning Herald, who previously worked at ABC, said staff at the National Broadcaster did not represent Australia's cultural mix. But he said the problem went further than the national broadcaster. “It is also bigger than the media. There is a toxicity around race that lives deep in this country and infects all of our institutions – media, sport, art, business and politics,” he said. In his departure announcement, Grant said locals have learned to "push". But he said the stakes are higher as the country prepares for a referendum this year, as it prepares for a referendum on whether indigenous people should be given constitutional advice on laws that affect them. “There's a referendum on an indigenous voice to parliament, and I'm not alone in the trial. That's how politics is,” Grant wrote. "But racism is a crime. Racism is violence.