Pauline Hanson is right.
Pauline Hanson is right. Last week, in response to a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in Australia, the Socceroos released a video ahead of the World Cup. In it, the players take turns sharing their ethnic stories on top of a heartening piano soundtrack. They say, “We are a reflection of modern Australia”. Commenters express their wish for Hanson and One Nation to pay attention – this is the real Australia. This followed her comment at the National Press Club that Australia should be a monoculture. Her response? “ The Socceroos, in fact, represent my vision of a monocultural Australia, people from different backgrounds and cultures and nations all wearing green and gold and representing one nation under one flag and succeeding under the same set of rules.” In fact, Hanson has always maintained she is not racist, even while wearing a burqa for a political stunt in the Senate chamber. Her reasoning? Islam is a religion and not a race. In both accounts, she’s technically right,...