The teeth are smiling : the persistence of racism in multicultural Australia

Abstract

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Australian treatment of Aboriginal people and immigrants was unashamedly racist. We have come a long way since then. Overtly racist laws and policies have been abolished and replaced with inclusionary multicultural policies. Most Australians now see themselves as willing to give everyone a fair go, whatever their colour, culture or origins. But has multiculturalism really eliminated racism? Or does it persist in more subtle forms? The Teeth Are Smiling argues that official anti-racism is often only superficial and masks the continuing reality of racism in the labour market, education, the media, policing and even in multicultural policies themselves

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