#JusticeforGeorgeFloyd and more

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There was a shimmer of hope when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States. Sadly, Americans today are still judged by the “colour of their skin” and not by the “content of their character”. Martin Luther King Jr’s dream has yet to find its way through the fog of hate ever since he marched alongside the oppressed over three days for about 90km, from Selma, Alabama to the capital city, Montgomery, in 1965. I used to show clips of the freedom march and MLK’s speech in my class on race reporting for a comparative context of how the indigenous people of Australia are likewise subject to disproportionate incarceration, police brutality and deaths in custody. I had two teaching points. First, as the conscience of the people, journalists are duty-bound to expose systemic racism and write about it. Discard journalistic "neutrality", as to remain silent …