'Words matter': Anne Aly targeted in 'It's okay to be white' campaign
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“‘It’s OK to be white’ aren’t just five words that are arbitrarily thrown together and have some kind of expressive meaning about racism,” she said.
“It is actually a loaded slogan with a long history within the white supremacist movement.
“And when we have our leaders in Parliament using white supremacist and neo-Nazi slogans, and when you have the Liberals and the Nationals following One Nation and voting for it, this kind of stuff happens.
“It emboldens people to do this kind of intimidation and harassment.”
Dr Aly said the phrase was a recruitment tool for the alt-right.
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