Australia Day protest coverage itself attracts protests over presenter's racist remarksArchived Message
Posted by walter on February 3, 2019, 10:57 am
[The protests are apparently known as Invasion Day-Walter]
Activists organised a “snap” protest this morning targeting Studio 10 host Kerri-Anne Kennerley after comments that were deemed “racist” by co-host Yumi Stynes.
The protests come following yesterday’s on-air dispute between Kennerley and Stynes, who labelled Kennerley’s criticism of Invasion Day protesters “quite racist”.
Activists arrived at Channel 10 studios this morning, with one sign saying: “Kerri-Anne KKKennerley”.
In the on-air spat yesterday, Ms Stynes labelled Kennerley’s criticism of Invasion Day protesters inaction on increased rates of sexual assault in remote indigenous communities “racist”, saying the comments were “not even remotely true.”
“OK, the 5000 people who went through the streets making their points known, saying how inappropriate the day is,” Kennerley said.
“Has any single one of those people been out to the Outback, where children, babies, five-year-olds are being raped? Their mothers are being raped, their sisters are being raped.
“They get no education.
“What have you done?” Ms Kennerley said in a piece to camera.
“That is not even faintly true, Kerri-Anne. You’re sounding quite racist right now,” responded her co-host Stynes, before the two descended into an on-air dispute.