Sienna Keane:

I will respond to Senator O'Sullivan and Senator Ruane on racism within teaching and the factors driving it. There is a huge amount of misinformation provided and there is not enough education on other cultures. A child from a migrant background stated:

So ... everything that I know now about like my history, or even about other cultures, not only black people, it’s ... because I had to go out there myself and I actually had to look it up, or I had to ask the family members .... So I feel like, we should be able to do something in the education system so that ... everyone still feels like ... we’re being recognised at least.

We can see how that falls under a lack of diverse staff and representation for students and teachers. Some of the recommendations were to rewrite older books in order that they do not have racist or homophobic terms in them. I do not see how random slurs build up a story. They have no meaning to a story. They do not add value or any sort of education. They provide the opposite of education and they only provide prejudice.