Blacky is racist. Do you agree?

Gary Black, or Blacky, was a fair and compassionate young man with strength. He never prejudiced anyone and even befriended an Aboriginal teenager, even though strong racism against Aboriginals was common in the area he lived in. Suggesting that Blacky is racist against Aboriginals, therefore, is suggesting that John Howard detests Americans. Blacky did not think that one race is superior to another, especially between whites and Aboriginals, and was certainly not racist.

Firstly, Blacky and another Aboriginal, Dumby Red, were firm and strong friends. Blacky also had neutral, but not unfriendly connections with the rest of the Aboriginals in the football team, and this was quite unusual in comparison to, for example, Pickles, who detested any person who was Aboriginal. Although ...