Searching for the word racist in Senate within the 1970s…
The word racist
- appears in 0.2% of speeches
- appears 248 times in 154 speeches
- was spoken on 110 sitting days by 42 different people
- appears in speeches on 109 different topics
Top speakers:
- KEEFFE, James (35 uses)
- GIETZELT, Arthur (21 uses)
- WHEELDON, John (19 uses)
- CAVANAGH, James (18 uses)
- WOOD, Ian (14 uses)
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Top days:
- 15 May 1975 (21 uses)
- 22 May 1975 (17 uses)
- 8 November 1979 (8 uses)
- 3 September 1970 (7 uses)
- 2 December 1971 (6 uses)
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Top topics:
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1975: Second Reading (32 uses)
- ADJOURNMENT (9 uses)
- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BILL 1979: Second Readings (8 uses)
- QUESTION: ENTRY PERMITS (7 uses)
- RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BILL 1975 (7 uses)
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Associated words:
- racist country (14 appearances)
- racist attitude (9 appearances)
- racist attitudes (7 appearances)
- racist policies (7 appearances)
- racist regime (7 appearances)
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Sample sentences:
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To talk of anybody who speaks about not permitting certain types of people to migrate to this country as a racist, is idealistic poppycock.
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A nonracist society or a society which is trying to eliminate racial discrimination is, I suggest, a society which can stand such criticism and which can say: ‘We stand on our record and we are doing what we can to eliminate racial discrimination. ‘
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This decision by the Queensland Government is racist in the extreme.
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It is a repressive, racist Government, and it should be exposed to the whole world for what it is.
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Too many people who claim to be democratic and to support the parliamentary system adopt an attitude which can be described only as racist.