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MULTICULTURALISM IN CRISIS
repressing the discourse of ‘race’ rather than acknowledging its power in the
Australian cultural imaginary, and dealing with its ideological implications,
multiculturalism has allowed, contrary to its intentions, the possibility for the
conservative renovation of racializing discourses as an aspect of a renewed emphasis
on assimilation and on a ‘mainstream culture’ whose whiteness is unspoken but
undeniable.
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