Prof. Marcia Langton AO calls on governments to listen to Black Lives Matter protesters | ABC News

One of the country’s most eminent Indigenous academics is using her Queen’s Birthday Honour to call out a lack of action on racism in Australia.

Black Lives Matter rallies over the weekend focused attention on Indigenous deaths in custody, but so far there’s been little commitment to change.

Indigenous Affairs correspondent Isabella Higgins reports.

Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-08/marcia-langton-dont-ignore-black-lives-matter-protests/12332408

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