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I recently read this story in the The Age newspaper: ‘Racist’ hostel ejection made woman want to cry

They were allegedly asked to leave the Haven Hostel after checking in, because of complaints by other guests.

“They said that it was because of the colour of our skin and they didn’t like us,” group member Bethany Langdon said of the hostel management.

The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia said the ejection was “purely racist” in intention.

A Mount Theo youth worker, Susie Low, who was accompanying the women, said: “(Ms Ball) said there had been some complaints from the tourists. The Asian backpackers were afraid of Aboriginal people and they would leave if the Aboriginal people did not leave.”

However, a blurb on the Haven Backpacker Resort website, owned by Adventure Tours Australia, states its tours place an emphasis on “the unique scenery, wildlife and Aboriginal culture of each area”.

Why would Asian tourists, having read that blurb, then paid good money to experience the local Aboriginal culture complain about the Aboriginal people of the area?

It looks like a pretty flimsy lie to cover up the racism. The coward even hand balled the complaint to the Asian tourists!

It would be naive to think that racism like this does not exist in Australia, but how blatant can you be?

I guess there are still some ignorant rednecks out there in their own little wonderland.

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• Hostel staff ‘told to refuse accommodation’
• Call to switch onus on racist offences
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