Actually, it was cultural appropriation, which is problematic as well.

People are calling Australia a racist country BECAUSE they know its history, not because they are ignorant of it. Australia didn't have to "participate in the African slave trade" in order to engage in horrible genocidal behavior toward non-whites. There's no irony in condemning someone for choosing to align…

It's convenient to believe that this is just "one group of bogans" instead of addressing the widespread racism that exists in Australia. If you want to talk about Americans who are gun-toting rednecks, go right ahead. However, it still won't change the fact that Australia is virulently racist and has centuries of…

"Also, who the fuck dresses up as the KKK to an "African" themed party???"

I'd love it if you took your ignorance elsewhere. If you can't understand how Africans were enslaved, colonized, and oppressed by white people, then you clearly aren't educated enough to participate in this discussion.

I wish I could say I feel the same way. Unfortunately, it's completely typical. This is what it means to be privileged. It means you don't have to give a shit about whether Black people would think it's racist. It means you don't have to give a shit about whether Africa is a continent or a country. It means you can…

That's funny, because where I come from, they DO kill people for their beliefs all of the damned time. It doesn't matter whether it was a private party. It was still ridiculously racist. In case you didn't know it, you don't have to be at a political convention in order to be racist. Your projection is really amusing…

I love Harry Connick Junior. He's a Cajun from my hometown (New Orleans) and went to the same school of the arts (NOCCA) as my little brother. As far as white folks go, HCJr is as cool as it gets. This dude does a lot for the young people of color in New Orleans. He's genuinely a good, down to earth dude. There aren't…

That is why these pictures can not be said to be a real example of variety. It's only a subset from a subset in a mostly white environment. Just be honest about what it is and don't pretend as if you're trying to be diverse. If diversity was their goal, then they failed pretty hard.

Nope. I'm not racist. I happen to be multiracial, so I'd love for you to explain exactly WHO I'm supposedly racist against.

At least 2? Wow! Well, given the fact that 80% of the world consists of people of color, it should tell you something that you're only comfortable claiming that at least two of them MIGHT be women of color.

I just love the way that so many white women never get enough of tone trolling whenever women of color discuss race or racism. It's so nasty of y'all, but you just can't get enough of it. We're used to it, though, and won't be discouraged by it.

Perhaps YOU assume that light skin = Caucasian, but there's no evidence that the rest of us see things that way.

Well, if you didn't understand, then perhaps you should have just stopped and listened instead of making ridiculous conclusions. If the project doesn't address the concerns of women, then it has no value for those women.

How white it is to believe that most women in the world are light skinned. Chances are you really have no idea just how white you sound. SMH

Maybe you shouldn't assume that we're all as uninformed as you are about the virulent racism in Australia.

If you have to make a statement saying that there were women of color involved, it's pretty clear there wasn't much of an effort made to represent anything other than a white, cis dominated environment. That's just the truth.

There weren't enough people of color for it to even appear as if an effort was made to represent anything other than a white, cis dominated environment. Seriously, when you consider how the majority of women on this planet look, it becomes VERY clear that no serious attempt was made to represent anything other than…

I'm just going to put this out there. I'm black. I'm queer. I have a really big afro and a nostril piercing and my skin is a gorgeous shade of caramel brown. I'm multilingual. I'm a jazz aficionado who is also familiar with the music of popular hip hop artists. I was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and I can even…

Yes, racism is just so lulzy! Aren't you clever?! Or, you know, completely typical.