Letter

In response to Dear The Australian: Not all brown people are the same

An observation on misidentifying women of colour

Alicia Vrajlal’s article was enlightening. Not only for shining a light on the prejudices women of colour in professional roles still face; but is also shows very clearly that most journalists don’t fact check, they don’t check even the simplest things in their own articles. Just get it written, get it published and the consequences be damned.

Realistically, it must be cheaper for media outlets to print falsities and then issues apologies for printing garbage; than it is to hire quality staff who can pick these mistakes up before they go into print.

— Steve M from Brisbane