Summary

Sticker with the slogan 'The Southern Cross: NB: Displaying This Will Not Make You More Australian' produced by Australians Against Racism and Discrimination in Sydney in 2008. The sticker was produced to counteract racism in Australian society, and was sold through the social networking sites of MySpace and Facebook in 2008 and 2009, and from 2009 at the website ozstickers.com. The slogan refers to the prevalence of Southern Cross stickers, tattoos and flags used by "Aussie Pride" groups to perpetuate racist slogans and actions.

Physical Description

White sticker on white backing paper. The stars of the southern cross appear in black on the left hand side. Bold black printed text to the right.

Significance

These stickers and T-shirts are representative of the group 'Australians Against Racism and Discrimination' efforts to counteract racism and discrimination in Australian society through the social networking site Facebook. Many of the slogans on these stickers and t-shirts were created to counteract racist slogans developed and used recently, especially since the Cronulla riots of 2005. The slogans and imagery on the stickers and t-shirts are also an attempt to counteract the 'hijacking' of the Australian flag and southern cross for nationalist 'Aussie Pride' protests.

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