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The tragic lack of people of colour in … “wellness”

29 January 2021

12:32 PM

29 January 2021

12:32 PM

I had really hoped that the events of 2020 would’ve sharpened people’s priorities and perspectives. We had bushfires, a pandemic, economic uncertainty, family separation and the Pollyanna in me thought these issues would divert people’s minds from pointless, attention-seeking fluff.  

I was mistaken. 

Apparently, there aren’t enough people of colour in *checks notes* wellness’ 

Against the current health and economic backdrop, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age thought it would make excellent editorial sense to publish a piece entitled ‘Rachael was in a yoga class when she realized wellness had a problem’.

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