Tony Armstrong sketch video puts spotlight on online racism
ABC presenter Tony Armstrong has hit back at the ongoing racism he experiences on social media with a comedy sketch video launching Furore, the “grammar app keeping racists safe online by helping them spell their outbursts correctly”.
The video, which has already had 1.2m views on Instagram, highlights the sustained racism Armstrong and other prominent First Nations Australians receive.
@tonyarmstrong Hey racists, we’ve tried to make sure you feel represented in this video. If not we’ll try again in the next one. Fuck racism, Tony
♬ original sound - Tonaaayy
What they said: In the video Armstrong notes, with his tongue firmly in his cheek: “I would love to live in an Australia where I don’t experience targeted online racism, but with that seemingly out of reach, I would at least like these venomous words to be spelled correctly.”
Go Deeper: Tony Armstrong is a Logie-winning television presenter who has highlighted multiple times the racism he receives online. His video has been picked up widely in the mainstream media.
He was most recently the presenter of sports news on ABC News Breakfast. He stepped away from that role late last year but continues to present ABC shows such as A Dog’s World and Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things. Before stepping into the media spotlight, Armstrong played professional AFL with Adelaide, Collingwood, and Sydney.
Armstrong has more than 182,000 followers on Instagram and around 18,000 on TikTok.
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