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A 15-year-old Alice Springs resident who doesn’t want to leave the house because of racist comments on social media. She's like others in Alice Springs concerned online racism is spilling into public places and that popular social media page "Action for Alice" is making it worse. "Why can't police just release them all into the care a responsible mulcher instead" The page was mentioned several times in a report issued last week. By the NT children's commissioner highlighting the heavy weight of racism felt by children and teenagers. "Action for Alice makes things worse. They post stuff with little kids -- everyone adds hate comments" "Action for Alice -- people piling on with racist comments" Youth justice advocates say they're not surprised the page is causing harm "that sharing of footage and photos and allowing comments and rhetoric to run wild is in their face there's been many a time where I've watched those things be shared on social media and then heard the real narrative" "before you go and comment a hateful comment, you need to kind of understand where these children are coming from, because they're not wanting to be out on the streets" "we need to change the way we view things in our community regarding youth and crime" Action for Alice was founded in 2020 by local businessman Darren Clark. He's apologised for any offensive comments on the page but says they are not his words, and it is not his intention to cause harm. He believes the real issue is years of failed youth policies.

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00:00A 15-year-old Alice Springs resident who doesn't want to leave the house because of
00:07racist comments on social media.
00:10It makes me feel bad for my town and feel ashamed and I want to stay away from everyone
00:18and just do my own thing.
00:21She's, like others in Alice Springs, concerned online racism is spilling into public places
00:27and that popular social media page Action for Alice is making it worse.
00:32The content attracts a range of racist comments, including calls for lethal action.
00:39The page was mentioned several times in a report issued last week by the NT Children's
00:44Commissioner, highlighting the heavy weight of racism felt by children and teenagers.
00:51Youth justice advocates say they're not surprised the page is causing harm.
00:56That sharing of footage and photos and allowing comments and rhetoric to run wild is in their
01:07face.
01:08There's been many a time where I have watched those things be shared on social media and
01:14then heard the real narrative.
01:16Before you go and comment a hateful comment, you need to kind of understand where these
01:22children are coming from because they're not wanting to be out on the streets.
01:24We need to change the way we view things in our community regarding youth and crime.
01:29Action for Alice was founded in 2020 by local businessman Darren Clark.
01:35He's apologised for any offensive comments on the page, but says they're not his words
01:39and it's not his intention to cause harm.
01:42He believes the real issue is years of failed youth policies.

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