At a time when we need analysis that defends the virtues of the liberal democratic experience, albeit without neglecting our own mistakes, we often have simplistic academic analysis that downplays our own social achievements. Take academia’s increasing adherence to the concept of structural racism which generally refers to institutional, historical, cultural, and interpersonal practices within a society that disadvantages or excludes a social or ethnic group when compared to others to make them less likely to succeed, thus entrenching or creating disparities between groups over time. For example, Larissa Behrendt, one of the authors of the DoBetter report bagging the Collingwood Football Club’s history as racist, told ABC sport that