"We must eliminate systemic racism It's real."Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy, her Opposition counterpart Julian Leeser, and the Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro all addressed the Garma forums.But Ryan would have liked to see more open discussion and concession from politicians about the impact of racism."That's the fundamental issue, as we speak, that's holding back our people in terms of expanding job opportunity, business opportunity."I see racism as playing a big role in undermining my people," he said."It's about truth telling, and that's right across all Australians."Thorpe is a member of the parliamentary committee that's been conducting the hearings to collect testimony from First Nations people across the country about their experience of racism."We need to highlight racism as a real problem for everyone in this country, not just for Aboriginal people, but for non-Aboriginal people," she said."Like, do you want to be proud of being in a racist country, and standing by while people are being racially vilified and harmed?"Racism kills