Stan Grant, the award-winning Indigenous host of the ABC’s Q+A, is stepping down, citing exhaustion from the torrent of racist abuse to which he has been subjected on social media, especially in the wake of his contribution to the public broadcaster’s coverage of the coronation of King Charles III.
“Racism is a crime. Racism is violence. And I have had enough,” Grant writes in a lengthy piece published Friday on ABC websites, explaining his decision to quit the flagship show.
Stan Grant is stepping down as host of the ABC’s Q&A program.Credit: ABC
Grant, a 59-year-old Wiradjuri man from the Griffith region in NSW and a triple Walkley Award winner, has been the sole host of Q+A since August last year. Before that he had been one of three hosts – alongside Virginia Trioli and…
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