I grew up in a predominantly white Christian community in Sydney’s western suburbs. I was a pretty traumatised, messed-up kid. I had a lot of anger, mostly towards the people closest to me, but because I couldn’t do anything about that I just went around with a lot of rage that I had no way of getting rid of. View image in fullscreen Illustration: Guardian Design/Speed Media/Shutterstock/Getty Images A family member had a hatred of ‘“Asians’” because of the second world war. My grandfather also hated “Asians”, and said things like “make sure you lock your doors” and “you can’t...