True, but I was also referring to the difference in the type of racism. “Australia is a racist country” could, as I think Tingle was implying, refer to structural/systemic/societal racism, whereas “Australians are racist” implies overt or covert racism at the individual level. To change the quote from one to the other is a misrepresentation of what was said and the meaning intended - particularly when you take into account that Tingle was referencing both Australia’s history and the Coalition’s migration policies at the time.