Proud African-Australian woman Angeth Malual never contemplated that death and destruction would follow her community to the land of the young and free.

The 19-year-old moved with her family from South Sudan to Melbourne’s south-east aged six and says she soon learnt the pain and hatred of racism that's followed her into her adult years.

She says her white friends don’t understand it, neither do her elders, but her generation have spent their lives looking “different” but only ever knowing the Australian way of life.

Angeth Malual Credit:Bryce Eishold, Latrobe Valley Express

This articulate young woman, who grew up in Dandenong and Noble Park, doesn’t shy away from the problems being caused by those who share her heritage.