Indeed so. These issues do exist and they need to be addressed. My concern is that imposing a white fella solution may not be the smartest way. It would be the equivalent of imposing, say, a Japanese solution on modern Australian problems - it may seem technically perfect, but it may not be readily accepted either and could thus easily fail.
Nothing about this has a simple, one-size-fits-all solution...
Agreed. The Stolen Generation solution was not based so much on outright racism and/or eugenics as it was on plain missionary zeal to "improve the plight of the native Australians". That it created far more problems than it ever solved indicates lack of initial forethought and review. Of course, it didn't stop racism being involved either.
Agreed also. The 1960's constitutional referendum and the Mabo decision were major turning points, no matter how the press and some recalcitrants painted them. We have come a way,but there's still a way to go.
Of course, all Americans wear loud Hawaiian shirts, drink Budweiser, and talk too loud. And all Britains are chinless, gap-toothed, upper-class twits who don't bathe. And all French are frog-eating, beret-wearing surrender-monkeys... I could go on plastering whole countries with nasty national stereotypes for hours! Because they are all true!It's offensive to the vast majority of Australians who are not racist and it is also offensive to the indigenous of Australia.
You had already formed an opinion, and your comments also proved they were baseless.
You are a flog who can't recognise his own ignorance.
