Re: The Indigenous Australians

Sorry Muddy, there seems to be something muddy about you.

Re: The Indigenous Australians

Mr P why do you think that there is still racist feeling against the Aborigines.
Eg why did a 13 year old girl call Adam Goodes the aborigine Ozzie rules footballer ' an ape' ?
This is a man who was voted Australian of the Year and yet was insulted by a girl and was consistently booed on the soccer ground after the incidence ?

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I don't know why some people are racist and I don't know how to change them either. If you do know then please let us know too, instead of just having a go at something you seem to know little about.
We need solutions to the problem, not telling us what the problem is.

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Muddy it has only been a sort time in the scheme of things that Australia has been colonised.
It is less than 80 years ago that we shipped about 10,000 of our own 'unwanted' children over there many of whom were abused and used as little more than slave labour.
We in this country are not really in a position to be pointing fingers at anyone , are record of caring for the disadvantaged is not that great.


Maybe you could address that question to the Australian Government .

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While in adelade last year staying with friends , I went into the local public toilets , there were two aborigine mothers and their two children , I smiled at them and said hello , they looked blankly back at me . I mentioned this to my friends who have lived out there for 25 years and they told me that the aborigine people are not acknowledged by the city people and no one would say hello to them . I was shocked by this attitude . I also saw many living in the city in the parks , I was told they were homeless and drunks .

Quite a shock to me to be honest .

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Just a question for those that might know. Do the Maori people in New Zealand have the same issues with racism and discrimination as the Australian Aboriginals? Looking at the situation as a complete outsider with no knowledge of the situation on the ground, it does appear that the Maori are much better integrated into NZ society than are the Aboriginals. Is this true, or just a false appearance>

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It's 'the little old ladies throwing their hands up in the air' syndrome.

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Susan prejudice against others for reasons of race or otherwise is horrible wherever it happens, there is still plenty of it in this country.

''they told me that the aborigine people are not acknowledged by the city people and no one would say hello to them''.....

There must be many Australians who do not treat the indigenous population that way and who would be outraged at that suggestion .

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I had two visits to Perth Australia this summer has that is where my brother and his family lived. I had never met any Aboriginals until this summer when my brother was ill and then died. My brother was a pastor and had performed Weddings, christenings and funerals for them and they held him in great respect, he helped them with land planning and the development of their land. They were lovely people and spoke highly of my brother at his funeral because they felt he had treated them as equals with valued opinions and ideas. But every Aboriginal I came across was financially poorer and had struggled with the 'white mans' education. They also felt that most of the white Australians did not respect their culture or knowledge which is a real shame.

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Or wait a little longer and it will be too late ? that seems to me to be the reason little is done - wait long enough and they will disappear as a people.

It is not just a government people everyone could do something better and make their lives better - just respecting them might help.