but i believe change has to come form within those communities.
I am an immigrant to australia, originally from south africa. it strikes me that aboriginal peoples have almost no pride in who they are, and take to being the victims very easily.
I have no idea how it's going to happen but they need to realise the only way things are going to improve and stay improved is by change coming form within.
Africans in south africa have suffered a lot yet it seems to me that they are such a proud nation(s) that they can come back from anything.
also i'm a firm believer in free welfare being A Bad Thing. If a man earns a dollar he thinks twice about how he's going to spend it because he will need to work to make it back. if he gets given a dollar he blows it.
there are positive role models among the native community such as michael long and noel pearson. however i don't think its racist to say there are massive problems in the native community, simply stating facts. i don't think the government can be blamed for the fact that they are over-represented in jails, have a much shorter lifespan and many live in third world conditions. the english did treat them terribly when they like others before them had their lands taken from them. however i think its about time we moved past discussions of saying "sorry" (not sure what that is accomplish anyway) and help them improve their daily lot.....and this in the main requires them wanting that help. if there were more michael long's among the native community it would be a very good thing.
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
OMG!! that just about describes the entire first fleet of white settlers, free and otherwise.
This actually explains a lot IMO.
The whites who initially associatated and mingled with indigineuous Australins in teh early days were hardly teh cream of society. It is possibly relevant to explain some behaviours.
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bunch of crims. the lot of them those english.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Well the poor were! Understandable really!
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
And mostly it appears from what people have said here so far that we don't agree so much with the governments actions.
So, I'm curious, what does everyone think we can do?
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
there are positive role models among the native community such as michael long and noel pearson. however i don't think its racist to say there are massive problems in the native community, simply stating facts. i don't think the government can be blamed for the fact that they are over-represented in jails, have a much shorter lifespan and many live in third world conditions. the english did treat them terribly when they like others before them had their lands taken from them. however i think its about time we moved past discussions of saying "sorry" (not sure what that is accomplish anyway) and help them improve their daily lot.....and this in the main requires them wanting that help. if there were more michael long's among the native community it would be a very good thing.
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
then its not really racist.
Take my hand, my child of love
Come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean,
I've been crying all these years
This actually explains a lot IMO.
The whites who initially associatated and mingled with indigineuous Australins in teh early days were hardly teh cream of society. It is possibly relevant to explain some behaviours.