With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of modernizing the nation’s founding document.
That was the concerning part. Defining, very permanently, a group of people from all the others based on race. That’s literally anti-equality.
It was a very disheartening thing to happen and I couldn’t participate. Both options supporting going backward.
I think most people that spoke proudly of their choice didn’t fundamentally understand what was going on, how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and their nations work, nor the history of support to this point. Australians should be pissed off that it even happened and that was the choices. They shouldn’t be pissed off at the outcome or people’s choices. If they can point that energy toward the governments, we’d be progressing. Though, I’m sure it’ll all go back to business as usual and people will be on something else, doing nothing to educate themselves and be proactive.
My opinion is that the issue is societal, not political. It is our responsibility, not a government’s. The government is to be in service of aiding us in fixing society, but in this case, has historically proven to be ineffective and unaccountable due to lack of society caring enough. To me, the option provided continued to reflect this and was a poorly wasted opportunity. If a legistave pathway carries the same lack of care, it won’t be effective either and that is on society. This is why I continue to say, it’s important to continue momentum on the topic, considering the referendum as a start of a hopeful snowball, but I fear Australians in general don’t care enough, therefore neither will the governments. This is historically how it has been time and again.
Think of an outcome metric by which indigenous Australians aren’t materially worse off. As you struggle, I’d like you to tell me if you think that gap a product of inferior genetics or institutional racism?
If it’s institutional racism, why would you call solutions targeted at closing that gap and reaching something resembling racial equality racist?
I think you’re fundamentally missing the point and trying to set up targets to attack. You don’t even know my background, point of view, or stance.
For starters, I have not mentioned racism as a topic on any side. Though you say I have and that’s all you’re talking about? Why? Where did that come from? Refer to my third paragraph. You have underscored it for me.
I’d appreciate it—certainly others would too—if you took the time and energy spent on me toward improving the situation by directing it where it will make a difference. Division of allies is not what any ethnicity in any nation needs and I’d urge you to not participate in it.
That was the concerning part. Defining, very permanently, a group of people from all the others based on race. That’s literally anti-equality.
It was a very disheartening thing to happen and I couldn’t participate. Both options supporting going backward.
I think most people that spoke proudly of their choice didn’t fundamentally understand what was going on, how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and their nations work, nor the history of support to this point. Australians should be pissed off that it even happened and that was the choices. They shouldn’t be pissed off at the outcome or people’s choices. If they can point that energy toward the governments, we’d be progressing. Though, I’m sure it’ll all go back to business as usual and people will be on something else, doing nothing to educate themselves and be proactive.
Whats you opinion about implementing it through legislation without putting it in the constitution?
My opinion is that the issue is societal, not political. It is our responsibility, not a government’s. The government is to be in service of aiding us in fixing society, but in this case, has historically proven to be ineffective and unaccountable due to lack of society caring enough. To me, the option provided continued to reflect this and was a poorly wasted opportunity. If a legistave pathway carries the same lack of care, it won’t be effective either and that is on society. This is why I continue to say, it’s important to continue momentum on the topic, considering the referendum as a start of a hopeful snowball, but I fear Australians in general don’t care enough, therefore neither will the governments. This is historically how it has been time and again.
Think of an outcome metric by which indigenous Australians aren’t materially worse off. As you struggle, I’d like you to tell me if you think that gap a product of inferior genetics or institutional racism?
If it’s institutional racism, why would you call solutions targeted at closing that gap and reaching something resembling racial equality racist?
I think you’re fundamentally missing the point and trying to set up targets to attack. You don’t even know my background, point of view, or stance.
For starters, I have not mentioned racism as a topic on any side. Though you say I have and that’s all you’re talking about? Why? Where did that come from? Refer to my third paragraph. You have underscored it for me.
I’d appreciate it—certainly others would too—if you took the time and energy spent on me toward improving the situation by directing it where it will make a difference. Division of allies is not what any ethnicity in any nation needs and I’d urge you to not participate in it.