Hi Foxy, don't you realise poor people choose to be poor? All they have to do is move to the rich part of town and then they would be rich people, problem solved.

Galen, you invoke a quote from an "indigenous professor" to add weight to your argument, yet you fail to name the so called professor. Why not?

SM, Samantha Cooper should apologise because she doesn't fit the racists sterotype of what an aboriginal woman should look like, . Adolf Hitler didn't look like the Aryan type, blond haired, blue eyed, he didn't apologise!

LEGO
I'm not sure why you're critical of my past comments. All I'm saying is that, for reconciliation to work, Aboriginal people need to be prepared to hear and tell the truth the same as white people. My attitude is little different to that expressed by Big Nana who wrote "My husband had a common lament. He used to say that aboriginal people would never be equal with non aboriginals until they are treated equally, in all matters, responsibilities as well as rights." which I interpret to mean that Aboriginal people need to accept their responsibilities, including to telling the truth.
And, no, I'm not saying white Australians should apologise as no living Australian has anything to apologise for from 100+ years ago.

To all those claiming "I will not be made to feel guilty about the past" I offer this observation.

Does the world expect German citizens born today to feel guilty about the atrocities carried out by the Nazis during W.W. II? Absolutely not. But the difference between Germany today and bigoted Australians today is that German citizens accept and face up to the truth of what occurred during the war. Some Australians refuse to recognise the truth of our history.

In my mind they are the Australian equivalent of a Holocaust Denier.

Aries54
Aboriginal people are just as guilty as white Australians in not being prepared to accept the truth about past history and some current Aboriginal cultural practices. Until everyone publicly accepts the truth, reconciliation will continue to fail to lift Aboriginal quality of life.

Paul1405

Here you go

Dr Anthony Dillon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MTrainDev, Mpsych (Clin), BSc (Hons), PhD

How about you respond to the comments he made rather than avoiding it

Galen

Calling occupants of OLO Craft.

Enough of the injustices done to our black brothers (and sisters) in OZ.

Let us consider the Big Time - that is American oppression of its minorities.

Doubtless dwell on following sage words from freedom loving socialist forces:

"US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will deploy the military to restore order if states cannot quell the chaos quickly. Earlier the same day, Republican Senator Tom Cotton threatened in a tweet that the US could sent "the 10th Mountain, 82nd Airborne, 1st Cav, 3rd Infantry - whatever it takes to restore order," adding "no quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters."

The riots in the US have lasted just a week, efforts for reaching a peaceful solution have barely been made, yet, Trump and Cotton have blatantly put their chips - sending troops to quell protests - on the table. This could be argued as the most extreme response to disorder among governments across the world.

Then why did Washington arrogantly and unreasonably accuse other countries of quelling riots? Why did politicians in Washington overbearingly portray the US as the beacon of democracy and human rights? Have they really not anticipated that the US could one day confront the situation as it does today and that their previous big talk could become a slap on their face?

People see the US falling into disgrace. As the novel coronavirus sweeps across the world, the US ranks No.1 in terms of confirmed cases and deaths. As anti-racist protests surge, the government and Congress should have taken quick action to comfort their people, but have instead exacerbated confrontation and led to the spread of the chaos. What is more irritating is that US political elites have played hypocrisy and barbarism. The hooligan nature of Washington makes it a complete nuisance."