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I am an Aboriginal woman, and my people are hurting : Comments

By Samantha Cooper, published 4/6/2020

Reconciliation Week is exhausting at the best of times. Now more than ever, we are bombarded with tidal waves of racism and ignorance.

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Bernie

This shows how Hong Kong protesters smashed doors/windows of Hong Kong's Parliament http://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/11269926-4x3-xlarge.jpg?v=2

Hong Kong protesters then burst into and occupied Hong Kong's Parliament "smashing furniture and plastering graffiti on the walls" see http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/hong-kong-police-regains-control-of-government-building/11269858

How would Trump's police and army react if US protestors smashed windows/doors of the White House or the US Capitol (Congress/Parliament) Building and then occupied these sacred US buildings?
Posted by plantagenet, Sunday, 7 June 2020 6:59:03 PM
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Hey LEGO,

I have a book.
It's called 'Gungarlook : the story of the Aboriginal Riley family of Burragorang Valley',
- And my paternal grandmother's birth is listed in it.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/gungarlook-the-story-of-the-aboriginal-riley-family-of-burragorang-valley/oclc/694909385

There's a lot of interesting things in that book.
Like aboriginal tribal members being lined up along the gorge and shot during the Frontier Wars;
- Being forced out of the valley due to construction of the Warragamba Dam.
- And members of that family only offered lesser quality land with no water sources while non-aboriginal settlers got good parcels of land;

It also details how my great grandmother only had 2 of her many children in the same place (some towns no longer exist) due to her always moving around, scared that authorities would come and take the kids.
- And all her kids births and the places of birth are listed in there.

So before you go screaming 'read a book' please know some of us already have,
- And you're welcome to do so too, if you want to.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Sunday, 7 June 2020 7:00:08 PM
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Paul, I suggest you study the actual official figures for deaths in custody rather than relying on biased human rights figures. There is a website titled National Deaths in Custody Program, publishing data due to recommendations from Deaths in Custody Program. Dr Anthony Dillon is correct, on a per capita basic of people in custody, whites are more likely to die and most deaths, black and white , are from natural causes. When you go to the website, when you open the PDF , scroll right down to the end, many pages, and you will find all the figures you want. Ages, numbers, types of crimes, gender, causes of death etc. going back to about 1989.

Here is a small extract from those pages. There is a multitude of graphs but can’t post them. This relates to police custody, there are pages of stats from deaths in prison as well.

“Across Australia, there were seven Indigenous deaths and eight non-Indigenous deaths in police custody in 2016–17 (Table B2). The Indigenous status was unknown for two deaths. Since 1989–90, non-Indigenous deaths in police custody have been consistently higher than Indigenous deaths in police custody (Figure 9).”
Posted by Big Nana, Sunday, 7 June 2020 8:34:56 PM
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I used to be an anti apartheid demonstrator until I realised that those who claim to be "anti racist" are simply "anti white." Pray tell us LEGO when did you have your 'Road to Damascus Moment' which turned you from the evil ways of the left, and put you onto the virtuous holy road of the righteous right? I've heard a similar story of conversion from at least two other hard right wing forum posters in the past, you make number three.
Posted by Paul1405, Sunday, 7 June 2020 8:44:46 PM
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Dear Paul,

Regarding the statistics on Aboriginal deaths
in custody here are the facts:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/06/aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-434-have-died-since-1991-new-data-shows

The link is worth a read.

It's self explanatory.
Posted by Foxy, Sunday, 7 June 2020 10:46:56 PM
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Paul1405

Professor Anthony Dillon:-
Quote. Dr Anthony Dillon’s PhD centres on an investigation of the factors that predict parents’ acceptance or rejection of the ADHD diagnosis of their child. Anthony works full-time on research at IPPE. This entails supervising higher degree students, writing grant applications, and conducting research. In addition, he often provides guest lectures on Indigenous issues and is often asked for his opinion in interviews in the popular media. His teaching and research interests include alternative conceptualisations of mental health (particularly ADHD), statistics and psychometrics, applied psychology, and Indigenous health. Unquote.

I would think at least he knows quite a bit about indigenous issues, despite your counter claims.

Additionally, having viewed his photograph on more than one occasion he would appear to me to be indigenous, as much to Australia in the general population understanding of the term. What race would you mos likely describe him as? Polish I suppose!
Galen
Posted by Galen, Monday, 8 June 2020 12:14:31 AM
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