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By Stephen Hagan, published 15/9/2005Stephen Hagan argues Indigenous Australians should not have to endure racist tags and marginalisation.
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The present treatment is racism by stealth.
Human beings are the most successful parasites on the planet.
There is a strong tendency in all of us to externalise our problems.
Aboriginal history is fragmented and subject to being reinterpreted and rewritten regularly. I've asked about the stolen generation and how many aboriginal people ended up at the institutions etc. for reasons other than being stolen, and was told none. All stolen.
At the same period in history, there were non-aboriginal people in these places for various reasons.
Its a shocking past to have, we must not forget that .
But at the same time we have to move on.
As the girl before explained, its hard to move on when directly faced with stuff like that.
If we all make the effort it will get slightly worse for a while then be much better than before.
I disagree with separate laws for any part of Australian society.
And I'm not going to beat myself up over things that happened before I was born.
If I behave in a certain way, I'll expect derogatory remarks and marginalisation.