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Cultural blindness : Comments
By Kellie Tranter, published 21/8/2009True multiculturalism, with its fundamental tenet of common humanity, does not yet permeate all Australian society.
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'Let's face it Kellie Tranter, Not many city dwellers want the original inhabitants ( aboriginals ) living next door'
Having lived close to aboriginal housing for years the reasons for not wanting them nearby has nothing to do with house prices. Try constant screaming, drunkedness, racism (much more than I've ever seen from Europeans) and violence at night and see how quickly your attitudes of this once 'peaceful' people group lived change. Try ringing police who refuse to come because family violence and disputes are a very common event and they get tired of trying to sort it out. Try living where parents are drunk and the kids run amuck from 5 years old upwards. They don't hesitate to throw rocks at cars and buses. My experiences are common for thousands of residents just wanting to live in peace and harmony. The cultural blindness comes mainly from academics who have their own version of history when it comes to white settlement. Because many of these academics themselves embellish the pagan lifestyle they are oblivious to the violence, the child abuse, the poor treatment of women that goes hand in hand with this culture. As the as change isn't expected as it is in the rest of the civilised world nothing will change. The academics will continue to blame the whites while every other people group (other than Muslims) will continue to integrate into society. I can't help to smile every time I come across someone from overseas who has come to help out the aboriginals and save them from the wicked whites. How quickly their attitude changes when faced with reality. Reality is certainly something the loathers of white European culture aren't willing to face up to. Facing reality would certainly stop the gravy train of funds from succcessive Governments in denial of truth.