Paul1405,
I knew you'd take the bait without blinking ! ..question the bona fides of a person who identifies as Aboriginal..
There you go, I'm Aboriginal also !

Paul are you trying to garner sympathy for what you believe an underclass. Stan Grant is an equal and a standard in our society not an underclass as you try to identify him as. He does not need sympathy for who he is.

Josephus,
Stan Grant actually has an at least theoretical advantage as he obviously benefits from mixed genes however, he chooses to acknowledge only one side, that of the one with the most political pull.

individual,

Actually Stan Grant's Aboriginal heritage has shaped
his resilient personality. He was born on an
Aboriginal Reserve near the rural town of Griffith,
NSW. His parents met on the reserve. Stan Grant's
mother is from the Kamilardi people and his father -
Stan Grant Snr. is an elder of the Wiradjuri people

Foxy,
That may be so but he definitely has non-Aborigine genes in his heritage. Nothing wrong with that, I wish I was a mixed race. What is questionable is the fact that mixed race Aborigines always identify as Aboriginal when they're clearly of mixed heritage.
It is no secret why this is done yet when it comes to colonisation bashing they conveniently disregard their 'other' heritage. They should at least partly acknowledge responsibility for their non-indigenous genes !
I know quite a number of people whose heritage is not Aborigine yet they claim indigenous status. I just happen to believe this to be hypocritical.
Acknowledging that would go a long way towards closing that Gap !
I believe the colonisers of Australia, mainly the British, have put in a lot of effort to compensate for their wrongs & those who live now have done so & the descendants of the mistreated indigenous recipients of yesteryear have been compensated more than any other group of people on the planet. I have never heard this to be acknowledged.

individual,

How have they been compensated more than any other
people on the planet?