Josephus,

I am pleased that you are in favour of our Indigenous people
living the lives they choose. Their history is a sad one.

Much has been written by colonisers that described the
massacres of the Indiegnous people and forced dispossession of
lands. The literature provided evidence that reveals how over
2 centuries policies of "Protection," segregation, and
assimilation variously regulated the daily lives and movement
of Indigenous people in Australia.

Regulation occurred throughout child removal, the outlawing of
culture and language. The destruction and theft of lands and the
breakdown of kinship relations, in effect policies and
practices were aimed towards the containment and annihilation of
all Indigenous people.

We may think this is a thing of the past. Evidence suggests
otherwise. John Howard led the Northern Territory Intervention.
Which even the United Nations thought was racist. Western
Australian government stopped funding fundamental services
to Indigenous communities essentially forcing Indigenous
peoples from their homelands.

Some people assume that the characteristics of Indigenous
Australians are as being recipients of a "free ride" who are
seen to be motivated to rort the public purse. This thinking
has its roots in an ignorance of Indigenous experience of
dispossession, colonisation, and ongoing continued discrimination.

black fella is inherently bad,
Paul1405,
You're saying that not I. What I am saying is that more indigenous youths out of 100 commit crimes than those of others in 100.
Stop lying !

individual,

And why do you think that is?

"they should no longer be considered aboriginal"

Clearly, there have been no aboriginals in Australia for the past two centuries. Unless you can find anyone who was alive at the time of British settlement still knocking around the place.

No matter how much you dilute
Mix, match, and try to pollute
Our identity remains intact
Something YOU can't change and that's a fact

Our spirit is not measure by the shade of our skin
But by something stronger found within
A place YOU cannot touch or take away
It will remain shining out until our dying day

We will connect with it again
No matter how far we have been

Aboriginals in other countries like America still live in resevations and practise native culture.

Today we have exclusive aboriginal football teams, sports teams, these games unknown to aboriginals and being played in international competitions. We outlawed race identified teams in Australia for sports because it only bred conflict.

We have sports teams where race is not an issue they are identified as Australian. It is part of an Australian culture, not an aboriginal culture. These teams are being funded by money from business of Australians.It is time to remove race identifiers from citizen of Australia. Citizenship should only be granted to those born and educated here, others settlers given permanent residency; but not be able to hold a public official positin.