individual,

The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes
and stereotypes lead to generalisations and generalisations
lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes.

It's a vicious circle and after you go around a bunch of
times you end up believing that in Australia there are no
"real" Aborigines. That it's the white people who have been
"dispossessed." That multiculturalism has been bad for the
nation.

That all Indigenous people are recipients of a
"free ride" and are motivated to rort the public purse.
That all public servants have their noses in the trough.
That universities are not centers of learning but
"indoctrination." And so on.

Foxy,
You're rapidly adopting Paul1405's insidious habit of deliberate misquoting. Never & I repeat never have I stated or used the term "all" when I remark on people who claim to represent "their" people !
It is this dreadful tactic that prevents the narrowing & hopefully one day the closing of this "Gap". I believe it to be my civic & moral duty to draw attention to a situation that I see being misquoted, misrepresented & straight-out misleading.
I trust my own eyes & ears far more than I trust people who write what they're dictated to write for a career & other gain.
I'm not ashamed to state openly that I am in favour of real harmony instead of the pretend warm n'fozzy popularistic academic version expected to be funded by those whom they despise yet who already feed them !

individual,

Unfortunately what you're saying now and what you've
been posting do not match up. But, thanks for explaining.
I look forward to what you have to say in your future posts.