Once we accept that Racism is a “White” problem – only then will we begin to formulate a policy of how to combat racism. Below is a great article to highlight the enormous challenges we as Human Rights activist face. Extract "Bringing Them Home argued that responsibility for Indigenous child protection needed to shift to Aboriginal controlled agencies. A major transfer of resources to Indigenous communities, a “social justice” investment package, was urgently needed to alleviate grinding poverty. These recommendations were ignored. The Howard government instead fought to deny the Stolen Generations and entrench a politics that blamed Aboriginal culture and the failings of Aboriginal people themselves for the shocking conditions they found themselves in. Aboriginal family support services and women’s centres across Australia were defunded through heavy cuts and the eventual dismantling of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission." guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/12/stolen-generation-aboriginal-children
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:49:31 +0000