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And Tasmanians, and Native Americans, and Indians, and Kenyans, and Irish...
Tasmanians
Tasmania is a state of Australia, all Tasmanian are Australian. Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples are the same as mainland Aboriginal peoples.
Torres Strait Islanders are the other indigenous peoples in Australia.
There's an Australian Canadian co-production that goes into some of the atrocities the British got into:
It's a great podcast. It would be nice if they made more episodes.
And it's not like they're lacking for material hah
Probably other brits...
We did all of those that identify as Celt, one way or another.
Various forms of Gaelic are hardly languages anymore
They needed an inquiry for this? If the British showed up, they tried to genocide, that’s just what they do
It’s always been characterized as a police action against “criminals.”
In the US, we declared war against Native Americans, so it’s more obviously a genocide. Murders of aboriginal Australians have always been constructed as police actions.
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The Inquiry:
*Opens a 7th grade social studies class textbook.
They needed an inquiry?
And most of us Aussies voted no to recognise the indigenous voice in our constitution. It just never ends.
And the American settlers genocided the native Americans. All the western super-powers are built of slaughter, rape and pillage.
My dude, pretty much all countries have been founded by genocidal settlers.
Problem is that some of them can't get past it and keep being genocidal settlers.
Absolutely true, but the point isn't whataboutism (well, sometimes it is, but it shouldn't be). The point should be admitting and owning our mistakes and doing what we reasonably can to:
a) admit that we did and validate the experience of the people who suffered from it
b) make sure we're not still doing it (way too often we still are, just through subtler means)
c) try to make reparations if we can
Even getting to step 'a' is a big fucking step. Nobody's innocent, but honesty is the foundation on which improvements can be made.
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So now what ? Are the families or descendents of those indigenous australians alive today in australia ? After so many years what kind of compensation will be provided or what kind of justice will be provided ?
Just wait 200 years and the West will also admit to all the contemporary genocides. And will make some very touching museum to them, while committing new ones and silencing anyone opposed to it.
They also found the sky is blue and water is wet. (I know, technically it's not)
If this inquiry has no power to actually do anything about this finding, I’m not sure I understand the point.
Anyone who ever read a history book already knows about the multiple genocides. The issue is what happens now?
I guess the point would be for everyone involved to say "never again" and if someone quotes Hitler they should not win elections.
True. This is what I am also thinking ? Everybody knows the colonial powers or imperial powers did lot of atrocities, exploitation. It is there in books.
for the same reason that everyone is entitled to due process even when things are incredibly obvious… it’s important to follow a process, to document formally, etc
And here I thought folks just let the Brits displace them because they're so nice!
My Aussie mate back in England told me that the British killed the First Nations and took their land, like his ancestors just turned up here to find swathes of unoccupied land and were like “crikey, what’s been happening here!” and immediately started doing Acknowledgement Of Country at the start of every office meeting.
I legit do not understand your comment.
My Aussie mate back in England told me that the British killed the First Nations and took their land,
With you this far. Yes your Australian friend (who was in England at the time) told you that the British killed the first nations people and took their land.
like his ancestors just turned up here to find swathes of unoccupied land and were like “crikey, what’s been happening here!” and immediately started doing Acknowledgement Of Country at the start of every office meeting.
Now you're saying your Australian friend was foolish to ideate that his ancestors just turned up in Australia to find swathes of unoccupied land.. and then start making Acknowledgement of Country statements.
First of all - how is this not contradictory to the first part of your analogy? He didn't ideate that.
Second, the Acknowledgement of Country statements didn't start until 200 years after colonisation.. So this is really disingenuous representation you make of your "Aussie mate's" position.
I think they assume Anglo-Australians separate their own ancestors from the British colonisers.
If his ancestors were Irish and were forced to Australia in the 1850s due to the famine, for example, the comment makes sense
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