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Originally Posted by Morningriser
Actually one more thing I wanted to add, how convenient is it that now, after all of this uproar, they are showing the portions of the video that makes a natives look bad and the black people look bad? At first it was white people being made to look bad and now they're making them look like the only ones who weren't doing the wrong thing. How convenient...
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The part that bugs me is our culture is looking at them as groups, and this made up thing called 'races', instead of looking at each of these people as the individuals that they are. That's not good at all. Each of those folks has to own their own behavior. We shouldn't think of 'that group' doing this or that, as that just causes inner biases against groups, tribalism, and judging people based on their 'cover' rather than the content of their character, to quote Dr. MLK Jr.
At the very least, I would have hoped those HS kids showed more respect for their elder, Mr Phillips, gave him the benefit of the doubt and listened to him -- because he's their elder, not because he's 'native american', and see what his character is.
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Originally Posted by cheebacheeba
Tomorrow is "Australia Day", our 26th of January anyway.
It's become the funniest thing to see online kerfuffle about...There's a movement to cancel it and start referring to it as "Invasion Day".
The best part is?
It's mainly a total white person thing.
It's like, if you're that cut up about it, sign over everything you own to the Aboriginal community and you'd best be on your way back to the UK?
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I still really like the song "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil.
Yeah, it's a tough thing. I know a little bit about Australia's history regarding the Aboriginals. I think it's good for the nation to do what the can, but leaving the country is a bit extreme. Peoples have moved around the globe, sometimes displacing, sometimes joining, the people who were already there. We don't have the records to 'go back to the 'real' original', but we can still acknowledge and debate history. Calling it Invasion Day doesn't seem particularly helpful, but I think people should be open to discussing solutions, reconciliation, and even recompense if appropriate and feasible.