#festeringsore — Public Fediverse posts
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Rejecting the voice shows Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong
"Australia has overwhelmingly voted not to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, and the nation has changed forever."
"The referendum became by proxy a vote on Indigenous peoples’ right to exist in our own land. Imagine – just try – how that feels today...Why are all these people deciding whether we belong or not?"
"White Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing." Melissa Lukashenko"Australia urgently needs a national anti-racism framework and bipartisan response to racism, Race commissioner Chin Tan."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/oct/14/rejecting-the-voice-shows-australia-is-still-in-denial-its-history-of-forgetting-a-festering-wrong
#denial #Australia #Voice #referendum #FirstNationsPeoples #TerraNullius #21stCentury #referendum #FesteringSore #SettlerSociety