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Settlers are really trying to explain to me how they're "tired" after the referendum and that's why they're not able to email politicians demanding Treaty.
Exhausted? Try living under colonisation.
It's fucking tiring being a coloniser, eh?
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
Very, VERY important things for my fellow whites in #Australia to consider when you vote today ~ https://www.facebook.com/keiran.stewart/posts/pfbid06WMBj5oQPXrsFnhZ2yrferPNujT1zrSJP49BB18EnP4JU4wAh7GThr5LMytqUETMl
Have you actually been listening to First Nations people and their history, or are you listening to propaganda funded by the same mining giants and centrist-conservative politicians who have been undermining First Nations (and other racialised people such as Palestinians and asylum seekers) rights for years, if not decades?
The #VoiceToParliament was NOT made by Indigenous people, it was prescribed to them in a false ultimatum, both at the conventions in 2017 and especially now during the referendum. There was, and there continues to be, major Indigenous protest to the proposals, claims of near-unanimous Indigenous support are blatantly false.
We should NOT keep boiling this down to a racism litmus test. Yes =/= not-racist, especially if you use that to talk down on Indigenous people who are undecided or opposed to the Voice (white paternalism is still racism, we need to let go of the myth that racism only exists as overt hatred). No =/= racist, especially when Indigenous people are saying No or abstaining in favour of stronger, more self-determined measures.
The Voice isn't the only, let alone best, solution. This #referendum isn't an ultimatum, so why do we insist on treating it like it is? If you're voting Yes to not "let the racists win" despite being aware of Indigenous trepidation regarding the subject, you are centering your own white guilt and Australia's international reputation over the racism itself... it doesn't absolve the more normalised, "benevolent" forms of racism on display there. Ignoring undecided and oppositional Indigenous voices erases the self-determination you claim to be advocating for.
A single vote won't dismantle systemic racism, even if the Voice had been as self-empowering and productive in the process of its creation as its expensive, sensationalised advertising has claimed. We are ALL racist, as racism is an inherent part of the white-centred sociopolitical power structures we exist in. The sooner we can come to terms with that and start centering the voices that actually matter, the better.
#VoteYES #VoteNO #SovereignNO #TreatyBeforeVoice #BlakSovereignMovement #Referendum2023 #VoiceTreatyTruth #TreatyBeforeVoice #BlackPeoplesUnion
If you're surprised that #Australia is voting No* in the #VoiceToParliament #referendum then you haven't been listening to Aboriginal people about how bad it is here.
If you're surprised, you're not paying attention.
#Indigenous #Aboriginal #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
*I'm referring to the mainstream No vote, not the Blak Sovereign No vote
From the Guardian:
The Blak sovereign no campaign, it should be noted, is separate to the main no camp.. The progressive no case, as it is called, is based in concerns about sovereignty, taking part in a white person’s process, the lack of power the voice holds and the desire to progress truth telling and treaty ahead of the voice.
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 8/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 7/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 6/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 5/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 4/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 3/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
🧵 - 2/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
Do 80% of Mob actually support the Voice?
The polls mentioned in this thread:
- Ipsos poll
The first poll, undertaken by Ipsos, was conducted online between January 20 and January 24, 2023, and surveyed 300 self-identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 80 per cent of respondents said they would vote Yes at the referendum. 10 percent were no and 10 undecided.
- YouGov poll
738 were identified as being Indigenous from having answered a question on Indigenous identity either at the time or in a previous survey, 83 per cent of respondents said they would either vote Yes or were leaning towards doing so, while 14 per cent said they would vote No or were leaning that way, and 4 per cent were undecided.
The issue with this misrepresented stat is not only the size of the group but also the self identification factors.
There are close to a million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here.
[info taken from the BPU Facebook thread about this]
🧵 - 1/8
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #VoiceToParliament #VtP #referendum #FuckWhiteness #FuckRacism #FuckColonisation #Treaty #SovereigntyNeverCeded #TreatyBeforeVoice
[Check out the Black Peoples' Union on Facebook and Insta]
The #referendum ballot paper has a question printed on it with a box that you have to write "yes" or "no".
There are no graphics on the paper at all. And no option to mark the box in a way that isn't a word.
Consider that an estimated 40% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have minimal English literacy, and that rises to 70% in remote areas.
#AusPol #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #VoiceToParliament
"The people had been taught to despise themselves because they were left with barren land and dry rivers. But they were wrong. It was the white people who had nothing; it was the white people who were suffering as thieves do, never able to forget that their pride was wrapped in something stolen, something that had never been, and never could be, theirs."
-Leslie Marmon Silko
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
"For a colonized people, the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land that will bring them bread, and above all, dignity."
- Frantz Fanon
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
"Who planted terrorism in our area? Some came and took our land, forced us to live in camps. I think this is terrorism. Using means to resist this terrorism and stop its effects - this is called struggle."
- Leila Khaled
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
If today's experience of voting is any indication, Saturday is going to be a shit show at polling offices.
Be careful with yourselves, and consider voting early.
#AusPol #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #VoiceToParliament #referendum
If you're Aboriginal (actually, if you're Black, Indigenous, a Person of Colour) you might want to vote in the #referendum early.
Considering that the #VoiceToParliament question is the only thing we're voting on, it's likely that the entrance to polling places are going to be lined with racists spewing their hatred of us.
It's ok to protect yourself and go vote early to dodge them.
You'll be asked if you're eligible for early voting - just say yes. They shouldn't ask you specifics, but if they do, just tell them you're travelling on Saturday (travelling is a valid reason to vote early).
#AusPol #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
There's an old white man who wears a peaky blinders cap and is driving around Bathurst putting up "Yes" posters that he's spray painted "NO" over the top of, including one that he's also written "WERE ALL AUSTRALIANS".
As much as I'm anti-Voice, it's because I want Treaty and Land Back and I don't trust that the Voice will be a step towards that.
Something tells me that this angry old white man doesn't share the same view..
It's so fucking exhausting.
This whole thing is doing harm.
[if you're a settler please don't comment - I'm not interested]
#AusPol #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #VoiceToParliament #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
The Voice to Parliament debate has been co-opted into a racism litmus test by mainstream media - No for "racist", Yes for "not racist". However, First Nations activists have been protesting and expressing their concerns on the covert, systemic racism of the Yes campaign; from the parallels to other well-meaning but harmful assimilation tactics throughout Australia's colonial history to the white guilt, saviourism and paternalism of prescribing a powerless Voice as the best/only choice for Indigneous people.
🔗 https://youtu.be/u7fDEak_lXQ
#VoiceToParliament #Voice_to_Parliament #Referendum #Australia #Australian #Aussie #Sovereignty #Treaty #HumanRights #Human_Rights #Politics #Political #Culture #Racism #AusPol #Aus_Pol #AustralianPolitics #Australian_Politics #BlakSovereignMovement #Blak_Sovereign_Movement #BlackPeoplesUnion #Black_Peoples_Union #ScandalsWhichNeedToBeHandled #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Sovereignty_Never_Ceded #TreatyBeforeVoice #Treaty_Before_Voice #SovereignNo #ProgressiveNo #Voice23 #Voice2023 #TheVoice2023 #Video #YouTube #YouTuber #YT #ContentCreator #Content_Creator
I think that the Important fucking question about the #VoiceToParliament #referendum that nobody seems to have the guts to be answering is ARE WE GOING TO GET DEMOCRACY SAUSAGES THAT DAY?!?
#Voice #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #Indigenous #AusPol
I just wish people would think more critically when it came to the Voice stuff, instead of pushing points without thinking.
Like, people keep saying that the Voice is an important step in the way to Treaty.. I'd invite you to think about it a little more and consider we have a good reason not to believe that (235 good reasons, tbh..).
Does the Australian government want Treaty?
-- if yes, why aren't they asking a referendum about it?
-- if yes, why aren't they clearly stating that they want Treaty?
-- if no, do you believe that they would institute a Voice as a step towards something they don't want?
-- if no, doesn't it make sense that the Voice is a set up so we stop pushing for Treaty?
It all comes back to what Audre Lorde warned - "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house"
#VoiceToParliament #AusPol #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice
[If you're a settler, please don't comment. Just shush and have a think about it instead of taking space]
