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xeuyrawp
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Amen.Although a boon for ANU law, Dodson was a bit of a bummer for Australian of the year. To slag off the celebrations like that was poor form; a real gnawing of the hand that fed you. All this guilt shit wont work. Reconcilliation has to entail some concessions on the indigenous side. They must submit to the idea that European settlement has been ultimately positive for their quality of life. They have a sympathetic government working full pelt to close the gap - it's about time that they take up their share of the responsibilities entailed in being Australian citizens
I mean, where would African-Americans be if they stubbornly retained their tribal customs? Where would they be if they stuck with the pre-Obama guilt politics? It's a dead road
People are also afraid to remember that on the one hand, Aboriginal people want to have their own culture (which I completely support), but they also want to be part of another culture (which I also support). This obviously creates problems.
It seems a little illogical to demand that a celebration of European landing on Australia should be moved. This celebration obviously has nothing to do with Aboriginal culture, it obviously has to do with the European settlement of this country.
Why don't the Aboriginal people create a date for their own celebrations, and European-Australians can demand that they change it? But when you play tit for tat, of course, you're labelled a racist.