Again, beautifully written and how sad after all the years the Aboriginal aren't recognized for all the wealth of information and culture that they have. Thank you, I felt as if I was right there.
You have a beautiful way with words. I love your writing style. Following your blog now. I am going to Uluru in mid-January. I wonder what it will be like for me as an Asian person there.
Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words. I hope that you have a positive experience. It will be hot in January! Make sure you've got heaps of sunscreen and a hat :)
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Very well written, I was captivated throughout the story. I must say, I hope there are more people like you out there. So many mis -informed people. I guess this is why they are so racist and generalise people. They just arnt intelligent enough to understand aboriginal culture and the long history. I guess you could say they are brainwashed into believing that white are superior. Sadly they have believed they are superior to the land and destory everything. Aboriginal people are the most sophisticated. Aboriginal people understood that the land was superior as they could not survive without it. The land is sacred and of utmost importance. I believe these people could learn a lot from how they originally survived with the land. I guess some cannot see the light and escape the cave ;) My gf and best friend are 1\2 aboriginal. I am one that speaks up straight away, I don't mind a joke, but racism needs to stop. I am proud you spoke up. I just visualised the guy eating all the red dirt as you took off. Lol
Thank you. I appreciate this feedback. I don't think I'm particularly special. Most of the trip I was ashamed by my silence. When I did speak up it was nothing profound. It was a beginning. Lots more work to be done.
I have been silent too. Sometimes it just happens so fast or you don't realise you should have said something till later. I think sometimes just understanding it's wrong is plenty ;) I remember when we were kids the police would search my aboriginal friend and not myself as I was white. I never spoke up and just stood while people walked passed judging my friend. It was upsetting for him as he felt humiliated, it was in his local suburb where people knew him. luckily my friend was able to move on and forget about it.
I think that is very true. I often realise afterward that I should have said something. But I also think Australian culture trains us to be that way. That whole politeness thing. It creates a very passive aggressive society.
Thank you so much for being so honest about your experience. Only recently I encountered a very racist post on Steemit talking about how immigrants are more likely to commit crime quoting statistics which provided little proof to back it up. When I tried to voice my opinion on the matter in a civilized manner, I felt attacked by the so called right wing steemians. I was baffled how we can be so progressive on one hand and so ignorant at the same time. It is difficult to reason with people who have these deep rooted prejudices. I feel they have other fears which they
are projecting on people who may look different from themselves as a group. In the end I decided to just unfollow that person. The experience rattled me as I didn't know there were people who felt so angry towards someone they don't know but I felt I would not be able to change their views and my voice will only cause them to dig their heels in.
I think that is part of the tactic that keeps people silent. The turning of that energy on you and the anger that comes your way can actually be frightening. That's what this post is about. The irony that the person speaking up against racism is treated as the asshole and attacked. If you are going to raise your voice you have to be ready for that. You have to be able to weather that storm. Good for you for speaking, it is not an easy thing to do.
Thank you for writing this article@onethousandwords, I spend three years in Australia and found it very racist. It really made me very anger how settled Australians talked about the natives there, so much hatred and disrespect. And how they are treated. Native Australia people or Aboriginals have been persecuted for so long and their is still a huge divide.
I got involved in some activism over there. Check out Stand up for the Burrup for a start, it is a group protecting very ancient rock art from being destroyed by mining companies. There are many more though.There are of course good people over there too, but just much fewer unfortunately. Resteemed.
Thank you for posting such an honest comment. It is so important to talk about this. There are good people here yes but our societal way means we don't speak up and people who say these things don't get pulled up. Which is what I noticed when I was travelling the Outback. There was a lot of racism, I was shocked at how much. But there was so much silence.
I went to a cultural awareness course once and the woman that ran it was amazing. At the end she asked us to start speaking up. She said (not a direct quote) "we've been doing this for over 200 years. We need you. We're tired."
White Australian's need to speak up when we hear it and let each other know it is unacceptable.
Thats so true, native Australians have such an amazing culture and deserve alot of respect for how they have lived in harmony with nature, I realize that that has been disrupted now, what a shame when they have so much they can teach us.
That is one of the things that kept occurring to me as I traveled the region. That it is such terrible shame that white settlers did not see how well the land was cared for and see if they could learn a thing or two.
Again, beautifully written and how sad after all the years the Aboriginal aren't recognized for all the wealth of information and culture that they have. Thank you, I felt as if I was right there.
Thank you that is such meaningful feedback for me. I appreciate you taking the time.
You have a beautiful way with words. I love your writing style. Following your blog now. I am going to Uluru in mid-January. I wonder what it will be like for me as an Asian person there.
Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words. I hope that you have a positive experience. It will be hot in January! Make sure you've got heaps of sunscreen and a hat :)
Yes, I have lots of sunscreen and big hat
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Very well written, I was captivated throughout the story. I must say, I hope there are more people like you out there. So many mis -informed people. I guess this is why they are so racist and generalise people. They just arnt intelligent enough to understand aboriginal culture and the long history. I guess you could say they are brainwashed into believing that white are superior. Sadly they have believed they are superior to the land and destory everything. Aboriginal people are the most sophisticated. Aboriginal people understood that the land was superior as they could not survive without it. The land is sacred and of utmost importance. I believe these people could learn a lot from how they originally survived with the land. I guess some cannot see the light and escape the cave ;) My gf and best friend are 1\2 aboriginal. I am one that speaks up straight away, I don't mind a joke, but racism needs to stop. I am proud you spoke up. I just visualised the guy eating all the red dirt as you took off. Lol
Thank you. I appreciate this feedback. I don't think I'm particularly special. Most of the trip I was ashamed by my silence. When I did speak up it was nothing profound. It was a beginning. Lots more work to be done.
I have been silent too. Sometimes it just happens so fast or you don't realise you should have said something till later. I think sometimes just understanding it's wrong is plenty ;) I remember when we were kids the police would search my aboriginal friend and not myself as I was white. I never spoke up and just stood while people walked passed judging my friend. It was upsetting for him as he felt humiliated, it was in his local suburb where people knew him. luckily my friend was able to move on and forget about it.
I think that is very true. I often realise afterward that I should have said something. But I also think Australian culture trains us to be that way. That whole politeness thing. It creates a very passive aggressive society.
Thank you so much for being so honest about your experience. Only recently I encountered a very racist post on Steemit talking about how immigrants are more likely to commit crime quoting statistics which provided little proof to back it up. When I tried to voice my opinion on the matter in a civilized manner, I felt attacked by the so called right wing steemians. I was baffled how we can be so progressive on one hand and so ignorant at the same time. It is difficult to reason with people who have these deep rooted prejudices. I feel they have other fears which they
are projecting on people who may look different from themselves as a group. In the end I decided to just unfollow that person. The experience rattled me as I didn't know there were people who felt so angry towards someone they don't know but I felt I would not be able to change their views and my voice will only cause them to dig their heels in.
I think that is part of the tactic that keeps people silent. The turning of that energy on you and the anger that comes your way can actually be frightening. That's what this post is about. The irony that the person speaking up against racism is treated as the asshole and attacked. If you are going to raise your voice you have to be ready for that. You have to be able to weather that storm. Good for you for speaking, it is not an easy thing to do.
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Thank you for writing this article@onethousandwords, I spend three years in Australia and found it very racist. It really made me very anger how settled Australians talked about the natives there, so much hatred and disrespect. And how they are treated. Native Australia people or Aboriginals have been persecuted for so long and their is still a huge divide.
I got involved in some activism over there. Check out Stand up for the Burrup for a start, it is a group protecting very ancient rock art from being destroyed by mining companies. There are many more though.There are of course good people over there too, but just much fewer unfortunately. Resteemed.
Thank you for posting such an honest comment. It is so important to talk about this. There are good people here yes but our societal way means we don't speak up and people who say these things don't get pulled up. Which is what I noticed when I was travelling the Outback. There was a lot of racism, I was shocked at how much. But there was so much silence.
I went to a cultural awareness course once and the woman that ran it was amazing. At the end she asked us to start speaking up. She said (not a direct quote) "we've been doing this for over 200 years. We need you. We're tired."
White Australian's need to speak up when we hear it and let each other know it is unacceptable.
Thats so true, native Australians have such an amazing culture and deserve alot of respect for how they have lived in harmony with nature, I realize that that has been disrupted now, what a shame when they have so much they can teach us.
That is one of the things that kept occurring to me as I traveled the region. That it is such terrible shame that white settlers did not see how well the land was cared for and see if they could learn a thing or two.