moorey
call me Mia
No one, as per my last post.Lol haha yeah that's true. So if whites are racist, migrants are also racist, who is left lol?
No one, as per my last post.Lol haha yeah that's true. So if whites are racist, migrants are also racist, who is left lol?
I was a teenager as was he. The school didnt care, the counsellors were not part of the school. They may have cared but didnt try hard enough. It was not my place to do anything specifically because i couldnt but i could have been more compassionate and helpful. Yes there are likely many races who get caught up in poor home life which affects their upbringing, thisnwas a small country town and should have done a better job. Someone in our circle of friends committed suicide when he was 15. No reason that any of us knew just he was found hanged at a spot we used to go. Suicide? Murder? Sad mistake? Who knows. He did not appear troubled but something was not right and no one suspected anything.So you say that the school was ignorant but he was taken from class for counseling, he chose to make a joke of it when people were trying to help. I know quite a few people in the social services industry and all of them are there trying to make a difference to people’s lives. You can lead a horse to water but if it doesn’t want your water because you’re white, what do you do then?
Sounds to me like you were a typical teenager dealing with growing up just like everyone else in the world. Should you have gone to his house to correct the behaviour of his abusive family? Should you have been his friend, even if he was (not saying he necessarily was) a dickhead?
This shame you feel for being white skinned is damaging to your own psych as well as being unproductive for the plight of indigenous people.
IPA, more like the dog whistling angry white bigots and selfish pricks of Australia.
It’s horrible to find out too late when someone has taken their own life, I’ve had a similar experience.I was a teenager as was he. The school didnt care, the counsellors were not part of the school. They may have cared but didnt try hard enough. It was not my place to do anything specifically because i couldnt but i could have been more compassionate and helpful. Yes there are likely many races who get caught up in poor home life which affects their upbringing, thisnwas a small country town and should have done a better job. Someone in our circle of friends committed suicide when he was 15. No reason that any of us knew just he was found hanged at a spot we used to go. Suicide? Murder? Sad mistake? Who knows. He did not appear troubled but something was not right and no one suspected anything.
Young indigenous people are given more support in the system, and the Youth Justice system works a lot harder on diversion programs to avoid Secure Welfare (short term...2-14 days...incarceration in special facilities if young person is at severe risk to self or others) or detention/jail. Magistrates are hesitant to sentence them, and there’s a lot more checks and balances. It’s positive, in theory, but sometime leads to young people not getting an awareness of what they are facing once they turn 18 and leave care, where they are basically abandoned unless they seek out support.It’s horrible to find out too late when someone has taken their own life, I’ve had a similar experience.
It’s unfortunate that when we find out that someone has a shit home life, we blame ourselves, the councillors, the system, anyone.... except those that have dealt out that shitty home life. Humans know the difference right and wrong. Between beating or abusing children or treating them better than they got treated.
@moorey correctly points out that it’s a cycle of abused kids growing up and abusing the next generation. What do we do? Council the abusers? You’ve already said that they don’t want the help available. Gaol? We already know that it’s indigenous people are over-represented in there. Remove the children from the situation/cycle? Already been told that that’s worse than leaving them there.
Any answers I come up with won’t be accepted by the indigenous community because I’m a white devil. The community themselves need to come up with solutions and, unbelievably, be enforcing those solutions for the betterment of their own people.
A lot. There are specific indigenous organisations and bodies involved and overseeing all the way.Sounds like the white way of dealing with the issue. How much “buy in” do the indigenous have in the system? Do the offenders see the punishment handed down by the court as penance for what they’ve done? or is it an attack on them and not associated with their actions?
Like every other "group" does with their issues?the Indigenous people of this country (as a united voice) need to take ownership of the issue, work out what they require to make improvements and demand the support of the government.
This is probably another unrealistic notion that there will be one united voice, view or vision nation wide and Fed government will deliver the solution. The true success stories are often ones that are self driven.the Indigenous people of this country (as a united voice) need to take ownership of the issue, work out what they require to make improvements and demand the support of the government.
Well fuck... a Treaty would be a great place to start, pretty sure thats been on the cards for a while.the Indigenous people of this country (as a united voice) need to take ownership of the issue, work out what they require to make improvements and demand the support of the government.
They have been. Read the Uluru Statement From The Heart. Read Mark McKenna's 'Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future' in Quarterly Essay, Issue 69 (2018). The Turnbull government's response to the Uluru Statement in 2017 left no doubt as to who will be advising whom into the future...The Indigenous people of this country (as a united voice) need to take ownership of the issue, work out what they require to make improvements and demand the support of the government.
Last sentence is 100% my point.This is probably another unrealistic notion that there will be one united voice, view or vision nation wide and Fed government will deliver the solution. The true success stories are often ones that are self driven.
Turnbull government you say? Nuff said.They have been. Read the Uluru Statement From The Heart. Read Mark McKenna's 'Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future' in Quarterly Essay, Issue 69 (2018). The Turnbull government's response to the Uluru Statement in 2017 left no doubt as to who will be advising whom into the future...
emphasis on "eventually" unfortunately. the cheese crusaders are notoriously excellent at digging their heels in the ground when they catch a whiff of something thats about to change.My vote is for the 6th Feb...you all know it's happen eventually.
Cool, jot it down while other people are actually getting on with doing something. Sure. If it makes you feel better.Well fuck... a Treaty would be a great place to start, pretty sure thats been on the cards for a while.