rhino wrote on May 14
th, 2015 at 1:54am:
mothra wrote on May 14
th, 2015 at 1:39am:
rhino wrote on May 14
th, 2015 at 1:25am:
Emma wrote on May 14
th, 2015 at 12:56am:
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Have you? walked into these communities. ??
Do you speak from personal experience or anecdotal information.?
i call a spade a spade. Call it abo bashing, dont care. I am not politically correct. Yes, been to abo communities, see how they live,. Yes, deal with aboriginal people constantly on a daily basis when at work. I see directly every day what the billions of dollars pumped into the aboriginal industry and the bleeding heart naysayers achieve. nothing. No aboriginal is helped by refusing to see that there are huge cultural issues at the heart of their dysfunction.
For crying out loud, the issues are NOT cultural, they are a result of generations of subjugation, abuse, grief and loss, stolen people, discrimination and systemic genocide.
What you don't understand about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is considerably more than you understand.
Rubbish, domestic violence child abuse on this scale is a cultural issue. There wouldmt be an aboriginal household anywhere in the country where this does not occur.
Quote:Scholars, researchers, community workers, Elders and even the observant follower disagree with you. Heartily.
no they dont. Ive spoken directly to more than a few and they agree with me. Anyone who has any direct experience must agree because they are the facts.
Not an Aboriginal household in the country where this doesn't occur? Are you
trying to make yourself look like an idiot? How many Aboriginal households are you familiar with Rhino? Honestly.
And no .. the scholars, researchers, support workers and sundry agree with me. I know because i WORK IN THE FIELD. This is my area of expertise Rhino. One of a few actually. I speak with the Elders. I listen to what they say. I am in cohorts with the researchers and community workers. This is not cultural .. it is a result of what has been done to them.
You will find parallels in every other community in which similar disenfranchisement has occurred.
You have a long way to go Rhino. The first step is accepting when you are wrong. And you are very, very wrong.