The offensive, divisive quote attributed to Langton
from her academic ivory tower
appears to be
legitimate.
Unfortunately for (what I call) "genuine" Aborigines
at ground level—suffering social deprivations, poor
health, substandard housing and educational facilities,
she's of no meaningful or material help.
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Langton is nothing more than one of these typical,
well-educated, pale-skinned Aborigines who at a
young age decided—apparently—to cash in on her
claimed Aboriginality.
But... she's never once been subjected to the
piteous lifestyle of most Aboriginals living in
outback regions who don't even have running water
or electricity or flush toilets. She's never been
verbally vilified in the streets or spat on; she's
never been denied education or a job or health care
solely because of her skin colour.
I classify her Aboriginality in the same way as I do
Michael Mansell or Bruce Pascoe or even Jake Gablonski,
pictured here at the Clontarf Indigenous Boys Football
Academy.
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And like Langton, has young Jake ever been abused
in the street or refused a job because of his skin
colour? No way.
Footnote: One Aboriginal man I deeply respected when I
was younger was the late
Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls [dec. 1988]
who left school in grade 3, but rose to become Governor
of South Australia in 1976.