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waitingman) wrote2020-06-11 03:14 pm
waitingman) wrote2020-06-11 03:14 pm
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As I Was Saying...
... when I decided to opt out of further rants about the protests in America, I mentioned Australia was not without its own problems in that area, so I should stay quiet on this one
Enter our Prime Minister... who hasn't put a foot significantly wrong for a few months, so has obviously been itching for an opportunity to stuff things up
He claims there was no slavery in Australia. He is wrong
Says who? Says thousands of Aboriginal people, thousands of Pacific Islanders & thousands of Chinese, South-East Asian & Indian people, who were brought here to do all the work we once made the convicts do... for the same wage & conditions - basically nothing. So, any white Australian of convict descent should be just as insulted at this 'whitewashing' of our history, as any of the aforementioned others
They probably won't be though... in fact they're probably the ones who agree with him
Enter our Prime Minister... who hasn't put a foot significantly wrong for a few months, so has obviously been itching for an opportunity to stuff things up
He claims there was no slavery in Australia. He is wrong
Says who? Says thousands of Aboriginal people, thousands of Pacific Islanders & thousands of Chinese, South-East Asian & Indian people, who were brought here to do all the work we once made the convicts do... for the same wage & conditions - basically nothing. So, any white Australian of convict descent should be just as insulted at this 'whitewashing' of our history, as any of the aforementioned others
They probably won't be though... in fact they're probably the ones who agree with him
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