Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

  • FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The original people who stole the land are dead.

    So when you said “the land you stole” you were talking about dead people, not about anyone who is alive. There are no identifiable “thieves” any more.

    The sins of the fathers should not be laid on their children. Helping people alive today who are disadvantaged is a fine goal, but trying to divvy those groups up on the basis of ethnicity or ancestry is simply repeating the original problem. You can ban discrimination, provide social programs, promote cultural enrichment and exchange, improve living conditions and economic opportunities for poor communities, without ever once having to make decisions on the basis of who’s grandfathers belonged to which families and have what genetic profiles.

    This is not “supporting systemic racism.” It’s the opposite.