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Dec 20, 2022

ABC: "The neoclassical is, in architectural terms, the language of power — and for anyone who isn't from Europe, it doesn't translate."

Buildings are racist.

But wait, there's more /2
abc.net.au/news/2022-12-2…

2. "...unofficially dubbed Sydney Modern until a name can be agreed upon with the traditional owner groups asserting cultural rights over the site."

Of course.

And: "...the new building [is] move away from the self-loathing and inferiority complex of the colony..." /3

3. "relocating AGNSW's dedicated gallery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, named Yiribana, from the basement of the old building to the foyer of the new."

Is that like "Nobody puts Aboriginal art (baby) in the basement."?

The virtue signalling continues: /4

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Oct 2, 2022

The 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart called for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament when there were just 5 Indigenous Federal MPs - 2.2%.

It was therefore felt that the only way Indigenous people could achieve proportional representation was not through democratic election. /2

2. The inference from this was that Australian was too racist to democratically elect a proportionate number of Indigenous people and that non-democratic means would be required to remediate this.

In 2022, 11 Indigenous Federal MPs were democratically elected - 4.8% of all MPs/3

3. 4.8% of all MPs is over-representation for the 3.2% who identified as Indigenous in the 2020 Census.

Now that Indigenous people are more than proportionally represented, is there a need for a Voice to Parliament, chosen by race, not elected democratically on merit?

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Sep 2, 2022

"...the law student said she was left disappointed and wondering why the judge had been asked to speak on the topic of domestic violence against Aboriginal women."

Perhaps because she's been a Judge in the NT for 20+ years and has seen the results. /2
abc.net.au/news/2022-09-0…

From the ABC's report: ""To insinuate that it's an aspect within our culture that is accepted is invalidating our lived experiences and our culture," Ms Dos Santos said."

From The Australian: the Judge recounted a 2015 case where 20 people stood by and did nothing... /3

3. ...while a man bashed his wife to death. No-one intervened or even called 000.

THIS is or was that victim's 'lived experience'.

Next from the ABC: "Madge-Pearl Thaiday, a Girramay, Djiru and Erub woman... said she felt the speech demonised and vilified Aboriginal men."/4

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Aug 16, 2022

The Uluru Statement from the Heart came about five years ago at a time and with an expectation that Indigenous people couldn't or wouldn't be elected in representative numbers to parliament - the soft racism of low expectations.

This year, 11 MPs were elected - 4.8% of all. /2

2. The Statement proposed a Voice to Parliament that would represent Indigenous people.

Those involved shot themselves in the foot because, it turns out, Indigenous MPs were indeed democratically elected in representative numbers.

The Voice is therefore superfluous. /3

3. Why aren't those with such low expectations of Indigenous candidates and the general public not embarrassed that they proposed a third chamber of parliament with race-based members selected by a committee?

Why are they doubling down when representative MPs already exist? /4

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