Racism is not just a phenomenon that happens TO Black People; it also happens THROUGH black
people.
Racism turned inwards, lateral violence, these are words that are ultimately outcomes of
unreconciled black identity formation which sees those who’ve experienced extreme… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… The ‘politics of respectability’ is a phenomenon that sees privileged members of marginalised groups
comply with dominant social norms to ‘advance their group's condition’. As though their own
success, means racism doesn’t exist; that it creates no real barrier for all black… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

THREAD: Scott Morrison comments re George Floyd’s murder “As upsetting & terrible is the murder that took place & its shocking. I just think how wonderful a country is Australia”
Lets look at a sample of some of Australia’s George Floyd moments.
Warning: its horrific./2 Ms Dhu died in custody of septicemia&pneumonia for $2k in unpaid fines. Victim of DV. Taken to hospital 2xs;sepsis not detected &sent back to custody. Inquest found she was subjected to inhumane treatment by police incl being called a “fucking junkie”. No charges laid/3

🧵Forced removal exists as a sig static pre-trauma variable for future generations of Aboriginal ppl. The threat of imminently possible,unpredictable & uncontrollable child removal led to trauma responses being permanently activated to ensure protection from imminent threat Purely from a position of science we know removal from primary attachments is almost impossible to recover from; however,the denial of this removal by successive Aust Govts until the national apology to the stolen generations in 2007
exists as a unique post-trauma variable/2

A Trauma thread:
1/9 Flight/fight/freeze/fawn are common responses to trauma. The ability to activate all four mechanisms is why people both survive & heal from traumatic events. Much of this capability is genetic & biological (or what we inherit as a stress response mechanism). 2/9 PTSD is when cognitions become so altered post trauma the brain tells the body to see threat everywhere (imagined rather than real).Essentially its a misfiring &the flight/fight/freeze/fawn responses are activated regardless of threat. Over time this response is normalised

1/6 Vicarious trauma occurs when hearing traumatic stories traumatise those who are there to help. It’s increasingly understood in supervision & support but not nearly as much as it should. Studies show 80% of us in the helping profession have lived experience of mental health 2/6 Hearing traumatic stories is part of the job. Our training teaches us theres a fine line between caring too much & burning out. Caring too little & being ineffective & compassionless

1/22 *Trigger warning on abuse. I have long been concerned with the lack of understanding of the impacts of psychological & emotional violence & its devastating impacts on victims. In many of the worst abusive relationships, physical violence is minor and often or barely present 2/22 In Aust 1 woman a week is killed by an intimate partner. These statistics worryingly tell us it’s not the predator lurking down back-alleys women should fear, but the men they fall in love with. For Aboriginal women it is 20times more likely

#RaiseTheAge Why does prison increase rather than decrease the odds of future criminality? Well, it’s predominantly about the stage of development. First kids this age don’t fully understand consequences of behaviours in the same way as adults 1/14 They’re rigid in their understanding of right & wrong & driven by an external fear of punishment. Criminalise kids at that stage of development & you risk their moral reasoning ability stagnating at that level. What this means is they learn how to avoid punishment 2/14

A Trauma 🧵Flight/fight/freeze are common responses to trauma. The ability to activate all three mechanisms is why people both survive & heal from traumatic events. Much of this ability is genetic & biological (or what we inherit as a stress response mechanism).1/9 Post trauma occurs when cognitions become so altered after trauma the mind tells the body to see threat everywhere (imagined rather than real). Essentially theres a misfiring, ensuring flight/fight is activated regardless of threat.Over time this response becomes normalised 2/9

#RaiseTheAge 🧵Why does an early prison sentence increase rather than decrease the odds of future criminality? Well, it’s predominantly about the stage of development. First kids this age don’t fully understand consequences of behaviours in the same way as adults 1/14 They’re rigid in their understanding of right & wrong & driven by an external fear of punishment. Criminalise kids at that stage of development & you risk their moral reasoning ability stagnating at that level. What this means is they learn how to avoid punishment 2/14

1/6: A TRAUMA THREAD:
Flight/fight/freeze are common responses to trauma. The ability to activate all three mechanisms is why people both survive & heal from traumatic events. Much of this ability is genetic & biological (or what we inherit as a stress response mechanism). 2/6 Post trauma occurs when cognitions become so altered after trauma that the mind tells the body to see threat everywhere(imagined rather than real). It’s a “misfiring”& ensures flight/fight response is activated regardless of threat.Over time this response becomes normalised

The Jilya Model

🟠 Stream 2: Training in treatments of best practice Currently, and despite the significantly high rates of suicide, estimated rates of trauma and mental ill health there are no established treatments of ‘best practice’ that have been empirically tested with Aboriginal clients.

1/9 The Dept of Communities last week claimed removal rates of Aboriginal kids had decreased for the 1st time since 1997. This was in response to a report commissioned to my company exposed widespread systemic racism was leaked by a whistleblower after being buried for 3yrs. 2/9 So I went through their annual reports over the past 4yrs to fact check.I put it in a table& line graph so you can follow it.
The main issue is they use the terms "rates & number" of kids removed from families interchangeably & its misleading

1/9 The core of understanding cultural attachment lies in the differences in Aboriginal parenting. Natural growth parenting teaches interdependence & is often confused for attachment disorders from a mainstream, nuclear family attachment model. 2/9 Many Aboriginal kids meet the criteria for attachment 'disorders' based on cultural differences.Eg. Natural growth parenting means a greater focus on the concept of “It takes a whole community to raise a child”.

*Trigger warning on abuse.
The long term & entrenched impacts of psychological & emotional domestic violence & abuse & its devastating impacts on victims is so badly understood. In many of the worst abusive rships, physical violence is minor or barely present 1/15 In Australia 1 woman a week is killed by an intimate partner. These statistics worryingly tell us it’s not the predator lurking down back alleys women should fear, but the men they fall in love with. The criminalisation of coercive control is such a critical step 2/15

1 of my most engaged tweets of 2021!
Scott Morrison comments re George Floyd’s murder
“As upsetting & terrible is the murder that took place & its shocking. I just think how wonderful a country is Aust”
A sample of some of Austs George Floyd moments.Warning: its horrific. 1/16 Ms Dhu died in custody of septicemia & pneumonia for $2k in unpaid fines. A victim of DV. Taken to hospital 2xs but sepsis not detected & sent back to custody. Inquest found she was subjected to “inhumane” treatment by police incl being called a “fucking junkie”. No charges. 2/16

We are the only culture in Australia that requires we ‘prove’ our identity.
We are also the only culture in in which Govt policy required us to prove we had severed ties with our family, kin in order to have basic human rights that were promised but never came. 1/4 As an Aboriginal person this practice so offends me. It makes it ok for ppl to Qu identity & creates a damaging narrative we are all frauds claiming some sort of ‘benefit’ to being Aboriginal. I am lucky. I know who I am. I’ve never had to “prove” my Aboriginality. 2/4

*Trigger warning on abuse
The long term & entrenched impacts of psychological & emotional domestic violence & abuse & its devastating impacts on victims is so badly understood. In many of the worst abusive rships, physical violence is minor or barely present 1/15 In Australia 1 woman a week is killed by an intimate partner. These statistics worryingly tell us it’s not the predator lurking down back alleys women should fear, but the men they fall in love with. The criminalisation of coercive control is such a critical step 2/15

Scott Morrison’s comments regarding the George Floyd murder
“As upsetting & terrible is the murder that took place & it is shocking. I just think to myself how wonderful a country is Australia”
A thread of just some of Australia’s George Floyd moments.Warning: its horrific 1/10 Ms Dhu died in custody of septicemia & pneumonia for $2k in unpaid fines. A victim of DV. Taken to hospital 2xs but sepsis not detected & sent back to custody. Inquest found she was subjected to “inhumane” treatment by police incl being called a “fucking junkie”. No charges. 2/10

#RaiseTheAge Why does incarceration increase rather than decrease the odds of future criminality? Well, it’s predominantly about the stage of development.
First kids this age don’t fully understand consequences of behaviours in the same way as adults 1/14 They’re rigid in their understanding of right & wrong & driven by an external fear of punishment. Criminalise kids at that stage of development & you risk their moral reasoning ability stagnating at that level. What this means is they learn how to avoid punishment 2/14

2yrs ago, I wrote this Opinion Piece. Indigenous suicides are escalating; all of the funding is quarantined by a handful of 'experts' who have failed to advance the science of suicide prevention in a way that is objective or measurable 1/14
indigenousx.com.au/aboriginal-sui… We have enormous amounts of funding injected into this area; yet our Indigenous youth are dying by suicide at EIGHT times the rate of non-Indigenous children and it is only right that we ask why this level of funding has had little to no impact. 2/14

I wrote this for the Australian in reaction to the Fed Govts claims they put $134M into 'Indigenous suicide prevention'. This crudely translates to $250K per death by suicide of an Indigenous person; throw state & other funding in, you are close to $1M per suicide death 1/22 Yet as a country facing this growing tragedy of Indigenous child suicides, we have NO nationally accepted evidence based programs across the spectrum of early int'vn & prevention. Staggeringly, funded programs are NOT required to show they are reducing MH or suicide risk 2/22