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Tanushree Rao Profile picture
Tanushree Rao
@tanushrao
PhD @ekohistIR • aid, inequality, humanitarian crises, migration, tech • #rstats enthusiast • formerly comms/tech, peace fellow @uu_peace • raised on Darug land
Dec 16, 2019 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
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"What percentage Aboriginal are they?"

"Are there still any 100% Aboriginal people in Australia?"

As a former settler in Australia these are genuine questions I've gotten from people around the world. "But they don't LOOK Aboriginal," people say. What's wrong with that?

...everything. Apart from nobody owing you an explanation about their identity (ever), here's why.