The film shows a black episode in the Australian History, where the indian children were stolen from their families. We can see just a little piece of truth of the Indian reality. I chose this movie for my reflection because I'm really interested about the topic and in knowing more about the situation lived in Australia since 1910 to 1970.
I don't know the Indian situation in Australia and after seeing the movie a lot of "dudes" (use people instead) came to me.
In my writing I want to make a comparison about Chilean situation and the Australian one and discrimination suffered by indigenous people in this and in our country.
I think the situation in Australia that we saw in the movie is sad, I don't know why people can do this acts with people, It has some troubles nowadays an argument that can be given to check is: in 2008 the parlament for first time gives apologies subject to root that came to light that indigenous children were used as guinea pigs for scientific experiments. This situation caused public alarm, and in the people "who forms part" from "stolen generation" even more. They said "there are many things that are not known". I think all the true should be "uncovered" because the indian people have the right to know "all" and be uncompensed for the government but they say : "no compensation". But in 2007 one person was compensated for first time.
If we compare own situation and the Australian. We would see this is very similar. In Chile in general we don't appreciate our "root" we usually don't know almost nothing about mapuches for example the language or their manners, we see them like people who do strikes all the time, who don't forget the past and we usually discriminate them for his physical appearance too. But something I rescate about Chilean government a comparison of Australian is: we give compensation to the mapuches because we have: "beca indígena" that benefits to students in the school and the university with native seed the government give to them money.
In Australia is the same situation like our country they suffer discrimination and social marginalization, a lot of indian people are unemployed and who have employed this is a “bad job” with low-wage this is like a circle, they don’t receive a good education therefore they don’t have a good paid job.
The white population discriminate them just for be “different”, they have more possibilities to go to the jail (be arrested), and it for that indigenous people don’t have faith in the Australian legal system.
In conclusion I think this situation was a shame for all the world because the discrimination which indigenous people isn’t be just in Australia or our country this one is in all the countries; mapuches, kiwi (new Zealand),etc. And who fight for the rights of the natives?
We have to include and educated this groups of person because they are like us and they have the same right such as me or anyone. About the theme of stolen generation I think this “case” would be finished if the government make a compensation to the descendent of those who suffered in the past, they lost they identity, they don’t receive a good education, the respect corresponding. We and just we are responsible for this and remedy it is our duty. Finally I quote this phrase from and indian descendant.
“I grew up feeling alone, a black girl in a white world, and I resented them for trying to make me white but they couldn't wash away thousands of years of dreaming”. —Aunty Rhonda Collard, member of the Stolen Generations
Bibliography.
“Australia’s Stolen generations”, Creative spirits, http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/stolen-generations.html
“Hito para la “generación robada”, BBC new, http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/international/newsid_6927000/6927161.stm
“Aboriginal employment, Jobs and careers”, Critical Spirits http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/economy/aboriginal-employment-jobs-careers.html
“Protestan indígenas australianos contra la discriminación”, Diario de la juventud cubana.http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/internacionales/2012-01-27/protestan-indigenas-australianos-contra-la-discriminacion/
“Disculpa simbólica a la generación robada”, Publico.es. http://www.publico.es/internacional/47914/disculpa-simbolica-a-la-generacion-robada
Your reflexion it seems to me that very good, did you get my attention...
ReplyDeleteThe topic is interesting.. I like it.