Australians Hate Aborigines ... WHY?

because you are saying we shud apologise for something we didnt do i didnt choose to be born here not saying i dont love it here.... aborigines hate whites because we tried to abolish them and then make them the same.... think of the slave trade in other countries....

why did the australians try to abolish them? what is the source of the hatred?

because we wanted a nice white country a new england... and they were the only thing in our way.... the only reason we loosened white immigration policies was so we cud build population in case we were ever attacked... as a result of their isolation the dont like white ppl... can i blame them no... does this mean they shud go bashing ppl sniffing petrol and stealing grog... no

Jammy Jester wrote:

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why are you so hostile. i just want to understand why australians hate the aborigines

Actually Grace has a point - the vast majority of aborigines were killed by soldiers of his majesties government between 1700 - 1900 (Australia became a federation in 1901)

Perhaps you need to address this question to your fellow Englishmen - after all you chaps encouraged the slave trade and murdered an awful lot of people around the world - time cant quite erase all those memories you know

While modern people are not responsible for the action of their forbears the aborigines need to learn to forgive as long as they receive an apology and get on with their lives.

Jammy Jester wrote:

Why do australians hate aborigines. whenever i talk to australians they do not have a good word to say about them.
are people taught in schools that aborigines are inferior?
are aborigines considered lazy and violent by the media?
what is it?

We don't hate them. I have a few aboriginal friends who are not inferior to me or anybody else for that matter. They have well paid jobs, a good education and children to be proud of. Only one of my aboriginal friends is not working and it's because she is very sick.

Elias wrote:

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Two different issues
1. Saying sorry is an admission of historic guilt - it allows aussies to move on (isnt that what you want)
2. Billions squandered - ATSIC and other peak aboriginal bodies funded by the Aust Govt - there has yet to be accountability and whether the money has been well spent. Given the condition of aborigines I doubt it. Part ofthe blame must go to aborigines in charge.

All Australians have said sorry you idiot. Where were you when all the people of a Oz signed the sorry petition
Are you a new arrival?

Sunshine wrote:

<quoted text>All Australians have said sorry you idiot. Where were you when all the people of a Oz signed the sorry petition
Are you a new arrival?

Not the government sunshine

Sunshine wrote:

<quoted text>All Australians have said sorry you idiot. Where were you when all the people of a Oz signed the sorry petition
Are you a new arrival?

all australians signed the petition heh? thats a bit rich - but then statistics isnt a strong point for rednex

fyi i am visiting the UK, i am not english.

try an exercise in empathy

break down those defensive barriers and jump into the shoes of aborigines, see live from their perspective. For a moment respect their way of thinking, their traditions, their belief system.

when you see the world through their eyes what do you see. how would you feel about white australians?

i saw that alcoholism is a way of committing suicide. a lot of aborigines hate living in an occupied land?

Tell me what do you see?

Jammy Jester wrote:

fyi i am visiting the UK, i am not english.
try an exercise in empathy
break down those defensive barriers and jump into the shoes of aborigines, see live from their perspective. For a moment respect their way of thinking, their traditions, their belief system.
when you see the world through their eyes what do you see. how would you feel about white australians?
i saw that alcoholism is a way of committing suicide. a lot of aborigines hate living in an occupied land?
Tell me what do you see?

Hi jammy

I see the same things as you - however people and many previous government have offered many a tax payer funded solution and little has been achieved

there many aborigines who have successfully broken into sport and few in entertainment but not many in politics or education or running companies

The major issue is one of accomodation. I dont believe australians (the white variety) and migrants are in the least bit sympathetic or empathetic toward aborigines.

My own philosophy is in tune with Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson that aborigines need to help themselves first before they can improve as a society

we need more Noel pearsons to act as mentors and more white people willing to take on aborigines in the workplace

Elias wrote:

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Not the government sunshine

yes Paul Keating did when he was in power.

Elias wrote:

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all australians signed the petition heh? thats a bit rich - but then statistics isnt a strong point for rednex

All Australians had the opportunity to. You could go to churches, Sydney Town Hall and other major cities to sign the petition.
If you didn't why not?

Jammy Jester wrote:

fyi i am visiting the UK, i am not english.
try an exercise in empathy
break down those defensive barriers and jump into the shoes of aborigines, see live from their perspective. For a moment respect their way of thinking, their traditions, their belief system.
when you see the world through their eyes what do you see. how would you feel about white australians?
i saw that alcoholism is a way of committing suicide. a lot of aborigines hate living in an occupied land?
Tell me what do you see?

My friends who are aborigines don't drink except one and the reason why the other 3 don't alcohol is because they are more prone to alcoholism than most people.
The problem is we have city aboriginals like my friends who are educated, they live like all of the population.
Then you have aborigines who live on their tribal lands and live by their own laws etc. It is SOME of these tribal people who have an alcololic and drug problem. It is really up to the tribal elders to put laws in place to protect their own people.
Then we have aborigines who live as what we call fringe dwellers, these are the most unfortunate as they aren't educated enought to fit into the larger community but have become addicted to modern living.
We need a magic wand to solve this problem our government puts more money per head of population towards the aborigines than the rest of the community but it hasn't solve the problem.
What would you do if you were our government?

Elias wrote:

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all australians signed the petition heh? thats a bit rich - but then statistics isnt a strong point for rednex

This about the sorry book I was speaking but I also signed another one.
http://www.acn.net.au/articles/sorry/

Jammy Jester wrote:

fyi i am visiting the UK, i am not english.
try an exercise in empathy
break down those defensive barriers and jump into the shoes of aborigines, see live from their perspective. For a moment respect their way of thinking, their traditions, their belief system.
when you see the world through their eyes what do you see. how would you feel about white australians?
i saw that alcoholism is a way of committing suicide. a lot of aborigines hate living in an occupied land?
Tell me what do you see?

Hey dickhead.
While your in England...go and dig captain Cooks grave up and and have a cry there.

sunshine all the work paul keating did was abolished when whiteboy howard came to power all the land we gave taken back... we ripped them off yet again.... jammy i have no problem with aboriginals who go to school get jobs and act with decency same as anyone else.... i am not as biased as i come across i do have black friends and i hold nothing that any of their relatives and fellow aboriginals have done against him and i hope that he doesnt hold anything against a white girl.... in public schools we do teach kids about the atrocities but they skip over the topics very quickly and black killings arent discussed.... sunshine are you telling me 20 million ppl wud sign the thing no because how many white crackers do we have...

grace wrote:

sunshine all the work paul keating did was abolished when whiteboy howard came to power all the land we gave taken back... we ripped them off yet again.... jammy i have no problem with aboriginals who go to school get jobs and act with decency same as anyone else.... i am not as biased as i come across i do have black friends and i hold nothing that any of their relatives and fellow aboriginals have done against him and i hope that he doesnt hold anything against a white girl.... in public schools we do teach kids about the atrocities but they skip over the topics very quickly and black killings arent discussed.... sunshine are you telling me 20 million ppl wud sign the thing no because how many white crackers do we have...

No I never said 20 million signed to the petition but the petition was available for everybody to sign.

Sunshine wrote:

<quoted text>All Australians have said sorry you idiot. Where were you when all the people of a Oz signed the sorry petition
Are you a new arrival?

.... all means everyone silly... if you didnt mean it why did you say it... the fact of the matter is people dont recognise that what went on was wrong i know that i am not at fault but i am sorry they went through that...

Sunshine wrote:

<quoted text>No I never said 20 million signed to the petition but the petition was available for everybody to sign.

being avaiable and actually signing are two different things

Elias wrote:

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being avaiable and actually signing are two different things

so true