@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 2 years agoAboriginal Australians used as forced labor by European settlers, 1902lemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1350
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThey didn’t even class indigenous Australians as people, until late 1960’s. They were considered fauna.
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink0•2 years agoThat’s a myth that needs to end. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/fact-check-flora-and-fauna-1967-referendum/9550650
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoIs it ? Australia hold a référendum this year to give a bit more rights to native people. They voted against it.
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink0•2 years agoYes? I am Australian. And the vote wasn’t about rights, it was about representation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYou can use the wording you want, Australia is a racist country that shows no respect to the native people.
They didn’t even class indigenous Australians as people, until late 1960’s. They were considered fauna.
That’s a myth that needs to end.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/fact-check-flora-and-fauna-1967-referendum/9550650
Is it ? Australia hold a référendum this year to give a bit more rights to native people. They voted against it.
Yes?
I am Australian. And the vote wasn’t about rights, it was about representation.
You can use the wording you want, Australia is a racist country that shows no respect to the native people.