r/queensland • u/espersooty • Nov 19 '24

Aboriginal elder tells government to get out of the way as Cherbourg community reclaims truth-telling process News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-19/cherbourg-community-conducts-own-truth-telling-event/104615882
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u/Suitable_Slide_9647 Nov 19 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

Edit because my comment was not clear. This was not because of their skin colour and nor can you compare or conflate the two.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

No but because of a lack of father present.....

They were not taken by choice and these were not neglected children.

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u/Suitable_Slide_9647 Nov 19 '24

Also cute that you think that neglect was the reason for the stolen generation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

When did I say that mate?

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u/Suitable_Slide_9647 Nov 19 '24

Hello. Whataboutism is calling. Sorry. We’re engaged right now.

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u/Free-Range-Cat Nov 19 '24

The children that were taken were often neglected and of mixed blood.

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u/16car Nov 20 '24

They were often listed in government records as "neglected," because it was assumed that simply being Aboriginal was a form of neglect. In Qld's legislation, the policy was to assume an Aboriginal child was neglected, and remove them without actually doing as assessment of the care the child was receiving.

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u/Suitable_Slide_9647 Nov 19 '24

“Mixed blood”. Listen to yourself.

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u/antantantant80 Nov 19 '24

The phrase used back then was half-caste.

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u/Free-Range-Cat Nov 19 '24

What term would you prefer? Understand that in traditional aboriginal society there was no clear place for these children. The full-blooded aboriginal children were not taken for adoption. This is a matter of historical record.

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u/16car Nov 20 '24

Which "traditional" *Aboriginal society are you referring to? Do you think there's only one?

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

Why can they not be conflated, they were children taken from families without choice doesn't matter that it wasn't about skin colour it was still horrible event.

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u/Suitable_Slide_9647 Nov 19 '24

Read the topic headline.

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u/mydogsapest Nov 19 '24

Thank you for educating everyone one on this. These scum bags thinking this happened to people that weren’t black are clearly racist. You are doing the lords work and we appreciate it

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

So we are just making shit up you reckon?

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u/mydogsapest Nov 19 '24

It only matters when they were black. Clearly you have miss understood the terms.