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Do you know of other cases of indigenous communities that have gone through the same process? Mentioned them.
It’s tough to read about the stolen generation, especially when you do not feel identify with the reasons that drove the Australian government to act in this way.
In his book called Race, Ethnicity, crime and Justice, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon refers to Australia in a particular way:
“Australia is labeled by the author as a land of contrasts, not only in geology and geography but also in its inhabitants. The Aborigines of Australia, as per Gabbidon, are the world's oldest culture and religion”1.
Why do we fight trying to make them exactly as the rest of the people is. Who is the retrograde and closed mind here? The indigenous people that tries to keep their culture alive, or we, people who can not share the same territory with others and want that everybody think and act in the same way?
I know about other case, the Cherokees in US that were forced to move from its land to another place, forced by the white people, and during this movement a lot of indigenous died. All these actions for what?
I want to share a video that shows the case of the Cherokees in America and try to think what it’s the real meaning behind that? Under a shiny name: “The trail of tears” Americans hide this horrible abuse.
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17386-how-the-west-was-lost-the-cherokees-trail-of-tears-video.htm retrieved in May 3, 2010.
1. Holness, N.. (2009). RACE, ETHNICITY, CRIME, AND JUSTICE: AN INTERNATIONAL DILEMMA. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 16(4), 187-190. Retrieved May 3, 2010, from ProQuest Medical Library. (Document ID: 2004794771).
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Hi Manu:
ReplyDeleteThis topic is very shocking. Watching how a culture can be destroyed so easily is painful for me. The ancient indigenous civilzations are filled with wisdom that is valuable for human life and taking them aside has been a major mistake of western civilazation.
The video is kinda broken, couldn't see it.
Hi Manu
ReplyDeleteAfter reading about the aborigines in Australia and the case of the Cherokees in United States that you explained I conclude that Europeans have made the same mistreatments wherever they have gone in all continents. It is interesting to see that in almost all former Britain colonies the indigenous population is insignificant as compared to the former Spaniard colonies. That is because the British tried to eliminate all native population with cruelty. That is the case of United States, Canada, Australia, etc. The Spanish, by the other hand, tried to subjugate and in some cases eliminate the primitive communities of Central and South America but there they found more resistance because some communities like the Incas, Aztecs, Mayas and others were very strong and united. That is why in countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico there is an important indigenous population.
I liked very much your blog; it has interesting comments about all topics.
Manuela, You were missing some of the proposed tasks....
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