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An Indigenous girl asked to reconnect with her culture. In a ‘racist’ child protection system, her pleas were ignored (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] stepchook@mastodon.au 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@Dalek_Thal @Baku systematically is worse. That means it is accepted as official.

[–] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I agree, force of habit for me to dumb it down a bit because a fucktonne of people get really angry when I suggest that this is a deeply racist country, institutionally speaking. Our very laws were written to keep the Indigenous Australians down, the racism is by design.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Not only official, but also normalised within Australian society which makes it very difficult for non-Indigenous Australians to recognise its influence.