When I fostered a five year old disabled aboriginal boy for some months I was eventually told he had to learn to be a 'white' boy when in Darwin. This was after a government official found out I was caring for him in a traditional way (as much as I could) with permission from his grandfather. And this was after I reported to the health minister (who was part aboriginal herself) that the department had neglected and abuse the boy and I knew of two others (one white the other aboriginal). She agreed with how I was caring for the boy and was distressed on hearing what the department had told me to do with the boy. The department turned the tables on me and said they had substantuated abuse allegations against me!! But if I 'cared' for him the way they demanded, I could still foster him. I said no as if anything happened to him I'd get the total blame so I was not going to be their scape goat. I said this because, no kidding, literally within an hour of doing things the department's way he had fallen and split his head open.
The boy had never walked in his life. I got him walking in eight weeks. I got framed as I was a whistle blower. The abuse and neglect by department workers is as prevelant as ever. The 'White' Australia policy is alive and well, and there are other ways of creating stolen generations then the obvious.
I wanted to move to an aboriginal community to help with the disabled and aged. An aboriginal friend advised against it as she said I'd not last five minutes as the 'whites' had full control and would not like me upsetting the 'white' order of things. Nope. The aboriginals have nothing to complain about, apparently. Oh, if you're a progressive aboriginal (or a coconut aboriginal as they are called that has fully embraced the white culture and rejects the old ways) life's good. They have learnt to 'milk' the system as well as many whites I know.
And you want to see the racism toward the natives of this land, come to Darwin. I'm very unpopular with progressive aboriginals and many whites.
I can not tell you what it is like to be acused of abusing a child when I was the only one who had five minutes for him. And the department take the credit for his walking. For them to tell his mother I was tired of caring for him when I had told her to her very face that I would protect, care and teach her child for as long as she and her family wanted. But that is the lot of the whistle blower that must be sacrificed to keep the truth hidden.
But do not get me wrong. I in no way condone flag burning for any reason by any people in any country. All it does is fuel hate and retaliation. The only abusive aboriginals I know of are the part aboriginal, or radical extremist progressives (most are not trouble makers but it only takes a handful to ruin the image of the majority). I've only seen traditional and/or full bloods be violent and/or abusive when drunk. When not drunk they are the most friendly, quiet and gentle people I've ever had the pleasure to mix with.
I've seen aboriginals struggle for the right to live the way they want and need to but be crushed beneith the feet of the white policiy makers and some progressives used as their tool to achieve white agendas.
I also witnessed a religious group of nun's here in Darwin totally baby a whole community of aboriginals for many years, making them totally dysfunctional. When they were forced to leave it was a total mess and remains so. No joke. When the nuns left the people didn't know how to cook, clean or use a rubbish bin. But who got the blame. Not the nuns who should have been teaching these people life skills.
Edited by SamDavies, 25 February 2012 - 11:15 PM.