Blue_boost
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Ive been reading about how people claim Australians are hypocrites with regard to the George Floyd matter.
By are Australians hypocrites or are the indigenous their own worst enemy?
Living in Sydney we largely assimilate, it's a multi cultural city a d for the most part we get along
But a few years back I went out to WA Karratha and Port Hedland for work. My role was to hire someone to run a shop out there.
In the hotel they don't me not to venture out at night as the indigenous would knock my teeth out, rob me or maybe even kill me
I thought it was a joke but they were very serious. It was a very us vs them mentality. The hotel was basically a locked compound to keep the indigenous out.
Business out there were required to meet a quota of indigenous workers and they could not hire any more workers as they could never meet their indigenous quota. The indigenous workers would last a day or two as they believed working 5 days was just unreasonable
During the day I attended a local shopping centre and two indigenous men were brawling on the ground. I stopped to watch and they both stopped fighting and threatened me .. I walked away and they just looked at each other and continued brawling. Other shoppers were oblivious to it. Seemed normal to them
There was a huge drinking problem in indigenous communities, suburbs would ban sales of alcohol to indigenous people and they would pack up and move to other places where alcohol was available
This was the same at both Karratha and Port Hedland..
It was all a real eye opener, I never thought there was such a divide but it absolutely exists.
Anywhere you wanted to build you needed clearance from Aboriginal elders and they would make some pretty ridiculous claims how it was sacred land. Some stick they would find in the area proved it was sacred land. U shaped buildings around such special Aboriginal spots were built as the elders made a big stink about it
I left with the impression these indigenous communities didn't want to help themselves, they wanted a monetary handout but didn't want to contribute anything. Just live wild and drink
So when Australians are called hypocrites I'm not so sure that is true.
By are Australians hypocrites or are the indigenous their own worst enemy?
Living in Sydney we largely assimilate, it's a multi cultural city a d for the most part we get along
But a few years back I went out to WA Karratha and Port Hedland for work. My role was to hire someone to run a shop out there.
In the hotel they don't me not to venture out at night as the indigenous would knock my teeth out, rob me or maybe even kill me
I thought it was a joke but they were very serious. It was a very us vs them mentality. The hotel was basically a locked compound to keep the indigenous out.
Business out there were required to meet a quota of indigenous workers and they could not hire any more workers as they could never meet their indigenous quota. The indigenous workers would last a day or two as they believed working 5 days was just unreasonable
During the day I attended a local shopping centre and two indigenous men were brawling on the ground. I stopped to watch and they both stopped fighting and threatened me .. I walked away and they just looked at each other and continued brawling. Other shoppers were oblivious to it. Seemed normal to them
There was a huge drinking problem in indigenous communities, suburbs would ban sales of alcohol to indigenous people and they would pack up and move to other places where alcohol was available
This was the same at both Karratha and Port Hedland..
It was all a real eye opener, I never thought there was such a divide but it absolutely exists.
Anywhere you wanted to build you needed clearance from Aboriginal elders and they would make some pretty ridiculous claims how it was sacred land. Some stick they would find in the area proved it was sacred land. U shaped buildings around such special Aboriginal spots were built as the elders made a big stink about it
I left with the impression these indigenous communities didn't want to help themselves, they wanted a monetary handout but didn't want to contribute anything. Just live wild and drink
So when Australians are called hypocrites I'm not so sure that is true.