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This Week in International Black Folk news: Hey Australia? ‘ISH GONNA CHANGE!

On June - 5 - 2009 View Comments

That’s right. We’re covering GLOBAL ‘iSH SON!

It seems that in Australia a politician named Marion Scrymgour has just screwed with the entire method of how things works over there.

In politics you can justify almost anything. But being an Aboriginal member of the Labor or Liberal Party is no longer one of them.

At least, that’s the case in the Northern Territory, and it’s all thanks to Marion Scrymgour, the former NT Deputy Chief Minister who yesterday walked away from t

e Labor Party and, in the process, changed the face of black politics in this country forever.

…From this point forward, that doesn’t matter anymore. Everything has changed. It might not be politically popular to afford black people equal rights and equal access, but it’s what you’ll have to do if you want to win office.

I don’t imagine for one minute that things will improve overnight for black Territorians. But irrefutably Scrymgour has re-shaped the political landscape in one of the most desperate regions of this country.

Aboriginal people now hold the cards, not to mention the balance of power. Indeed, they have for some time, but have either not realized it or been too scared to accept it.

I’ll admit, I’m not up on my Australian Policies and definitely not on the plight of the Aboriginal members (read: Black) of their society but I found a statement in this to be very disturbing.

It might not be politically popular to afford black people equal rights and equal access,

I’m sorry, what now? I think we need to send some folks over there and talk to the Aborigine folks and get them on their “Oh hell no” grind. But now that the major ruling party now has to come to her and the other independent to get anything going, I want to see how it plays out. Don’t make me send Sharpton!

Man, I couldn’t even write that with a straight face.

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kwerekwere

if you want to see a good start, on film, of how aboriginal people have been treated in australia, rent "rabbit-proof fence".

whatever you do, do not go see it in any cinema where you and your date are the only black people there. in addition, do not sit in the front of the movie theater because you've gotten there early [and thus leaving yourself unable to notice that you are the only black people there].

because when you're done watching it, and the lights come on, you will want to cut/slash/stab every white person you see.

or so i've heard.
Noelani

Yeah things are f'ed up over there for aboriginal people. A year or so ago a prohibition law was past (just) for aboriginals. WTF is that all about? Since when is it okay in a so-called democracy to make separate laws for people according to their race?

*looks around*