Aboriginal Injustice

The Aboriginal people have been given every opportunity to help themselves. They have not done so. The only ones to blame for their misfortunes are themselves. I know this because I have lived many years on a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia, with the highest Aboriginal population in all of Australia. Old mate Mick Mundine says that they don't blame the drug users, only the drug dealers. But, that implies that the Aboriginals somehow are not capable or responsible enough for making their own decisions. If you subscribe to this view, you are guilty of the same latent racism so many liberals suffer from. That is, that the Aboriginals "need us" and "need our help." They don't. The taxes they get are more than enough, but have had no good effects, except allowing easier purchase of VB (their beer of choice).

Anthony Mundine is not a world champion and he got knocked out in his last fight by an amateur.

This pod is great. It is beautifully shot, and it conveys the importance of righting this injustice against Australia's Aborigines. I especially liked the part about the gym that takes young people off the streets, and the boxer who acts as an inspirational figure to them. Wonderful pod on a necessary topic.

Quite touching. Horrid how such overt racism is still going on, and against people in their own homeland (Native americans, aboriginals). We are a sick lot.

What a heartbreaking, but honest look at the realities of some of today’s Australian Aborigines. I was aware that they had faced some hardships, but I didn’t know to this extent. Thanks for opening my eyes with their stories, and showing that success is possible. I’m from Canada where we see many of the same difficulties among our native populations. Your beautifully shot Pod, along with the wonderful central characters, shows that with the right attitude and some hard work, positive change is possible.

What an amazing pod! How horrible, I never knew that Austraila's native people had such struggles. Thank you for bringing the "Stolen Generation" to my attention.

Once again, Current shows the Media what having a social conscience really means. Brilliant work.

I remember watching "Rabbit Proof Fence," a movie about two aboriginal girls taken from their mother. That movie was bittersweet.

Australian aborigines are discriminated against to a horrific degree. THAT is what this video should be about.

People who are equally respected don't have problems choosing whether or not to assimilate.

Australians are much worse than Americans when it comes to discrimination and hatred of their minorities.

Stories about Australia's Stolen Generation, like the one in this pod, are unbelievably heartbreaking.