Regardless of the outcome of the Voice referendum, Australia needs to reckon with its past.
to the positions each now holds. Langton argued that the “most racist of all stereotypes” are perpetuated by the well-meaning people and governments who “have been told by Aboriginal leaders that these levels of violence and abuse are ‘cultural’” and who consequently look away from the suffering of women and children. Price
Australia’s past is so raw and recent that it demands our constant attention. News broke this month thatof stolen generation children had been detected at the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home on the north coast of NSW. banned, so it’s illegal to express any doubts. This seems like a recipe for unresolvable history wars from which Canada will learn nothing.As a German-Australian, I understand the importance of ensuring baseless denialism doesn’t take hold. But what I wonder, when I contemplate the banal and bureaucratic decisions that led to the worst historical crimes in Australia and Germany, is how we are now so certain that we are on a righteous path.That, Tombs believes, is why history is so important.
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