(10-22-2024, 06:45 AM)PaulP link Wrote:[quote author=Lods link=msg=428783 date=1729578736]
This lack of a first nation's voice is really a bit of a myth.
First nations people have a strong voice. They don't always agree and are not necessarily always listened to especially by political folk. If you dont think they have a voice then you haven't been paying attention.Indigenous departments are part of State and Federal Govenments and contain many Indigenous people. We had Indigenous aides and teachers in my schools for the last 20 years of my teaching providing an Indigenous perspective.
The issues facing indigenous people are significant and complex. Is enough being done to address these real issues.? Certainly not!
And folks like Lidia Thorpe with her distractions are not helping the situation. She is divisive and alienates people. Of all the things she talked about yesterday none were solutions, just grievances and insults.
If the powers that be are not listening and not acting, or listening and not acting, then it proves my point that First Nations people are still lacking power.
With your last paragraph, Americans said exactly the same about MLK, i.e that his civil rights demonstrations etc. hurt Negroes more than they helped. I'm not in any way suggesting that Thorpe is on par with MLK, but the comparison hardly flatters our generation.
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Lidia Thorpes methods are the complete opposite of King's. Maybe she should take a leaf from that playbook.
(Oh...and King...well that's my generation)
