A lot of us are hesitant to get involved with the 'reconciliation cause' for
many reasons.
a. Some Aboriginal people believe that they have nothing to reconcile - that
they didn't do anything and that reconciliation is a white/non-Aboriginal
matter. That the burden rests on the government and society to make restitution
and to make the effort.
b. Some are suspicious of the motives of reconciliation - is it a sell out of
our culture, a modern word for assimilation or integration? And who is
controlling the reconciliation process, who is heading the team?
c. Other Aboriginal people live their daily lives, trying to keep their families
and what culture they have left together, getting on with the business of
raising families - and wondering whether reconciliation makes a difference to
what happens to them and around them. Will it stop youngens killing themselves?
Will it end the racist attitudes of the people in the corner store?
d. Then you've got Aboriginal people who are passionate about achieving
reconciliation - they march and they walk and they join reconciliation groups -
because they believe that the middle path is the way to achieving racial
harmony, that together we can make a difference.
e. Then there are those of us who at some stage belong to all of the above,
depending on the day, the time and who we've come across!
Reconciliation is such a 'nice' word and I keep wondering if all it does is
cover over the difficult issues. Everyone wants to talk reconciliation but they
shy away from the truth about what happened in the past, what still happens to
our peoples, they get nervous at the talk of treaties and native title.
Is reconciliation helping Indigenous people?
PS There's generalisations I know, but the walk sent out messages to people and
I'm not sure they were good ones.
Have a good day,
Naomi
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Subject: [recoznet2] is reconciliation de ja vu
anyone know whether the word reconciliation has been used in oz before?
i heard that it was used in earlier 'campaigns'
if so
can understand the reticence of many indig peoples to get involved
- especially those wanting sovereignty not assimilation
anyone point me to where i could find out if the word has been used previously?
cheers
susanne
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