The Daily Populous Tuesday January 26th, 2021 day edition
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I live, the Yuin People of the Walbunja clan, and pay my respect to elders past and present. I stand in solidarity with those who are marching , mourning, and reflecting on January 26. #alwayswasalwayswillbe
Living in the NT and working with people who have worked in remote communities puts you in the proper perspective. The Indigenous communities in WA/NT/QLD have problems, real problems. They don't give two sh@ts about the date. People in Sydney and Melbourne get all worked up about and put in all this energy for 1 day of the year just to go quiet the next day. I wish these people would instead put their energy into helping us help the real people suffering.
Edit: Not shitting on OP just giving my 2c.
Edit 2: Because people keep echoing the same thing. This is not me saying change the date isn't important. This it saying all the people who only care 1 day of the year about this don't understand some of the real challenges facing people. Change the date, make the 26th a day of mourning. However if that happens people will still be mad on Australia day, and people will still get shit faced on the 26th. The people working in the communities need more support than a bunch of 20 something white protesters 1 day of the year.
Edit 3: God damn, are some of reading the comment fully? I'm literally saying more needs to be done to help support and build up the Indigenous communities. And that the people who only come out in support 1 day a year don't understand what it's like living in and around the communities. I swear every person who's commenting calling me a racist is a white 20 something who I just interrupted their circle jerk.
I have a question, and this probably sounds harsh, but what's the point of acknowledging the traditional owners of the land? We have it in our email signatures at work, as do a lot of companies, and it gets said at the start of every meeting. But why? Isn't it patronising to Aboriginals to acknowledge that it's their land but then not actually do shit about it? It's saying "yes, we recognise that you own the land we are on but we're still not going to give it back to you." To me that's worse than not acknowledging it at all.
I don't know, maybe someone who is actually of Aboriginal heritage can give me their take on it.
As an indigenous person I don’t get to hung up on changing the date because no one I know ever celebrated it. It would be great if there was a day where we could all celebrate together, but at the moment this isn’t it.
Carl_Larsen on January 26th, 2021 at 00:20 UTC »
Living in the NT and working with people who have worked in remote communities puts you in the proper perspective. The Indigenous communities in WA/NT/QLD have problems, real problems. They don't give two sh@ts about the date. People in Sydney and Melbourne get all worked up about and put in all this energy for 1 day of the year just to go quiet the next day. I wish these people would instead put their energy into helping us help the real people suffering.
Edit: Not shitting on OP just giving my 2c.
Edit 2: Because people keep echoing the same thing. This is not me saying change the date isn't important. This it saying all the people who only care 1 day of the year about this don't understand some of the real challenges facing people. Change the date, make the 26th a day of mourning. However if that happens people will still be mad on Australia day, and people will still get shit faced on the 26th. The people working in the communities need more support than a bunch of 20 something white protesters 1 day of the year.
Edit 3: God damn, are some of reading the comment fully? I'm literally saying more needs to be done to help support and build up the Indigenous communities. And that the people who only come out in support 1 day a year don't understand what it's like living in and around the communities. I swear every person who's commenting calling me a racist is a white 20 something who I just interrupted their circle jerk.
FranklinFuckinMint on January 26th, 2021 at 01:13 UTC »
I have a question, and this probably sounds harsh, but what's the point of acknowledging the traditional owners of the land? We have it in our email signatures at work, as do a lot of companies, and it gets said at the start of every meeting. But why? Isn't it patronising to Aboriginals to acknowledge that it's their land but then not actually do shit about it? It's saying "yes, we recognise that you own the land we are on but we're still not going to give it back to you." To me that's worse than not acknowledging it at all.
I don't know, maybe someone who is actually of Aboriginal heritage can give me their take on it.
cillinchippie on January 26th, 2021 at 01:53 UTC »
As an indigenous person I don’t get to hung up on changing the date because no one I know ever celebrated it. It would be great if there was a day where we could all celebrate together, but at the moment this isn’t it.