Indigenous leaders who supported the Yes case at last week’s Voice referendum have written to the prime minister saying the No vote was a “shameful victory”.
Yes. May be not create but fuel existing one. In this moment racists can base their views only on their own prejudges (hard core one may use some pseudoscience to base their believes , but they are beyond redemption). Special treatment even without any real power will give some creditability to arguments like. “These guys using their status to stole our taxes” and shit like that. If only referendum was about giving special voice to disadvantaged comminutes, a kind of political shortcut it will be way more palatable with pretty much same effect.
I suppose then we can agree that it would not make Australia “more racist” but just emboldened existing racists. Weighing up the pros and cons, however, it probably would’ve been a net positive with, considering not only the benefit the confidence it could instill in First Nations Peoples but the optics from an international perspective
Yes. May be not create but fuel existing one. In this moment racists can base their views only on their own prejudges (hard core one may use some pseudoscience to base their believes , but they are beyond redemption). Special treatment even without any real power will give some creditability to arguments like. “These guys using their status to stole our taxes” and shit like that. If only referendum was about giving special voice to disadvantaged comminutes, a kind of political shortcut it will be way more palatable with pretty much same effect.
I suppose then we can agree that it would not make Australia “more racist” but just emboldened existing racists. Weighing up the pros and cons, however, it probably would’ve been a net positive with, considering not only the benefit the confidence it could instill in First Nations Peoples but the optics from an international perspective
IMHO It will set very bad precedent and focusing nation on past. Aboriginals are not only group which was wronged. But agree it is just opinion piece.