Bellingen, 1 month ago to australia Hyperincarceration "First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world." "Hyperincarceration of First Peoples is a common feature of former British settler colonies such as Canada, the United States and New Zealand. This shared experience shows us First Peoples are not the problem. We should instead be paying attention to the colonial motivation for incarcerating First Peoples." >> https://theconversation.com/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612 #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #incarceration #SettlerSocieties #racism #NT #overpolicing #frontier #British #legacy #BritishColonialism #violence #governance #failure #Australia #TruthTelling
Hyperincarceration
"First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world."
"Hyperincarceration of First Peoples is a common feature of former British settler colonies such as Canada, the United States and New Zealand. This shared experience shows us First Peoples are not the problem. We should instead be paying attention to the colonial motivation for incarcerating First Peoples." >> https://theconversation.com/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612 #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #incarceration #SettlerSocieties #racism #NT #overpolicing #frontier #British #legacy #BritishColonialism #violence #governance #failure #Australia #TruthTelling
Bellingen, 8 months ago to australia Marcia Langton: ‘Whatever the outcome, reconciliation is dead’ >>! https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigenous-affairs/2023/10/14/marcia-langton-whatever-the-outcome-reconciliation-dead#mtr "As the late Patrick Wolfe phrased it, “settler colonizers come to stay: invasion is a structure not an event.” Settler colonialism as a “structure not an event” captures the idea that settler colonial invasion of Indigenous lands should not be contained as a phenomenon of the past, but rather is continually reproduced throughout the history and present of settler societies..." https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-politics/article/abs/review-essay-on-settler-colonialism/E861A62A56088716F22C34C77C01F5C9 Australians reject Indigenous recognition via Voice to Parliament, referendum set for defeat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522 #Australia #Australians #culture #truth #Voice #reconciliation #IndigenousPeoples #rights #21stCentury #Constitution #Parliament #PatrickWolfe #SettlerSocieties
Marcia Langton: ‘Whatever the outcome, reconciliation is dead’ >>! https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigenous-affairs/2023/10/14/marcia-langton-whatever-the-outcome-reconciliation-dead#mtr
"As the late Patrick Wolfe phrased it, “settler colonizers come to stay: invasion is a structure not an event.” Settler colonialism as a “structure not an event” captures the idea that settler colonial invasion of Indigenous lands should not be contained as a phenomenon of the past, but rather is continually reproduced throughout the history and present of settler societies..." https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-politics/article/abs/review-essay-on-settler-colonialism/E861A62A56088716F22C34C77C01F5C9
Australians reject Indigenous recognition via Voice to Parliament, referendum set for defeat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522
#Australia #Australians #culture #truth #Voice #reconciliation #IndigenousPeoples #rights #21stCentury #Constitution #Parliament #PatrickWolfe #SettlerSocieties