re: child services removals now, I can only speak for the QLD situation but with DOCs the inaction on cases that need it is defintely because they're tragically under resourced and being used as a dumping ground/last stop for families - even entire communities - that really need more preventative care measures, primary health care services, infrastructure.. the lot.
They are more conscious of where Aboriginal kids are placed now - but again the gap in equality of education limits the number of Aboriginal social workers, health workers that the families would trust and other Aboriginal families that can afford to be fostering kids.
re: the Stolen Generation, have you read the full Bringing Them Home report? Or Robert Manne's "In Denial" in the Quarterly Essay series? They cover the evidence of it being totally genocidally motivated and used to capitalise on "free" labour of the stolen children. Not that everyone knew this because my Dad lived up North and he believed the newsreels that were shown in the whites cinemas about "saving" the poor Aboriginal "orphans".
Which reminds me that I meant to add some print resources to your DBW Australian resources post *toddles off to do that*
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They are more conscious of where Aboriginal kids are placed now - but again the gap in equality of education limits the number of Aboriginal social workers, health workers that the families would trust and other Aboriginal families that can afford to be fostering kids.
re: the Stolen Generation, have you read the full Bringing Them Home report? Or Robert Manne's "In Denial" in the Quarterly Essay series? They cover the evidence of it being totally genocidally motivated and used to capitalise on "free" labour of the stolen children. Not that everyone knew this because my Dad lived up North and he believed the newsreels that were shown in the whites cinemas about "saving" the poor Aboriginal "orphans".
Which reminds me that I meant to add some print resources to your DBW Australian resources post *toddles off to do that*