Mm, there's I guess three groups: the few people who had "good" intentions by modern standards (ie they genuinely thought the kids were going to be mistreated), those who had "good" intentions by the standards of the day, and those whose motives were questionable by any measure.
The depth of racism inherent in the idea is so deep that most people don't really believe it today.
I think it's a combination of people not wanting to recognise how racist people used to be, and their own current levels of racism meaning they don't really care or see why it's so bad.
I don't really buy the idea that child services are lax in taking children out of care because of the Stolen Generations. I think its mostly because they don't have anywhere better to put them.
Oh, quite probably (and out_fox below apparently has had experiences to back that up) I didn't word that paragraph very well, I just meant to point out that "We don't have to feel sorry for past misdeeds since we've caused harm by over-reacting in the other direction" is a spurious argument either way.
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The depth of racism inherent in the idea is so deep that most people don't really believe it today.
I think it's a combination of people not wanting to recognise how racist people used to be, and their own current levels of racism meaning they don't really care or see why it's so bad.
I don't really buy the idea that child services are lax in taking children out of care because of the Stolen Generations. I think its mostly because they don't have anywhere better to put them.
Oh, quite probably (and