... of the violence and degradation suffered by Indigenous people at the hand of European oppressors is pivotal to understanding the problems Indigenous people now face with regard to alcohol and substance abuse; family violence and high unemployment rates. Through education it becomes apparent that these unfortunate characteristics that beleaguer Aboriginal society were dealt to them by white colonisers and have been perpetuated and exacerbated by a succession of Australian governments. It is therefore unavoidable to accept that many of the reasons behind peoples' prejudices towards Indigenous Australians are in fact the product of generations of cruel, dishonest and morally corrupt sanctions placed on Indigenous people by elected members of white society. Evidence that responsibility for the disadvantaged state of Australia's Indigenous community lies directly with colonisers is contained in Australia's inescapable history which, when enlightened with this knowledge, makes racial discrimination impalpable and inexcusable. Gaining a full understanding of the devastation ...

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