Anyone remember this... "It is my thesis that Aboriginal Australia underwent a rape of the soul so profound that the blight continues in the minds of most blacks today. It is this psychological blight, more than anything else, that causes the conditions that we see on reserves and missions. And it is repeated down the generations..." "For two hundred years we have been subjected to death, abuse and denial of dignity and basic human rights by the white usurpers of our land. Today we are the products of the ravages of white settlement. History has moulded us, psychologically and physically..." The late Kevin Gilbert from Living Black (Allen Lane, 1977) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Jim Duffield --- http://www.kultcher.com/ --- "...from my ancestors, I will call into the past. Far back to the beginning of time - and beg them to come to me. I will reach back and draw them unto me. And they must come, for at this moment I am the whole reason they have existed at all." Cinque in 'Amistad' http://www.louis.asn.au http://www.deathsincustody.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
