Very interesting article, and something which nobody else has been brave enough to touch.
From the article:
Australians were not told that the death rate amongst our young men was higher outside custody than in, and that more Aboriginal women died at the hands of their menfolk than Aboriginal men died in custody. Since then, so many more women have died and have been sexually abused, assaulted …
Didn't know that - for what it's worth in Victoria the rate of incarceration for Aboriginals is 10x the rate as for non Aboriginals. Something definitely has to be done, but as stated in the article, no idea which is thought of by "whitefellas" will be accepted, it has to be an Aboriginal idea. Throwing more billions of dollars at the problem won't work... or it hasn't so far.
probably a topic for another thread
/rantover
From the article:
Australians were not told that the death rate amongst our young men was higher outside custody than in, and that more Aboriginal women died at the hands of their menfolk than Aboriginal men died in custody. Since then, so many more women have died and have been sexually abused, assaulted …
Didn't know that - for what it's worth in Victoria the rate of incarceration for Aboriginals is 10x the rate as for non Aboriginals. Something definitely has to be done, but as stated in the article, no idea which is thought of by "whitefellas" will be accepted, it has to be an Aboriginal idea. Throwing more billions of dollars at the problem won't work... or it hasn't so far.
probably a topic for another thread
/rantover