Man we really fucked this place up
By "we" do you mean "Europeans and their colonial spawn" and by "this place" do you mean "earth"?
They hate the truth! It hurts their eyes.
Europeans werent the only colonisers. Just saying
Slave. The word is slave. "Forced labor" sounds like it's downplaying the severity.
Didn’t know Australians still had slavery so late in history.
It was a British penal colony up until 1840
Such an evil smile.
And he might have ended up being a standup dude in another time.
That’s something that I think about often.
The average intelligence of the population of the world isn’t that great. Most people accept whatever reality is instilled in them. If you take a little baby and raise it up to think of some people as animals, they’ll probably never question it, and being surrounded only by people who accept that reality, they’ll never have a reason to question it. I very rarely meet a person who has ever really questioned their reality. It always surprised me when I do.
Most abolitionists came from a world where they were they weren’t exposed to slavery, so they were able to question it. Even then, only around 2% of the population were abolitionists, they just fought really hard for their cause until it rose up high enough to actually be considered for action.
I’m not even putting myself into that small group of people smart enough to question their reality. If I hadn’t grown up with the internet there’s a good chance I’d be a preacher in a Pentecostal holiness church somewhere. That small handful of people who question their reality help spread their questions to the idiot masses.
That’s why I admire people who fight for positive change above all other people. They fight an uphill battle daily. Sometimes they win big and I’m grateful they do.
I have to agree here from experience.
One of my kids came out as gay. I grew up in a very homophobic environment in the 70s. I would quite often called timid people puffs etc. Sometimes around my kids, because that was how I grew up. You discouraged timid behaviour to stop them getting bullied. Realising one of your kids is gay was a real eye opener for me as to how bad these phrases are.
I would never treat a gay person differently. I just saw it as an expression that was common when I was young, and also in the environment I worked in. For context, I used to play squash with a guy from work, who everyone was convinced was gay. He actually got married in a heterosexual relationship a few years later, but whether he was or wasn't never bothered me. This ofc doesn't excuse the practise, it just shows how warped I was.
It's crazy to me that people can look at this picture and then immediately start arguing about semantics.
Every one of those people said it's effectively slavery.
He looks way too fucking smug
No John Browns in Australia.
Even today, only cursory recognition that the Aboriginal people remain excluded from their own lands and ways
Hey you could get a token reservation increased policing a nation that thinks themselves native and have since 1740 at the very least.
That enormous cockhole Rolf Harris sung about this in Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport like it was no big deal. And it was a huge hit and no one said anything.
I can't speak for anyone else, but the lyrics you wrote are the only lyrics to the entire song that I know, and I've always thought it was just some weird gibberish. Granted, I've never actively listened to it or sought it out, I've only heard it in passing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_Me_Kangaroo_Down,_Sport
There was an offensive verse in the original song, later deleted. But this is far from the most offensive thing about Rolf Harris.
Could be the low resolution/beards but I am honestly surprised at how similar everyone looks. I guess that's how it is as an island aboriginal - not a lot of genes to mix
Well, they all have the same expression on their faces, probably because there's only one way to feel when you're chained up and made to sit on the floor while someone takes your picture.
Did your dumbass really just look at a group of slaves and say "Wow they all look the same to me, they must be inbred?"
What the fuck is wrong with your brains, Lemmy?
Lol, it is easier to distinguish between people of your own culture, that's been tested. That said, it was a real dumb thing to say.
Theres every chance they're all closely related too.
Australia is a big place but people didnt travel far
I think the similarity is due to their facial expression, caused by them being displayed like item under bright sunlight.
Ah yes, just a tiny 7,692,024 km2 island, just a quick 150km Kai Marina sailing trip from PNG and Indonesia.
Human genome studies continue to explore the the genetic diversity of indigenous Australians, as it's a key to help understand early human migration. ABC summary of the genome report.
Australia is really not that much smaller than the lower 48 of the USA, and yet people (mostly Americans) seem to think it's some tiny rural island.
Holy fucking shit…
What is with the odd looking rib cages; I guess these are torture burn/whip marks, as they don't look like regular ribs at all?
Look like scars
I think it might be ritual scarification, but it could be torture marks as well. I'm not well-versed on this period or region of history.
They look like they don’t give a shit. What is the story of this photo?
