I address this speech to all those sitting in the audience without a heart.
How do you live with yourself? Are you completely ignorant or do you choose to be completely insensitive to all those who are not white Australians? Yes, we all love our country, our beautiful country of “sizzling snags” and supposed multiculturalism. However, there is a point where you take your nationalism too far and let your narrow opinions prevent you from realising the truth, veering very close to the personality of a racist. Australia Day, or better known as Invasion Day, is founded on blood-shed, a genocide of those who came before us, destruction of lives and a blooming culture. Do you really believe this to be the most appropriate day of celebration? I sure don’t.
Individuals from the indigenous community have been desperately trying to make Australians aware of the emotional impact that comes hand in hand with this day and yet, you sit here with your ears blocked. You gather with all your mates, adorn the Australian flag and marinate in your lack of conscience, whilst indigenous Australian’s are left to mourn over their loss in silence. You shut down those, who are largely trapped in a world of poverty, and that are telling you they are deeply hurting. How entitled can you be?
The Indigenous Australians internet site, Creative spirits, states that “to many Aboriginal Australians, there is little to celebrate and it is a commemoration of deep loss.” Also, in an opinion piece published in the guardian on November 28, 2016,Dom Knight stated, “we should move Australia day away from 26 of January because it’s a date that anyone with the tiniest shred of empathy can see is difficult for many people with Indigenous heritage.” I don’t see how it’s possible for anyone to want to celebrate on a day that heralds such hardship. Just imagine if all of your ancestors were murdered, simply for existing, because tougher, greedier men came in and wanted what you had. That doesn’t really make me want to host a barbeque.
And just to show you how really ignorant you are, were you aware that the date does not actually commemorate a significant moment in Australia’s British settlement? The date...
