The only reason I knew about the Stolen Generation was because The Fat and Juicy Place was shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year Award, and I read it because I'm a fkn nerd. It was mentioned vaguely in terms of Aboriginal studies, but never to an extent that lead to a real understanding of what actually happened. Then when we got to high school, they assumed it had been addressed previously. Add to that a liberal dose of Eddie's mother saying 'please try not to remind her of her father, even though he was OBVIOUSLY a bad father, she loves him and that'll hurt her so please don't make this any harder for her than it already is', you wind up with a whole stack of ignorance.
You mentioned the Auntie/Uncle thing, and no, we don't have it. I think it sounds pretty epic- very hard to not feel sympathy for something when it comes from a personal level. I'd really love to hear more about it. The secretary of the man I had contact with is actually from the tribes around Armidale, and grew up there- I told her about the ice on the windscreen, and she said 'Yeah, that's Armidale'
I'm glad you enjoyed her. Trying REALLY hard not to just make her a racial hat. While she's very Aboriginal, I like to think there's more to her than that :D
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Date: 2009-07-21 02:43 am (UTC)You mentioned the Auntie/Uncle thing, and no, we don't have it. I think it sounds pretty epic- very hard to not feel sympathy for something when it comes from a personal level. I'd really love to hear more about it. The secretary of the man I had contact with is actually from the tribes around Armidale, and grew up there- I told her about the ice on the windscreen, and she said 'Yeah, that's Armidale'
I'm glad you enjoyed her. Trying REALLY hard not to just make her a racial hat. While she's very Aboriginal, I like to think there's more to her than that :D
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