BLM vs. ALM

USA

• 1600-1865 -> enslaved by the colonists

• end of slavery ≠ end of inequalities

USA

• segregation

• 1964 -> end of racial segragtion

bass strait map

torres strait islands map

Australia

rainforests map

Aboriginals Torres Strait Islanders

Australia

• arrived from today's Papua New Ginea

• arrived from maritime Southeast Asia

• settled on the island of the Torres Strait Peninsula

• settled from the northern rainforests to the sub-antartic islands of Tasmania and Bass Strait

• Terra Nullius

George Floyd

video

demonstration 1

poster

demonstration 2

demonstration 3

Demonstrations in Australia

Some demonstrations in Australia

Ethnicity distribution

proportion

longevity

USA: live 5 years less

1st cause of mortality for the 25-39 y.o: homicide vs 3,4% for the whites

Aus.: live 8 years less

go 2,5% more to the hospital than the whites

health

access to education

education

USA: only 17% get a university degree

85% achieve high school vs 91% of the whites

Aus.: 40,5% of those enrolled in a university in 2010 got a degree in 2015 vs 66,4% of the non-aboriginals.

1,7% of the university enrollement

Poverty

poverty

USA: 20,8% below the poverty line

average household income: almost half of what the whites get

unemployment rate: 5,8% vs 3,1% (whites)

Aus.: earn 33% less than whites

unemployment rate: 18,4% vs 6,8% (whites)

incarceration

USA: 38% vs 28% whites

Aus.: 27%

1/2 in juvenile prison

interpersonal racism

racism

Aus.: 3/4 Australians having racist assumptions about aboriginals.

21% would change seats if an aboriginal sat next to them

Protests / demonstrations

Protests / demonstrations

• 2014 --> Ferguson & NYC
• 2020 --> George Floyd
• 20M participants
• BLM --> "Loose structure"

• George Floyd + Indigenous individuals in custody
• ALM --> Not the first movement for racial equality in AUS
• Kumanjayi Walker shot in Yuendumu

Communication / awareness

• Murals / graffiti

• Literature

• Visual representation

• Film representation

• Representation in songs, films, literature & visual arts.

• Betty Muffler --> north-western Australia, collaborations with Vogue.

Communication / awareness

• Yuendumu --> local media company
• Centre for Crime, Law and Justice --> webinar December 2015
• AUS --> no archival initiatives

• Charlene Carrington --> daughter of other reowned Australian artists, works exhibited in different museums Australia-wide.

• Social media --> Police brutality in Ferguson Unrest : Obama takes action
• #BlackLivesMatter --> Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi --> decentralisation
• Inspiration for other worldwide movements

Policy / legal advocacy

• BLM is more than just fighting against blatant racism : related to the roots of the American System
• Voter encouragement during presidential candidate speeches

• Police defunding
• Examining the flaws in the Australian system at root level
• New South Wales --> parliamentary inquiry

Policy / legal advocacy

Economic actions

• BLM boycotts inspired from Civil Rights movement --> Montgomery Bus Boycott

Economic actions

• 2014 Walmart boycott --> #NotOneDime
• BLM Political Action Committee --> fundraising

• Australian movement more focused on funding --> GoFundMe
• Australian population very engaged --> GoFundMe 500k AUD
• Contributions from indigenous artists

Education / dialogue

• BLM at School Association --> Black-led ethno-racial collective

• "Teaching For Black Lives" --> teacher "tutoring"

Education / dialogue

• ECA --> Early Childhood Australia since 1938
• Equality, equity and social justice

• Narragunnawali --> supports schools and early learning services in AUS
• It is a branch of Reconciliation Australia --> non-profit organisation

Additional to AUS

• Australia's culturally related action --> events, festivals, dances...

Additional to AUS

• Land protests for sacred sites --> Australian mining industry