Kevin Rudd's Apology Speech

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  1. So we're gonna be talking about Kevin Rudd's apology speech
  2. on Dhe before, during and after effects.
  3. But what happened?
  4. So before the actual speech, we know that there was
  5. a referendum in 1967 that ensured that Aboriginals countered under
  6. the sensor.
  7. So there were candidates, actual people, which was really good
  8. on dhe.
  9. In 1997 there was a report that acknowledged everything that
  10. happened to the stolen generation.
  11. However, there was still a lot off discrimination that happened.
  12. Thio. Aboriginal people on dhe um, still a lot of
  13. laws that discriminated against them.
  14. Ah, nde um, the stolen generation.
  15. So the stolen generation was when the Aboriginal Aboriginal Children
  16. were taken from their families in attempt to get them
  17. to assimilate and become more white.
  18. So during Kevin Rudd's actual speech, he apologizes.
  19. Thio, the stolen generation and hey said that it was
  20. a blemish time in our nation's history.
  21. He also vows Thio move forward with aboriginal people by
  22. owning up thio all the things that Australia did all
  23. the bad things Australia did and taking responsibility for it.
  24. So immediately after the speech, there were some really positive
  25. reactions by aboriginal people.
  26. So Ian Hem, who was actually a survivor from the
  27. stolen generation.
  28. Um, says it gave him peace onto Lorraine Peeters, another
  29. Aboriginal person, Um said it was a day that she
  30. would never forget.
  31. And Tom Kama said it laid the foundations for healing
  32. to take place and have in mind like when this
  33. whole speech was, you know, happening.
  34. There were over 20,000 aboriginal people gathered outside Parliament house.
  35. So what still needs to happen is, um the gap
  36. still needs to be closed regarding, um, lifespan, education and
  37. health care, and also three indigenous people still need to
  38. be recognized under the Constitution.
  39. Another thing that we need to talk about is the
  40. Olaru statement from the heart, which was something that happened
  41. in 2017, um, from the 23rd to the 26th of
  42. May. On it is a statement that essentially, um, ask
  43. the government to give Aboriginal people sovereignty, um, constitutional reform.
  44. So they need to be, as before recognized under the
  45. Constitution Makharadze Commission.
  46. So allowing them to make laws about things that you
  47. know affect them.
  48. Um, there needs to be truth telling.
  49. So we need our earn up to our mistakes and
  50. all the hardships and discrimination that was done to Aboriginal
  51. people. And there needs to be a voice to parliament.
  52. So they needs to be adequate.
  53. Um, Aboriginal representation, representation in parliament, and they need to
  54. be listened to.
  55. So overall, it was a step in the right direction.
  56. But we need to have in mind that this isn't
  57. it wasn't the end off discrimination against indigenous people.
  58. Yeah, and more needs to happen.
  59. And we need a work in ourselves and work on
  60. Al Qaeda in including them on dhe, you know, ending
  61. discrimination against average of you.