Access the PP from class at the link http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/obeirne2.0-1170941-stolen-generation/ here.
Read through the PP. Don't just glance through it. I suggest that for every slide that contains text, you make at least one point about the information contained within. For every slide that contains an image, make a point that summarises the message portrayed by the image.
You are then to read through the three case studies given to you. Using ONE of these case studies, you are to answer the SC question given at the end of the PP. As the question carries five marks in weighting, it elicits at least five problems being discussed. Use the case study, and the points you have made from the rest of the PP to support your response.
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ReplyDeleteThe question is ... Describe the problems faced by the stolen generations in their struggles for rights and freedoms ...
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ReplyDeleteThe stolen generations faced many troubles and had almost no rights or freedom. An example of having hardly any rights is “forced separation between mother and son for 18 years”. One of the many troubles they experienced is name calling, Paul was called names such as “their little Abo”, with these names came with threats, and “They would threaten to hurt me if I told anyone they said these things.” A lot of racism would have been experienced by the Aboriginals, some white families tried to joke about it, Paul asked why he was a different colour and his foster family told him to drink plenty of milk. The stolen generations major troubles was the forced separation of their families, Pauls mother sent many letters to the State Welfare Authorities however they were just shelved off.
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The problem that was facing the stolen generation was the lack of rights and fair treatment this time was the time of the white Australia policy and a time of great racial inequity and discrimination for all those who weren’t ‘white’ Australians. Another problem is that they were outnumbered, and decreasing in population due to sickness, because of this had little say in what happened to them. The stolen generation was mainly traumatized by what they had been through and feeling somewhat lost because they had no connection with their origin and culture.
ReplyDeleteYou've only really mentioned two problems; racism and name calling. Good use of case study though.
ReplyDeleteThe stolen generations faced many troubles and had almost no rights or freedom. An example of having hardly any rights is “forced separation between mother and son for 18 years”. One of the many troubles they experienced is name calling, Paul was called names such as “their little Abo”, with these names came with threats, and “They would threaten to hurt me if I told anyone they said these things.” A lot of racism would have been experienced by the Aboriginals, some white families tried to joke about it, Paul asked why he was a different colour and his foster family told him to drink plenty of milk. The stolen generations major troubles was the forced separation of their families, Pauls mother sent many letters to the State Welfare Authorities however they were just shelved off.
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ReplyDeleteYou discuss three problems well; the lack of rights, unfair treatment and the issues associated with population size i.e. sickness.
What about the case studies though?
Tapiwa
ReplyDeleteWhy is your response exactly the same as Albert's?
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ReplyDeleteWhile some children did find happiness in their new living situations, most did not. According to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s 1995 report on the Stolen Generations, Bringing Them Home, children who were taken from their homes suffered many consequences, including:
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harsh living conditions
possible sexual or physical abuse
loss of indigenous culture, language and identity.
The problems that were faced by stolen generations were that his mother was his mother was sick and only his mum could’ve known the secret that he was ‘stolen’ “When my mother came for one of her visits, she found an empty cot with the stroke of a pen, my mothers heart and spirit had been shattered.””The foster family had punished me severly for the slightest thing they regarded as unacceptable/unchristian like behaviour, even if i didn’t eat my dinner or tea.” Paul was faced with almost endless trouble and put into situations where he just had to listen or nothing. For example he was sent to a foster family where he was abused verbally and called ‘a little abo’ and they also laughed in his face. They also said ‘to drink more milk, you will become like us.”
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Tom
ReplyDeleteYour response is a little convoluted in that you place quotes back-to-back. You need to explain the relevance and/or effect of each quote in turn.
A good response in content nonetheless.
Sir
The problems that were facing the stolen generations struggle for their rights and freedoms were that the time that they were in, there was the white Australian policy time and it was a time of racial discrimination of who ever wasn’t a ‘white’ Australian. It was also when they were outnumbered and was decreasing in population due to the sickness that the ‘white’ settlement caused. Even know people still thought that it was right as well to let the aboriginal people to be treated like they were, even know they believe that they were in the right of treating the aboriginal like that. And especially when many of the stolen generation people was mostly traumatized they couldn’t do much that was one obstacle but then other nations was complaining about Australia’s way of treating aboriginal, Torres Strait islander people and so after all the protesting Australia gave in and then treated Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander like people.
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John/Jay
ReplyDeleteWhat about the references to the case studies?
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ReplyDeleteYEAHHH IT FREAAKIN FINALLY WORKSS! (only at home though)..
ReplyDeleteProblems that had occurred towards the “stolen generations”,were that they had to go through a great amount of inequality in their lives and basically had almost no rights or freedom. An example of having hardly any rights is “forced separation between mother and son for 18 years”. One of the many troubles they had to go through was name calling, Paul was called names such as “their little Abo”, with these names came with threats, and “They would threaten to hurt me if I told anyone they said these things.” A lot of racism would have been experienced by the Aboriginals, some white families tried to joke about it, Paul asked why he was a different colour and his foster family told him to drink plenty of milk. The stolen generations major troubles was the forced separation of their families, Pauls mother sent many letters to the State Welfare Authorities however they were just ignored and left unread.
Adrian Walker
The stolen generation had many hardships in their struggle for rights and freedoms. Some hardships were being removed from his home as a child. This would have been a setback for their fight for freedom if the Aboriginal children were taken from their families and most never got to see their families again. The racial discrimination they had to go through because of the white Australia policy caused the stolen generation to be excluded as Australian citizens. Also the fact that these events traumatized the Aboriginal people, such as an event from Greg he had said, “my whole life flashed before me and I just collapsed in the sand and started crying”. Also most of the stolen generation were never able to reunite with their families, for instance Greg had said “I just wanted to be part of a family that I had never had”. The aboriginal children being taken away didn’t only affect the child but also their families for example what had happened to Greg’s grandmother, “she was so affected by the circumstances of me being removed from the island that she was hospitalised”.
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ReplyDeleteMany of the Aboriginals and the Torre straight islanders today who were part of stolen generation have faced many problems in the past. Many of which have greatly affected their lives, some are forever scarred on them both physically and mentally forever. All of them suffered discrimination from the white Australian society; they were seen as inferior. Under the White Australia and assimilation policies, aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who were ‘not of full blood’ were encouraged to become assimilated into the broader society so that eventually there would be no more Indigenous people left. Some of the many problems that the stolen generations have suffered in the past; some still suffered today, can be classified in the following categories: Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and social.
In 1909 to 1969, the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their parents was official. Under the White Australia and assimilation policies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were not full blood were encouraged to become assimilated into the broader society so that eventually there would be no more Indigenous people left. The children of the stolen generation were taken from Aboriginal parents so they could be brought up ‘white’ and were taught to reject their aboriginal background. They were firstly placed in institutions and were later on placed in white families from the1950’s where they are to live they same way as the White families; to dress and behave as a white citizen and to become a Christian. They were expected to become labourers or servants at the time and because of this they had poor education. Many families and relatives of these children were never re-united; hence, many problems later on occurred as a result.
Jesse Thai
Greg, one of the children of the stolen generation, is an example of one of the many young aboriginal children who were separated from their families, and who suffered some of the problems that were categorised. He was kidnapped by random people and was taken away from Cape Barren, his home Island, to a place where he was forced to be separated from his family and to live a different life. His grandmother, who was greatly affected by the event, suffered great emotional and physical problems that led her to be hospitalized. Unfortunately, she later died as a result of his abduction. It wasn’t until thirty years later that he decided to come back to Cape Barren due to the emotional struggle that he had suffered from his abduction.
ReplyDeletePaul is also one of the many aboriginals who were part of the stolen generation. He too suffered many problems that have affected him greatly in many ways. He was separated from his mother at the age of 5 and a half and was placed with a family for adoption two times. The first family rejected him and request his removal, saying that he was unresponsive, dull, and that his deficiencies were unacceptable. One of the members of the family even commented that he was an embarrassment to her friends during times such as at coffee parties. After leaving, he was placed in an Orphanage where he was institutionalised for two years. He remembered being withdrawn and frighted and have always be rejected by people, even though some did take him, but that was only one weekends and would eventually return him back; his dark complexions was a problem. Even though later on when he was accepted by a second foster family, which he stayed until he was 17; he would still be continued to be mocked at the children at his school and family members. He recalls how the sons of the family would call him names such as ‘their little Abo’ and how his foster parents made a joke saying that he needs to drink more milk when he questioned about his dark complexion.
These are the many problems that can be seen through some of the stories of the aboriginals who were part of the stolen Generation, showing that the many problems and issues that they have experienced not only effected themselves, but also their families and possibly future generations as parents due to the lack of family care and the injustice that they have received.
Jesse Thai
The aboriginals were confronted with many problems and were enclosed to privileges. One example is separation between mother and son; the white people thought that if they took the children away from their parents, they would be able to wipe out the black nation. One of many problems experienced was naming calling, Paul was called names such as “their little abo”, they were also threatened “they threatened to hurt me if I told anyone they said this”. Racism would be one of many problems for the aboriginals, some white people tried to make jokes about them. When paul asked why he was of a different colour than his foster parents, they told him to drink more milk. Forced separation was one of the major problems, Paul’s mother sent many letters to State Welfare Authorities however, they were just ignored.
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