The ABC stretched its meagre remaining resources and sent reporters to a Blak music festival in Broome.
While there, the reporters asked locals about the Voice referendum.
Might as well vote for it said one Blak woman. It can't be any worse than things are now.
Unfortunately she is wrong.
When the Voice is implemented, several truths will be revealed.
There is no easy solution to Blak problems. It requires a complete change in thinking. In attitude. And in action.
The change must be by both Whyt and Blak.
More cash handouts are not an answer.
When Yes is successful, Blak people will discover that they are just as easily ignored by their own self-appointed Blak representatives as they are by the entrenched Whyt power-players.
And then that Blak woman will suffer a final disappointment.
The problems will still exist. No-one will accept the harsh changes that are required.
And the Voice -- useless token that is is -- will exist. So You have your Voice, will be the cry. Now go away and use the Voice to solve all of your problems.
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1 comment:
The voice is divisive and will achieve nothing more than the current plethora of advisory committees.
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