Ignoring the blackfellas

A startling new Australian report has shocked the country’s Anglo-Saxon population:

White children should not be taught their culture in schools, a report endorsed by federal Education Minister Julie Bishop says.

The report, by the Menzies Research Centre, suggests removing White culture from the curriculum, because it prevents White children from progressing in their education.

Can you imagine the outcry? In fact, the report dares to suggest that, “Aboriginal children should not be taught their culture in schools.”

If adopted, the Australian government will be trying to kill off one of the world’s oldest societies.

5 Responses to “Ignoring the blackfellas”


  1. 1 Pete

    Oh Antony!

    I, as an Anglo Aussie, do no feel “shocked” by this story. I’ve also yet to run a centrist Anglo to ground who is up in arms about it.

    Such misleading hyperbole is not up to your normal scholar like standard.

    Pete
    http://spyingbadthings.blogspot.com/

  2. 2 Pete

    I think I should qualify my comment above to say I live in country Queensland whose residents are generally unsympathetic to the plight of aborigines.

    So the title “Ignoring the blackfellas” is a fair description where I’m living.

    Pete

  3. 3 Antony Loewenstein

    Pete, I was writing tongue-in-cheek.

  4. 4 Nadia

    Can someone please tell me what is “White culture”?

  5. 5 Pete

    Sometimes you’re just too subtle for moi Antony.

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