Yay or nay?
In my opinion Australia Day is a day of celebration , particularly for Indigenous Australians as this was the day civilisation was brought to their country. Not denying that terrible stuff happened, but in the media, schools and academia all we ever hear about is the terrible stuff, which is usually distorted and overblown to support the white oppressor, black victim narrative, and if you mention all the positive things such as the wheel, medicine, technology, education etc, you are automatically branded as a white supremacist and racist. Anyway token gestures such as changing the date of national won't improve indigenous fortunes one iota, if anything it will further entrench feelings of hopelessness and victimisation as it will be an admission that the first fleet was an invasion and all the awful connotations that come with that.
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