It's shameful how we took them away from their parents, massacred their people, made laws making them second-class citizens and disrespect their culture to this day which we are literally seeing in this thread. These effects are still being felt across their communities.

My wealth does come from this too. I am in favour of bringing them up with the rest of society. You claim to be in favour of racial equality yet you know fuck all about it.

Any mention of minorities, even when not involving politics, gets these insecure men out of the woodwork.

His wealth he was born into. He and I would count myself lucky that we were born in a counrty and into a group that has a legacy of being on the benefiting side of global colonialism and capitalism. 

How neo-colonial of you - dragging the uncivilized savage 'up to your level' out of the goodness of your heart.

;)

Idk what that wink is implying but if you deny that Aboriginals are not still suffering from past events that made their quality of life lower than the rest of the population then you're deluded.

yeah well to be fair i think the original point was just about some sort of spiral motif more than the flag colours. That was just me typing quickly after I read tsf mention the flag colours as a tracksuit or whatever.

For the record, I think the idea is silly and unnecessary but also wouldn't really care if there was something that tipped a hat to our collective past (better? - they were here. whatever you think of their culture/achievements doesn't mean people weren't here).

I actually did think your comment was probably tongue in cheek and I knew Rusty would comment and I'm not sure he is even a "real person" but that other kid just mimics what he reads on conspiracy laden, alt right, facts are fake news reddit threads.

It's painful to read some of the ignorant BS on this thread. I think a few people may be regurgitating what they heard their parents/grandparents speak about...very uninformed views...and obviously coming from people who have not taken the time to talk with Aboriginal people or understand their culture.

An indigenous inspired kit is a great idea. Better than than the shitty waves on our sleeves that supposedly evoked memories of our 2005 triumph against Uruguay!
Any initiative with positive intentions is worth a go...rather than simply shutting it down because "why don't white people ever get recognition?" or something equally obnoxious.

I'd love to see an Indigenous round in the A-League that features Indigenous inspired designs of each club's kit. This may be a more suitable approach given the vast differences in tribes/clans/people across Australia and would allow for closer engagement between the clubs and the Indigenous population.

How good would it be if we start getting more of the talented and extremely athletic Indigenous kids playing football instead of AFL. Would only be a positive for our game.

I like this idea, even if it smacks a tiny bit of tokenism, but definitely a step in the right direction. A jersey with the local people's designs and motifs would be a great way to engage.

dumb fuck statement of the week right here

This is not going to end well.  Wondering how many more posts before Godwin's Law says hello?

Why do the bleeding hearts feel a need to acknowledge the difference between us all. Next time can we have a greek coloured jersey to celebrate the contribution they've made to Australia?

What a load of leftist fucking bullshit

Please tell me what was wrong about it. You don't have to be a leftist to see that Aboriginals are still being fucked around in this country.

Tax dollars are wasted left right and centre. Why are politicians entitled to retire so much earlier than everyone else on what is basically their parlimentary wage for serving a whopping 4 years. I'm up in arms about that to.

For how many more years would you like to continue the divide between races in this country. What happened here following settlement was terrible, a tragedy that should never be repeated in history. Those who suffered through that are all but dead. It is now nothing more than a gravy train for those riding the coat tails of those who suffered.

As far as being a snowflake perhaps the snowflakes are those who continue to melt for fear of actually having the balls to say enough is enough. Perhaps the odd kick up the arse from mummy might have built a little bit of resilience into your pathetic beta existence 

I wouldn't be a fan of a Socceroos jersey personally - we're THE multicultural sport in this country. Call me crass, but indigenous rounds are used by the other sports as nothing more than marketing, parading how 'accepting' they are of indigenous players (whilst constantly pointing out in their media coverage during the year how 'special' they are, preferring to point these players out as indigenous rather than a footballer first and foremost.)

That rant is mainly at the AFL, which is insufferable in this regard. 

Our efforts should be focused on opening up more indigenous pathways, I have no doubt there is a tonne of talented kids that just need the right opportunities made available to them.  I know Jade North has a program focussing on this - imagine similar things with FFA funding and A-league club links. 

You are so fucking stupid. Keep eating up what the media and Pauline tells you.

New Signing is the sort of person that would put Hitler in power. 

How exactly are Aboriginals still being fucked around exactly? Everyone is offered the same opportunities in this Country. There have been many successful aboriginal people, those who were willing to accept history for what it is and take the bull by the horns and move forward in life making the most of all opportunities, not those who choose to sit around and do fuck all living off said gravy train

Perfect example of someone who took his opportunities and is using his experience to better the community rather than just providing constant handouts

Take a moment and duck off to your safe place so the words and opinions cant hurt you anymore

How dare I want to see everyone on equal footing having to work to achieve rather than have a cushy life handed to you.

FWIW it isnt just indigenous handouts i have an issue with. I'm sick to fucking death of dole bludges as a whole

Same opportunity??? What fucking world are you living in? Only the middle class and above get opportunity. Those below have have to overcome more obstacles than you can imagine to get to positions of wealth and power. That's where Aboriginal people and other minorities are, stuck in a society that is against you from the start.

You're the one living in a bubble, avoiding the actual problems in this society. You refuse to step out and see the world for what it is.

Perfect example of someone that beat the odds. Good on him for helping others out of those situations. Bad on you for thinking all it takes is hard work to get out of poverty and facing injustice from others.

Well, I've lived in the Northern Territory and I can assure that not everyone is on an equal footing, even if they wanted to be.

Try living on the dole and see how much "gravy" you can afford after you pay rent.

I'm sick of ignorant, greedy psychopaths destroying the environment and forcing the cost of living up so they can live a cushy life off of their "investments"

Wtf happened here?

Anyway, what tsf said, a third kit in those colours would be nice...

I don't understand how a nod to our indigenous peoples by way of a motif on a jersey is offensive or divisive. Plenty of other countries have done it. In fact the last lot of Commonwealth Games uniforms Olympic uniforms featured aboriginal patterns on them. Qantas painted a whole bunch of planes in no one gave 2 shits.

Oh the humanity, aborignal motifs on our uniforms. Someone call the wahmbulance.

http://commonwealthgames.com.au/australian-team-uniform-for-gold-coast-2018-reveale/






Tell me those plane don't look great.

It's just a pattern at the end of the day and judging by the fact they sold out of the original run and had to do a second run that seems to indicate it was pretty popular item.

So many minded and petty man babies here.