HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, P.O.U.! We conclude our series with a speech that would never be made in the U.S. in regards to this country's enslavement and Jim Crow periods. THE REDFERN PARK SPEECH December 10, 1992 … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Racism In Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
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Friday Open Thread: Racism In Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
HAPPY FRIDAY, P.O.U.! CONISTON MASSACRE Northern Territory, Australia August 14 - October 18 1928 … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Racism In Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
Thursday Open Thread: Racism In Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! CONVINCING GROUND MASSACRE Portland, Victoria 1833 or 1834 When Portland, Victoria was established as a whaling station in 1829, there was tension between the local Gunditjmara people Kilcarer gundidj clan and the whalers. In 1833 or 1834 this tension turned into a full-fledged massacre in a dispute over a beached whale.[1] The Convincing … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Racism In Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
Wednesday Open Thread: Racism in Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! We continue our series on the Aboriginal massacres of Australia. MYALL CREEK MASSACRE OF 1838 … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Racism in Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
Tuesday Open Thread: Racism in Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)
HAPPY HUMP DAY, P.O.U.! THE CAPE GRIM MASSACRE Cape Grim, Tasmania February 10, 1828 The Cape Grim massacre occurred on 10 February 1828 in the north-west of Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, when four shepherds with muskets are alleged to have ambushed over 30 Tasmanian Aborigines from the Pennemukeer band from Cape Grim, killing 30 and throwing their … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Racism in Australia II (Dedicated to @TIP)