"Stolen generation"  furore

It seems Aboriginals have become Australia's sacred cows. Nobody dares criticise anything Aboriginal or they will be subjected to shrill cries of "racist" and torrents of abuse.

After years of sloganeering and exploiting white guilt-feelings, the Aboriginal industry and do-gooders have created an environment where many people, including normally objective journalists, are being swept along on a tidal wave of emotionalism that borders on hysteria.

The media arm of the Aboriginal industry has created emotive propaganda terms such as "the stolen generation". What has happened to journalistic integrity and objectivity? If journalists were doing their job, they would refer to "the so-called stolen generation" or to "children forcibly removed from their parents". When Senator Herron tried to point out the hype, some journalists, particularly those of the ABC, screamed out in a fury of self-righteous indignation. The Australian  has run hundreds of column-centimetres of  editorial, features, opinion, cartoons and selected letters that can best be described as propaganda on behalf of Aboriginal activists. Balance and objectivity have gone out the window. 

The public is being duped by a plethora of clever, emotive terms, such as:

"land rights" (land claims)

"traditional owners" (descendants of nomads who once roamed in the vicinity)

"reconciliation" ( we are going to play on your guilt feelings to squeeze every possible concession)

"Aboriginals are over-represented in jails" (Aboriginals commit more crime than whites)

Media bias is abundantly evident when Aboriginal activist, Charles Perkins, tells the BBC that Olympic visitors will see buildings and cars burning in Sydney. Perkins did not back away from his incitement to violence when questioned by the local media. "Burn, baby, burn", were his infamous words. Where is the media condemnation now? Screams of silence.

One wonders what the media response would be if Pauline Hanson uttered those words.

By focusing on past injustices and creating a welfare-oriented, victim mentality, the Aboriginal Industry, in concert with do-gooders and the media, is causing great harm to the current Aboriginal generation.

For instance:

• Aboriginal women are 20 times more likely than non-Aboriginal women to be victims of violence.
• Up to 50 per cent of Aboriginal children are victims of family violence and child abuse.
  

Aboriginal children are being neglected, starved, allowed to steal and roam the streets. What sort of life can they look forward to? Don't they have the right to learn the skills necessary to look forward to a fulfilling life in a modern competitive world? Will they grow up to hate the government for not "stealing" them and putting them in an environment where they can learn computer skills instead of the skills of truancy, stealing and petrol -sniffing ?

Will they be known as "the lost generation"?

While we live in a climate of pro-Aboriginal hysteria, nobody is brave enough to address these questions.