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Living Black Conversations - John Pilger

Living Black Conversations - John Pilger

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 Living Black host Karla Grant speaks to veteran Australian journalist and film-maker John Pilger about his plight to raise awareness of the issues Indigenous Australians face in his new documentary, Utopia. Broadcast 26 May 2014. Living Black Series 20 (An NITV/SBS Production) CC
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When journalist/human rights activist, John Pilger left Australia only to be employed by a British Newspaper to go back to Australia in 1969 to find more about Australia as this 'Utopian' country. The same issues, as John found presented themselves, whilst growing up in the 50's to 60's about the 'First Australians.'
Particularly, the remote regions where the indigenous people are literally, swept under the rug by the government which is still apparent and just as atrocious today.
This episode is heartbreaking and devastating beyond belief.
The 'Stolen Generation,' The 2007 'Intervention of the Northern Territory.' These people are still dying from archaic diseases, like typhoid, glue ear, cholera and live in all sorts of unsanitary conditions because they won't let the government relinquish their ancestral title to their land. They also live in houses with asbestos because they have no where else to live. The governmentps response to this, is to deny them of their right to adequate health, welfare, education and stability.
Non indigenous Australians may argue that the government is always giving them money or grants, education and so forth. How can this be? Wake up people. This is not the case. When remote areas of Australia are living in 'Third world' conditions and any indigenous person living in Australia is subjugated to racial slurs or straight out hatred in our current every day life. There is something very, very wrong with this picture.
The government isn't helping at all. They are constantly exploiting and destroying their very existence. They want to wipe them out or use them for monetary gain.
Our government, first based on the White Policy Act, need to ask what they need, rather than assume what they need.
This is why I don't celebrate Australia Day. The day of Mourning, of genocide and the beginning of a cultures' desolation and destruction. Thank you John and NITV.
My question to you is, would you read this review if I was black or white? I wonder...

John Pilger is one of the greatest heroes of Australia

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