Attitudes and loyalties to one's Race, tribe, clan, ethnicity, skin color, no matter what, parental attitudes, education, nationality, political, family history, traditions and customs, and moral preferences, personal and intellectual, (often involving parental or other various sources customs, cultural influences, or traditional brainwashings, from infancy, do not necessarily make ANYONE alive on this planet into an "angel". Let alone a "Saint". Quite the reverse, in many cases, and sadly.
So much hate, contempt, loathing, ridicule, and totally biased minds set in concrete - some entrenched inability (or fear) - unable to question seemingly immovable laws and attitudes - which broach NO critical efforts from adherent or members - some, might attempt such rational analysis, but often on pain of death, as we see overseas).
Of course Aboriginals can be racist, as we all can be. The word "aboriginality" is not exlusive to Australia, historically. Being a descriptive noun applied to various world indigenous tribes, not only here. Jungles of Northern Luzon, in Phillipines, for example - the home for centuries unknown, for IT'S original indigenous darker skinned aboriginal tribes. Own unique langauge. Own unique physical looks. Own tribal customs and culture. I am looking at one of their fantastic weaved baskets, as I write.
Racism is an assumed concept. A mind-set position taken by any individual. Which views they are free to express or infer - to the chagrin and disagreement of many perhaps - but a freedom of speech, to anyone lucky enough to be living under a democracy.
Of course "Aboriginals" can be racist. They can be good, bad, evil, nice - HUMAN - like the rest of us. The Enlightenment told us we are all born equal. Yet so many billions today, are not treated as equal! Women, for example. Anothe subject for another day.
As applies to any one human being born on this Earth as we know it at present, "Aboriginality" itself (nor any other such "labelled" human being classification) - is not akin to hasty conclusions (Nor should it be) applied in any situation that such classification automatically bestows "SAINTHOOD!" on persons so classified.
I am a little tired - as I think many of us are, in OZ (and dnrew Bolt paid the price or this view) -- that some who are Aboriginal - to full or part degree - DO assume, (some demand) - they are then, therefore, always worthy of special treatment - seemingly thinking that they too, should be automatically always be thought of and treated as total "saints', and "right" in all things. Such mindset also is now also being pplied to peoples of varied other cultures, races, and skin colors, who come here, via illegal means, play "victim", and expect (and get) special treatment none of us get, because they too portray themselves as such "saints". expecting full benefits of housing, care, and welfare - from day one.
Yet, in most cases - i.e. people smuggler's clients - we don't even know these people are actually who they eventually say they are.. Most of them willing party to instructions from organised criminal gangs overseas - who take big fees from them - and made them - en masse) - destroy their ID and history paperwork - for good reason, in most cases.
But back to Australia. For some, who through various personal pursuits become well known or famous, their loyalty to their white blood ancestry, and forbears, and associated implications that they have gained some advantage from such Western culture, and it's European traditions and heritage, plus having gained access to the social and educationall back-ups we all enjoy here, seems to be either totally disregarded, or heavily discounted - seen, what, as being worthless, or of no consequence, and therefore not acknowledged, by them?
Such a viewpoint is totally, utterly racist, in itself. But none of us dare pipe up and say so.. at pain of being labeled "RACIST!" - quite unjustly. It's a vicious circle. A Catch 22.
