intergenerational trauma is a fact and must needs be taken into account, just as for refugees of all cultures.
racial profiling comes into this context where police are more prepared to fire weapons with Aboriginal people than they are with white people.
certainly there are always individual differences and Walker was clearly brain damaged through numerous pathological matters such as foetal alcohol syndrome and his own alcohol intake.
btw did you know that aboriginal people process alcohol differently to people from cultures where alcohol has been in frequent use for multiple generations? first Aussies are missing a liver enzyme which enable the euphoria commonly associated with alcohol. This means that Aboriginal people get the disinhibiting effect without the anxiolytic effect. disinhibition means reduced ability to control ones emotions and behaviours and so the latent emotional disturbances come to the fore with increased potency.
yes the religious freedom bill is a complete farce. why should religious have the right to exclude by discrimination?
