Unfair Treatment

Aboriginals and westeners began to interact from 1910 all the way until 1971. Children were ripped from their families and the guardians were lied to about the whereabouts of these children. The government was doing this in an effort to “civilize” the children into a more western culture. Children were often abused, scared, and physically as well as sexually abused by their new “parents”. Westerners attempted to change these children into a more western style of living but these attempts often failed. When these children were taken away from their parents in the 1900’s, they later became known as the “lost generation”. Many of these children who were horrified when taken away will never be able to live a normal life ever again. Many of them became hobos, drinkers, and even became violent people. Australia, who is striving to make the deadline for the olympics now has a decline in their happiness. The Aboriginese story is making many people around the world think differently of Australia. Most of the time, Australia is known as a nature loving, peaceful place. But, after these stories Australia has severely diminished its reputation. In my opinion there should definitely be an apology by the prime minister because these people were treated poorly and differently. They were the native land owners so why should they be punished because settlers from another country came and attempted to domesticate them? An apology is the least the prime minister could do and i think the aborigines absolutely deserve to be apologized to.