The treatment of native peoples all over the world has been an issue for centuries. In the eyes of today’s society it is seen as unacceptable and inhumane but to those in power at the time these measures may have seemed like the best way to an ideal country. An example of this can be seen in the Aboriginal Australians, who weren’t even seen as humans until 1967 and the native Americans, that had their country taken away from them and their traditional ways disrupted beyond belief.
Before the 1962 and 1967 Australian Referendums, Aboriginal Australians were classed as native Flora and Fauna. In turn, they were granted no voting rights and were segregated from the white population through Government projects called missions or reserves. They were made to give up their traditional ways of life as European fleets assumed terra nullius and colonised on their land. The white population intended to end Aboriginal culture and this led towards what is known as the Stolen Generations, where children were ripped apart from their families, some never to see them again. They were barely treated as humans; looked at as some kind of infection, an annoyance to society. They were looked at the same way any Chinese or other …show more content…
They were bribed, tricked and forced out of their homes, resulting in not just a loss of their land but also their traditions. They were enslaved and
There have been many different measures put into practice in today’s society to try and make up for their past treatment, but in all honesty day’s like National Sorry Day will never really be able to make up for the mental and physical abuse that the natives were put through. They are given ‘benefits’ and it’s all in good reason, because society today is opening the native communities and allowing them what they were prohibited from in the 1950’s. Negative treatment towards native
Before the 1962 and 1967 Australian Referendums, Aboriginal Australians were classed as native Flora and Fauna. In turn, they were granted no voting rights and were segregated from the white population through Government projects called missions or reserves. They were made to give up their traditional ways of life as European fleets assumed terra nullius and colonised on their land. The white population intended to end Aboriginal culture and this led towards what is known as the Stolen Generations, where children were ripped apart from their families, some never to see them again. They were barely treated as humans; looked at as some kind of infection, an annoyance to society. They were looked at the same way any Chinese or other …show more content…
They were bribed, tricked and forced out of their homes, resulting in not just a loss of their land but also their traditions. They were enslaved and
There have been many different measures put into practice in today’s society to try and make up for their past treatment, but in all honesty day’s like National Sorry Day will never really be able to make up for the mental and physical abuse that the natives were put through. They are given ‘benefits’ and it’s all in good reason, because society today is opening the native communities and allowing them what they were prohibited from in the 1950’s. Negative treatment towards native