How Does Rabbit Proof Fence Represent Racial Discrimination

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Good morning/afternoon fellow Australian Journalist,
Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce is an adventurous, dramatic, and historical film, which, display the stolen generation and issues with Aboriginals. It tells the story of three aboriginal girls who are forcibly taken from their families and travel to find their way home. Rabbit Proof Fence represents the racial discrimination of the stolen generation through characterization and the connection to their country through setting.
Characterization is shown by the Aboriginal girls as they are being stolen from their families and being taken to the settlement as they are racially discriminated because of their identity, which results in them in being treated rudely. When Molly, Gracie, and Daisy,

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