THE STOLEN GENERATION
What would you do if one day the police showed up to your home and took your children away just because of the colour of your skin? Or how would you feel knowing you had no way of getting your children back and no one to contact to solve the problem? Imagine if one day you were at home with your parents and some people came and took you away to live with strangers, and told you that you had to learn to live, eat, speak and dress differently than you were used to. How would that affect your future life, your points of view and all in all your physical and mental condition? These are just a few question I wanted to ask you so you could at least imagine yourselves in this situation, and consequently understand and learn something that is …show more content…
The 'Stolen Generations' are the generations of Aboriginal children taken away from their families by governments or churches to be brought up in institutions or to white families. Between 1910-1970, many Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of many government laws. The generations of children removed under these laws became known as the Stolen Generations. This caused a lot of trauma and agonizing moments for many indigenous people as they had never experienced anything like this. This was in order for the black culture do die out so that the white culture could grow and become superior. The children who were taken away were forced to change their lifestyle, they weren't allowed to talk in their native language, they were forced to throw away their inidgenous herritage. All in all, the most important thing was adapting to the white culture. How was it done? The focus was on the children who were considered more adaptable to white society than Indigenous adults. “Half-caste” children (a term considered for people of Aboriginal and white parents), were more likely to be removed because authorities thought these children could be assimilated more
What would you do if one day the police showed up to your home and took your children away just because of the colour of your skin? Or how would you feel knowing you had no way of getting your children back and no one to contact to solve the problem? Imagine if one day you were at home with your parents and some people came and took you away to live with strangers, and told you that you had to learn to live, eat, speak and dress differently than you were used to. How would that affect your future life, your points of view and all in all your physical and mental condition? These are just a few question I wanted to ask you so you could at least imagine yourselves in this situation, and consequently understand and learn something that is …show more content…
The 'Stolen Generations' are the generations of Aboriginal children taken away from their families by governments or churches to be brought up in institutions or to white families. Between 1910-1970, many Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of many government laws. The generations of children removed under these laws became known as the Stolen Generations. This caused a lot of trauma and agonizing moments for many indigenous people as they had never experienced anything like this. This was in order for the black culture do die out so that the white culture could grow and become superior. The children who were taken away were forced to change their lifestyle, they weren't allowed to talk in their native language, they were forced to throw away their inidgenous herritage. All in all, the most important thing was adapting to the white culture. How was it done? The focus was on the children who were considered more adaptable to white society than Indigenous adults. “Half-caste” children (a term considered for people of Aboriginal and white parents), were more likely to be removed because authorities thought these children could be assimilated more