Stolen Generation Essay

‘Aboriginal Australians are arguably one of the most traumatised people in the world’ (Nadew, 2012, p.2). The forcible removal of Australian Indigenous children from their families during the 1900’s became official government policy until 1969; the children who were taken away are now known as the ‘Stolen Generations’. A loss of cultural affiliation, an entrenched mistrust and anger towards non-Indigenous peoples, a loss of spirituality and connection to ancestors, substance and alcohol abuse and mental illness (Korff, 2015) are a mere few effects that ‘continue to resound through generations of Aboriginal families’ (Dudgeon & Hirvonen, 2014). This essay aims to explore the significance of these complex social repercussions seen in society

The Subaltern is more than histrionically oppressed, they have essentially been coerced to discard their cultural norms, and ‘adopt Western thought, reasoning and language’ (Sharp, 2008, p. 111). To this day, many Indigenous Australians find it difficult to contend with the overwhelming Western ideologies that lay the foundations for society, and that they cannot ‘fit’ within the system. This inability to conform to the ‘norm’ may be interpreted negatively by non-Indigenous Australians, resulting in serious social collision that has numerous impacts for the wellbeing of the Indigenous

When the community can identify the root cause of their prejudicial attitudes, only can we sufficiently and proactively create change and attempt to correct these execrable statistics for the better.

How addressing the issue will contribute to the Common Good/ Possible implications of this issue for the