has it? scott morrison denied its existence altogether. why the need for the chronic whitewashing of the history of slavery in australia?
this is more living memory stuff. stolen generations for the purposes of everything from industrial to household labor to sex work. institutional wage theft, and state-sanctioned low-agency labor. humans treated like a subclass, fed literal scraps. cartoon villain stuff.
it's very curious that (despite people's insistence that slavery is extinct) human rights legislation into the 20th & 21st century keeps addressing slavery and human trafficking.
chud a: "slavery is over! racism is a myth! it was so long ago! water under the bridge, right? why are people still mad? how long do we have to apologize for? if they don't like the country, they can leave." blah blah blah, waaaah black history got a whole month! wokeness in schools! yada yada yada.
also chud a: *kidnapping on the news* "if someone did that to MY family member, here is all the deeply unpleasant things i'd do to them."
also chud a: *bends your ear ad nauseam about dubious irish need not apply signs, painting colorful pictures of the injustices done to THEIR ancestors.* me biting the inside of my cheek holding in a "wow, you must really hate this country."
