Redfern: Politically wrecked families

Philip McLaren

Mark Latham asks where are the parents of the rioting kids at 
Redfern. I'd ask him where are the parents of these parents? They 
were the children deliberately stolen, demoralised and socially 
crushed by our government. And you expect them to behave like 
you?

I'm not sure but I think Mark Latham knew and loved his parents, 
was comforted by them and perhaps was even read stories by them 
at bedtime before being tucked in and kissed goodnight.

As a group, Aboriginal parents have to endure one of the highest 
infant mortality rates, lowest adult life expectancy, highest 
incidence of blindness, highest incidence of diabetes, highest 
unemployment rate, most arrested, most convicted, most deaths in 
police custody, most illiterate and lowest poverty level of any 
people in any developed country in the world.

I question what he might do about this neglect if he is elected 
Prime Minister? One hopes he won't feed us any more simplistic 
Hanson-like sweeping statements.

It appears the plan worked. If they survive at all, the parents 
of the Redfern kids are the anxiety ridden, demoralised citizens 
of Australia our politicians very sinisterly sought.

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Philip McLaren is an Aboriginal, an internationally published 
author, born and raised in Redfern.