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<blockquote data-quote="Welsh Exile" data-source="post: 1101491" data-attributes="member: 82670"><p>Clearly there's a difference between then and now but we're talking about legacy. I'm glad your brought up another oppressed people the empire was responsible for. There's similarities though. Look at how Māori and aboriginal people across the empire have been marginalised and look at the effect it's had on these people to this day. I think I read somewhere that Maori people make up 14% of the population but 50% of the prison population. Whenever I speak to racist Australians they always call the aborigines a bunch of drunks, again, another legacy of empire.</p><p></p><p>Yes things are different but wouldn't it be better to cut all ties from that shameful past? Better yet, listen to the people it has directly effected rather than the descendants of people who were part of the oppression.</p><p></p><p>The first thing colonisers do is strip your language, in Australia they tried to literally breed aborigines out of existence. You say to them your culture, your intellect, your whole way of life is inferior to ours so get with the programme or we'll kill you and even if you comply we'll beat you down and keep you bottom of the pile it saddens me enough people in our own country lap up the pomp and ceremony of a disgusting institution but it saddens me more when I hear Māori and other peoples oppressed by the British want change but have no chance of getting it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Welsh Exile, post: 1101491, member: 82670"] Clearly there’s a difference between then and now but we’re talking about legacy. I’m glad your brought up another oppressed people the empire was responsible for. There’s similarities though. Look at how Māori and aboriginal people across the empire have been marginalised and look at the effect it’s had on these people to this day. I think I read somewhere that Maori people make up 14% of the population but 50% of the prison population. Whenever I speak to racist Australians they always call the aborigines a bunch of drunks, again, another legacy of empire. Yes things are different but wouldn’t it be better to cut all ties from that shameful past? Better yet, listen to the people it has directly effected rather than the descendants of people who were part of the oppression. The first thing colonisers do is strip your language, in Australia they tried to literally breed aborigines out of existence. You say to them your culture, your intellect, your whole way of life is inferior to ours so get with the programme or we’ll kill you and even if you comply we’ll beat you down and keep you bottom of the pile it saddens me enough people in our own country lap up the pomp and ceremony of a disgusting institution but it saddens me more when I hear Māori and other peoples oppressed by the British want change but have no chance of getting it. [/QUOTE]
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