Today I watched half of the Rabbit Proof Fence. To sum up what it is about, it is the true story of an aborigine girl called Molly. Her, her sister Daisy and cousin Gracie are taken from their mothers to be 'intergarated and advanced to white status'. It is set in the 1930's, but this crime continued to around 1970. And the awful thing is the philosophy continues today, that aboriginal parents are 'hopeless' but their kids can be saved. The story is heartbreaking and it's hard to comprehend the morally wrongs acts people individually and society can enforce upon people. In the government of Australia's defence they truly did believe that they were doing the right thing but how they went about it brought tears to my eyes.
Well that's my little spiel for today...
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