Can we forgive the unforgivable?When a government has a scarred past — the stolen generation in Australia, the massacre of Bosnian Muslims by Serbs — how important is a public apology? asks Binoy Kampmark.
Stolen Generation
Welcome to Country: a token debate
The Mad Monk has got the nation arguing again this week, after labeling Indigenous “welcome to country” ceremonies as “tokenism”.
The Conservative Commentariat Knitting Circle
Featuring the Cane Toads for a Free Tibet Action Committee
Crikey Says: Where was the protest over the Forgotten Generation Apology?
Why was there no protest over the Apology to the Forgotten Generation, as there was over last year’s Apology to the Stolen Generation?
An apology is not an excuse
California will apologise to the Chinese-American community for institutional racism that dates back to the Gold Rush. But an apology can leave far greater acts of racial discrimination unacknowledged, says Andrew Bartlett.
Australia moves a fraction up the shame table of indigenous health
The ABS’s new work on indigenous death rates has dramatically narrowed the calculated life expectancy gap between indigenous Australians and the overall Australian community.
