The tacit acceptance of Indigenous deaths in custody demonstrates Australia’s endemic blindness to violence against its First Nations people, says @UNSWLaw Scientia PhD candidate and Gomeroi woman, @AJ_Whittaker.
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“Perhaps unsurprisingly, no one is blamed for the policies that entrap Indigenous people inside in the first place... this same blameless fatalism... has long underscored Australia’s Indigenous policy,” says @UNSWLaw Scientia PhD candidate @AJ_Whittaker.https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/social-affairs/i-cant-breathe-suffocating-truth-australia%E2%80%99s-race-relations?utm_source=unsw&utm_medium=social-team …
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For Australian protesters, wearing facemasks with the words ‘I can’t breathe’ across their mouths resurrects the memory of David Dungay Jr’s death in custody in 2015. The 26-year-old Dunghutti man passed away, saying “I can’t breathe” 12 times before losing consciousness.pic.twitter.com/N9uCnn1SCi
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“We need to grasp the opportunity to increase the civic’s knowledge in this country. Australians need to understand that they are obligated, that they have a responsibility to get involved when Indigenous lives are lost.” -
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Some 437 Indigenous Australians have died in custody since 1991. “That’s more than one a month for what constitutes almost three decades. This speaks to the systemic nature of the problem,” says
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