{"id":6885,"date":"2023-10-07T17:40:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T04:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapednoise.com\/site\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:57:40","slug":"casual-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/casual-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"A choice between crossing the bridge to our future, or floundering in the past : Noel Pearson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 14 October, Australia will vote in a historic referendum that cuts to the core of how it sees itself as a nation.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If successful, the proposal – known as the Voice – will recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution, while creating a body for them to advise governments on the issues affecting their communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes advocates say it’s a “modest yet profound” change that will allow Indigenous Australians to take “a rightful place” in their own country – which has often dragged its heels confronting its past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But those campaigning against it describe it as a “radical” proposal that will “permanently divide” the country by giving First Nations people greater rights than other Australians – a claim legal experts reject.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Too many of us have grown up as strangers,” leading Voice advocate Noel Pearson told the Canberra Press Gallery last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This referendum is the largest mirror we will ever look into as a nation\u2026 we, the Australian people, face a choice – a choice between crossing the bridge to our future or floundering in the past.” : Noel Pearson<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-66944609<\/a><\/p>\n

Sickeningly it currently looks like failing.<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n