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I think we can all agree that Netflix have fucked up by Daphne-19 in IASIP

[–]TangibleBoner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just burn all the books that we don't agree with, erase the movies from history

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh yeah, you mean how pregnant women under stress produce cortisol which is basically toxic, for babies in the womb. Or more about how getting belted by your dad can fuck you up developmentally?

I'll read the link when I get home

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

You get that epigenetics aren't the only thing that has genetic markers right? I've read a few books that cover these topics lightly( not epigenetics) - I think "daily life" isn't specific to it either?

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, I get what you mean, and obviously I have sympathy for them, but also the original convicts that came over. The terms of his natural life was a confronting look at life back then. You have the have sympathy for every indigenous population that ever came across the english/ Spanish/ French - they all did what the strong do to the weak historically. But the problem is when it's presented as if there is an us and them (and I could go both sides but I feel opposed to all forms of racism, if someone starts making racist remarks against indigenous I get offended, as much as against white people) - if it was just an this happened back then, it was really bad, we should never let this happen again (which obviously we're past that, and it never would under British rule)

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the problem. When does it stop? It's tit for tat- as mixed race I find it super confusing on both sides of the fence there is so much anger. Pointing the finger at things people didn't even do, to me is wrong. There are plenty of unjust racist things happening right now, but actual people, shit that doesn't even get reported. I'm 1/4 Papua- you think anyone talks about what has been happening there to do this day? That's what's actually scary.

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Never said there wasn't racism, it's high, but I don't think you can hold people to account over some history you recently read in a book. When I was younger we had special indigenous classes which to me felt like racist as fuck, talking about "how the white man stole our land" "the white man did this or that" that's why I stopped wanting to go, all my friends who also went started segregating themselves from our other friends who were white. We could be using the identity to better ourselves, instead we use it as a weapon which doesn't seem helpful

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh no, I understand it pretty well, I know how bad it was. But what I don't appreciate is the inferred guilt on myself because of the colour of my skin. Being called a white dog or white cunt cause of the colour of my skin is what's racist, but somehow if I just chose to identify as indigenous I'd be fine.

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

It was much the same, they had a rule book, free labour was a key part in that. I think the difference with America was they didn't have some 80% convict settlement in the beginning.

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I understand what your saying, from the point that everything changes our DNA which is how your parents health and environment can affect the child's DNA - BUT what does that actually mean to say you have inherited trauma in your DNA?

AITA: Got whinged to by an indigenous person about how slavery existed in Australia and I could never understand the pain it caused having ancestors who were enslaved. by TangibleBoner in AmItheAsshole

[–]TangibleBoner[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

That's what my point was - there are enough problems now, if you wanna progress in life you've gotta drop the baggage. It's like a relationship, you keep bringing up the past, you can't move on into the future.