Imagine if someone's grandparents stole a Stradivarius violin off my grandparents. They then became a famous musician, partly because of the unique sound of the stolen violin. Then imagine that each time they played a concert with that violin they thanked me, because I was the "traditional owner" of the violin.
If that happened to me I'd feel ripped off, patronised and pretty friggin' angry. Particularly if they were living a life of rock star luxury and I was living in poverty.
If that happened to me I'd feel ripped off, patronised and pretty friggin' angry. Particularly if they were living a life of rock star luxury and I was living in poverty.
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I note you've said "I feel uncomfortable" rather than "I don't want us to", and I'll assume you did that on purpose: The alternative to acknowledging or thanking said traditional owners, is to ignore that they owned it in the first place. Of course one could just give it back, but we know it's not that simple.
Hi Greg,
Yep certainly better than nothing. But I feel like we need to live in the tension of not all is resolved in particularly that Aboriginal land plus European technology has brought great benefits just to only one of those groups.
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