Australia Called It Policy. The Inquiry Called It Genocide.

Описание: In 1931, three Aboriginal girls were taken from their family in the Western Australian desert. The youngest was eight years old. Nine days later, they walked out of the settlement and into the outback — and didn't stop until they were home. 1,500 miles. Barefoot. Being hunted the entire way.
Their story is the human anchor for one of the most painful and least-understood chapters in Australian history — the Stolen Generations.
For most of the twentieth century, the Australian government had a formal policy of removing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. Not because of neglect. Not because of harm. Because of race. The stated goal was to absorb Aboriginal people into white Australian society within two or three generations. A government official called it "breeding out the colour."
In 1997, a national inquiry examined what had been done. It estimated that between one in three and one in ten Aboriginal children had been forcibly removed. It documented the abuse, the erasure, the lifelong harm. It made 54 recommendations.
And it used a specific word for what had happened.
In this video, we go through all of it — the world before, the policy, the mechanics of removal, the girls who walked home, the numbers, the intergenerational wound that is still open today, the 2008 apology, and the uncomfortable question of what comes after sorry.
This one requires something from the viewer. It should.
Bringing Them Home (1997) — referenced throughout — is linked below.
Healing Foundation: healingfoundation.org.au
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