15 things you should know about Aboriginal people of Australia
1. We are black. (wiki) (Black As TV show). We are a black and Indigenous culture that has no relation to the African diaspora.
2. We are Indigenous to the land known as âAustraliaâ our stories go back eons. Most of these stories have been wiped out with the cultural genocide that is still ongoing.
3. Every single place you go to in Australia has a black name and a black history. Donât let the white people fool you.
4. âYou donât look aboriginalâ and âhow aboriginal are you?â Are NOT okay to ask. and itâs also highly discriminatory given our history with the âWhite Australia policyâ and the stolen generation where black kids were literally stolen from their families to âbreed the black out of themâ. This is still ongoing at twice the rate it was before. We believe that regardless of skin colour, black is our culture (Aboriginal culture). The saying goes âno matter how much milk you put in your coffee, itâs still coffee.â
5. Aboriginal people are automatically double minorities, as both Indigenous and Black. We suffer from twice the racism and genocide. god forbid youâre a women or a member of the lgbt community or both. (for example we have to fight against land rights as well as police brutality. This is not to lessen other peoples fights against racism but to outline that we could use as much help as possible because we are TIRED.)
6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people refer to be called by either the name (Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander). or Indigenous. never EVER shorten it to Aborigine. Itâs racist. or tsi, ts islanders or anything like that. Indigenous is more formal. Also please donât call us Native. I understand itâs normalized in America but in Australia plants and animals are called native and it reminds us of when we were literally treated as less than animals.
7. âSisâ may be an AAVE word that was âpopularizedâ by gay twitter but DO Not call an Aboriginal woman/girl sis if you donât know them. brother, sister, aunty, uncle and cousin are AAE (Aboriginal Australian English) terms of respect for our people. Itâs incredibly offensive if you call someone that without their permission (esp if youâre not Aboriginal.)
8. Mob is an AAE word which usually means group or people, sometimes family or kinship. Sometimes Aboriginal people will ask each other âwho your mob?â to ask who youâre related to. It might also be used in general âyou mobâ.
9. despite the racist rhetoric Aboriginal people do not drink more than white people in Australia do. Theyâre roughly about the same with Indigenous people being more likely to abstain than non Indigenous people.
10. C*on and B*ong are racist words that Australians have been using against Aboriginals since they came in their boat. sometimes the N word too. C*on is definitely the one used the most and has the same power as the n word. Donât say it even as a joke I will fight you. (and I know some racist white dog with no brain and no culture will send it on Anon, sorry you have no life, I hope covid wipes out your family so youâre the only one left. I hope nobody loves you and you die alone and forgotten. )
11. Donât play the digeridoo/yidaki if youâre not Aboriginal, especially if youâre going to profit off it and especially if youâre white. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOUâRE FEMALE. Extremely racist. donât do it. AlsoâŚyouâre not good at it. Iâm sorry, someone had to tell you.
12. Boomerang DOES NOT mean âcome backâ. itâs literally a weapon. It means âcurved wooden weapon that you throw to kill thingsâ. That is itâs literal meaning. Instagram is a money hungry hole sucking piece of shit. and you guys sound super embarrassing and cringey every time you use the word outside of itâs meaning.
13. donât ask someone âhow Aboriginal are you?â - racist.
âdo you speak Aboriginal?â - racist. Also there were more than 250 Aboriginal languages originally though now there are less than 120. Which language are you referring to?
14. Aboriginal people exist in modern Australia. there are Aboriginal archeologists, doctors, nurses, lawyers, teachers, journalist and etc. We donât just exist out in communities and we arenât some traditional myth.
15. Always was, always will be, deadly.
