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It’s an evil copout claiming domestic violence in Aboriginal communities comes from colonisation
When a black man hits a black woman it’s a white man’s fault, according to Diversity Council Australia.
The Council, quoting Indigenous activist Kelly Treloar, yesterday tweeted that a high rate of domestic violence in Aboriginal communities was the result of colonisation.
Well, of course.
And high rates of alcoholism in those same communities is the result of Advance Australia Fair.
Not really. But you wouldn’t put such a suggestion beyond Diversity Council Australia after yesterday’s effort.
The Council tweeted: “Statistics show that First Nations women experience higher rates of #familyviolence than other women but this is a complex issue stemmed from issues of colonisation, trauma from displacement and legacy…
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