Dear friends,
Marcia Langton is correct. From my white liberal view, and keen on the conversation between European philosophies and Aboriginal philosophies, if it is Yes, Australians would have achieved recognition as far as it can go by voting (the rest is advice and legislation); if it is No, like Langton, I see no way forward. As a white man, in such a negative case, I wept with a black woman. I wept with humanity.
Kind regards,
Neville.
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Neville Buch
Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.
Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.
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well, she can take some of the blame for the loss. Having an idiot like her as a high profile advocate/campaigner was a gift to the No cause. When she made that speech about “racists” etc in WA, some were claiming that she should be removed from the debate, made to apologize etc. On the contrary, that was a gift to the No cause. Probably made them lose 5-10 percentage points of support. If I was a No strategist, I would have recommended trying to find and recommend more of her ilk to campaign for the yes side.