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>"British weren't as bad as so and so" While it is probably true, it is a woefully low bar to clear. The Australian aborigines have clearly been treated appal
by hermitcrab 5y ago
>"British weren't as bad as so and so"
While it is probably true, it is a woefully low bar to clear.
The Australian aborigines have clearly been treated appallingly. Whether it amounted to a deliberate genocide I don't know enough to say.
- rbg246 5y agoI totally agree - and just wanted to point it out as people always reach for the what about those other people when discussing these topics. I had my awakening on this subject in my 30s, I started to read academic writing on colonialism. Having grown up in Australia and knowing colonial history having been learnt from the British perspective I was just shocked at my ignorance on British Empire and it's colonies was.