4 deaths show us a lot about ourselves
We occasionally need to look in a mirror and take a reality check. On the weekend four very young Noongar boys died in a tragic accident in a stolen car just outside of Perth. The sunday Times opened up a comments page, which in effect became a temporary blog on that tragic event. By dinner time last night there were about 600 comments posted on it. Without any specific analysis of proportions I think it is reasonable to say the majority were unsympathetic and many were quite vitriolic. Some other voices of reason and sympathy broke through. Some Noongars, also wrote, along with people who knew the boys personally; by and large they also copped a barrage of abuse as well from the bloggers who remain anonymous. Many said they are not ‘racist’; nevertheless, one can only wonder what the comments would have been if they were four white boys? In addition, one can only guess if the newspaper concerned would post such a blog if the four boys were not Indigenous?
