Reconciliation Australia have a great new advertising campaign. It's simple and gets the point across perfectly. I love that they've provided full bios of each of the people in the ads, rather than just a response to the question posed.
I'm sure it doesn't surprise anyone that this one is especially significant to me. While the work of Reconciliation Australia has always been something I've seen as incredibly important, and something that matters to me both as an Australian and a Koori, this is the first time they've produced something that I've looked at and thought "That's about me." This advertisement addresses something many pale skinned Indigenous people deal with daily, where non-Indigenous people judge or reject our racial identity based on the colour of our skin.
The truth is, you cannot tell if someone is of Indigenous heritage by looking at them, and I'm absolutely stoked to see Reconciliation Australia addressing our invisibility as an issue, and one that stands in the way of true reconciliation.
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Hey that is awesome! Thanks for posting about it, I hadn't seen or heard of it until now. I am so sick of people debating with me whether my daughter is Indigenous or not. I am her mother, I think I should know!
Thanks for commenting! The campaign is fantastic, do spread it around.
And I understand exactly what you mean, but I will never understand why people feel the need or the right to debate someone else's racial identity.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and posting this. I really do get annoyed with people thinking I should be darker or anything other stereotype they have about Native people.
These stereotypes and prejudices do stand in the way of reconciliation and healing all over the world.
Absolutely!
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