National Sorry Day
Should
Kevin Rudd have apologised? Why?
Kevin Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australians for the inhumane treatment they were given by the Australian government, was a crucial step towards reconciliation for all the wrongs committed since European settlement. The massacres committed, land usurped, children stolen and discriminated culture of Indigenous Australians can to no extent be righted from a mere 'sorry speech'; however through Rudd's apology he established that the Australian governments acknowledges that their past actions toward the Indigenous was oppressive and unjust. Establishing this acknowledgement was vital, leading the path toward reconciliation between the Aboriginals and Torres Straight Islanders with Westernised Australia, resurrecting the Indigenous culture which was wrongfully deemed inferior. Therefore Kevin Rudd's apology was necessary as it recognised that the Australian government regrets it past actions to the Indigenous and perceives such to be unlawful, enabling these two parties to further on the path toward reconciliation.
Kevin Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australians for the inhumane treatment they were given by the Australian government, was a crucial step towards reconciliation for all the wrongs committed since European settlement. The massacres committed, land usurped, children stolen and discriminated culture of Indigenous Australians can to no extent be righted from a mere 'sorry speech'; however through Rudd's apology he established that the Australian governments acknowledges that their past actions toward the Indigenous was oppressive and unjust. Establishing this acknowledgement was vital, leading the path toward reconciliation between the Aboriginals and Torres Straight Islanders with Westernised Australia, resurrecting the Indigenous culture which was wrongfully deemed inferior. Therefore Kevin Rudd's apology was necessary as it recognised that the Australian government regrets it past actions to the Indigenous and perceives such to be unlawful, enabling these two parties to further on the path toward reconciliation.