Some people find it easier to find tokenism where there is none, rather than accept personal failings.
they can have those policies, as long as they measure them against their RAP to ensure they aren’t discriminating.
are people starting to see how important RAPs are?
It’s also about creating the entry level positions… and then give them the opportunity to grow and learn.
Just getting in the door is a huge challenge… as we’ve seen with the draft.
IMO the private schools have provided more opportunities to Aboriginal young people via School scholarships… as opposed to the AFL and the clubs.
By getting them to Melbourne from Remote communities, providing stable housing, quality education, nutritious food, quality coaching, elite football facilities, first class equipment…
Without this, many of the kids from Rural/remote region would have no chance within an AFL System.
thats why the NGA academies are so promising.
they are in the line of fire though now, with list reductions on the cards.
glad we made the most of ours while we could…
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Glad to get some games into Ben McNeice!
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i was tokenistically unqualified for all the jobs i applied for until i got hired.
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The two absolute complete deadshit cousins in my family are only failures because women/lefties/greenies/immigrants/blah blah blah don’t you even listen to Joe Rogan?
Hopefully, with the increased social awareness currently happening around indigenous and African issues, the AFL and the clubs will be concerned that cutting funding to the Indigenous and immigrant Academies would be a bad PR decision.
And I’d love to see clubs exploit their membership bases for qualified volunteers who could help implement the various programs and initiatives that should be included in their academies
One of my good mates is an aboriginal and he’s got at least 3 degrees (including a bachelors and masters) and probably has more letters after his name than I have in my name. Funny thing is he applied to work for a mining company, and when he didn’t get the job he asked why. They said the other applicant was aboriginal so got preference. He was confused, and said ‘so am I… I thought you’d have guessed when you interviewed me’. He was told that because he didn’t tell them they assumed he wasn’t.
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Hard hitting from freo dokers
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Keep posting @benfti
Some of what you say I’d gladly argue against, but for the most part I’m learning something about subject matters I know I don’t understand.
This old racist white guy appreciates your efforts to inform. It makes a generally positive impact as opposed to the clowns that are taking beer off a shelf, or asking for Coco Pops to change.
Cheers.
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That is wildly illegal.
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Mining companies are above the law in this country
No they are not, they have the law (Gov) in their pockets so everything they do is legally allowed.
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Pretty sure it is illegal to pick someone based on race. And no company will admit they gave they job to someone else because of race
They’ve even written a few laws in the not too distant past
The issue with this kind of thinking is that it used to blame indigenous Australians for their own problems. Which conveniently ignores the genocide, dispossession, indentured labour (ie slavery), removal of children from their families, and the almost complete destruction of their language and culture, etc, etc. Which is a big deal, especially when much of the above occurred within living memory
Further to that, social issues are not magically solved by having individuals who have successfully overcome those obstacles. Not that Lidia Thorpe wouldn’t have to deal with the realities of being an indigenous person of colour throughout the rest of her life, including having white peoples she’s never met making public judgements about her life
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Illegal? Whose land do you think the mining companies operate? The Aboriginal Land Rights Act gives protection to the traditional owners of Aboriginal land and enables the Land Council to make agreements with mining companies which satisfy all the interested parties. In many of these agreements there is a percentage of jobs that must go to indigenous people.
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As I mentioned a minute ago, the Aboriginal Land Rights Act allows the traditional owners of the land to make agreements with mining companies who use the land. Some of these agreements include employment quotas for indigenous people. Otherwise why would traditional owners ever allow a mine of their land?
In fact, consider New Century Resources (NCR). They have a pledge to reach 50% indigenous employment at its zinc mining operations in Queensland: