Natasha Waganeen, Jada Alberts, Frances Djulibing
and Djamangi Gaykamangu are all famous aboriginal actors. On Monday the 29th
of April at 6:30 this group decided to return to their St Kilda Hotel. As they hailed
a cab, the taxi driver took one look at them and drove off. The same thing
happened second, third and fourth taxi. At this point Hick (the choreographer)
was in tears. ''They would just pull up, see us and drive off,'' Natasha said.
''We had to get someone to hail a taxi for us who was non-indigenous and we
would hide around the corner and by the time she got the taxi we would bolt
over, open the door and jump in.'' On their way to work the following morning a
passenger on the same tram broke out to anger, declaring ‘You Aboriginals don’t
exist ‘.
This links to identity and
belonging because it discriminates against the aboriginal culture. They have been
here in Australia for over 40,000 years. To have people from other cultures
come here and make them feel like second-class citizens is unfair to the
indigenous people of Australia. If anything, people in Australia should be
helping and stopping the discrimination toward them, they belong here, just
like everyone else in Australia, this is their home. You don’t see them going
to other countries and discriminating against other cultures, why should people
do it to them here? It’s purely unfair.
Catherine and Natalie of 10B
