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In the days coming up to January 26 it can be super hard for us Nunga kids. If you would like to spread kindness not hurt at this time of year here is a few things you can do to show kindness to us kids:
1. If you are a teacher, think about what you are teaching us kids. Stop saying Cook discovered this country. Stop being gammon & acting like white fullas peacefully settled here. Tell the truth because when you don’t it hurts us more & your job is to keep all us kids safe
2. Buy Aunty @amymcquire new book. It’s so deadly and makes my day happy when I think of all the work Blak Aunties do to make things better for us kids
3. When you are travelling anywhere on this land find out whose country you are travelling on or staying in and tell your kids. Then you all can respect our country and move around more respectfully and much more kinder
4. Stop spreading bad stereotypes of us mob and our parents and our uncles and aunties. We are deadly mob and when you call us names and stuff it hurts us and makes us feel negative towards you. Also the stereotypes aren’t true
5. Buy from all our Black businesses. We have so much to share and to offer people. Please support us all year around not just during Reconciliation Week. I love my family’s website @RevolutionWare and @DeadlyScience and my mum loves @flashblak and @NunkeriD and Haus of Dizzy
6. Stand up to racists. It’s not the job of us kids to defend our mob in the classrooms or school yard. Racists are not our people, they are your people, you are responsible for them, not us
7. Stop locking up our family. When you take our mob away from us because you say they are criminals it hurts our hearts and leaves the biggest gap in our homes and our families and our communities. And stop killing our aunties and uncles when you lock them in your cages.
8. Don’t buy Australia Day stuff at the shops and don’t have Australia Day parties. I’m a kid but even I know that you shouldn’t celebrate killing people. It’s so wrong
9. Support Aboriginal kids knowing their culture. Stop trying to make us white. Let us speak our language, do our business and go onto country. We need to be on our land, in our waters and with our mob.
10. Listen to Aboriginal kids. Everyone ignores us but we’ve got a load to say. We are the future of our people and with us, this country has a Black past and a Black future.
And just be kind. Don’t be racist. And don’t write mean comments on people’s posts or send them racist messages.
(And my Mum always says we should check in on all our nunga friends and Elders around this time of year because we get sad and tired of all the Australia Day stuff)
(And my Mum always says we should check in on all our nunga friends and Elders around this time of year because we get sad and tired of all the Australia Day stuff)
