Monday, December 12, 2011

Inferiority Poem

Inferior
To be lower in rank.
A second class citizen.
According to the British,
The First Australians many years before.
The British perceived the Natives to be uncivilized.
They thought they were superior,
Enough to remove the children.
But who is to say the British were right?
Treating the "inferiors" like animals.
Locking them up in cages.
Training them to serve as slaves.
A stolen culture.
Stolen Generations.
Forever lost?

Sophie Byfield and Peggy Kern

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