The past 26 days are Australia's "National Day", but except for the Morrison government and some people, most australian Aborigines do not recognize this holiday, they also said that this day is obviously the colonists are proud of the "invasion day".
On the 26th, there were two very different scenes on the streets of Australia: on the one hand, the people who were rejoicing and celebrating the National Day, and on the other hand, tens of thousands of indigenous people who were angry and demanded that the government change the time of the National Day.
On this morning, a statue of the Founding Father of the Nation in Australia, "Captain Cook," was also spotted with red paint, and from a distance, "Captain Cook" looked like it was drowned in blood.
To the infuriation of many indigenous people, their Prime Minister Morrison issued a celebratory message on the day of the "National Day": Today we have dinner, barbecue, surfing and fireworks... Celebrate our identity as a people.
But many Australian media outlets did not support Morrison's claim, and they even criticized: Does he know what he is celebrating?
Why is a "National Day" not a "national celebration"?
On 26 January 1788, an English captain arrived in Australia with 11 British prisoners. Since then, Port Jackson has become britain's first colony in Australia, and this day is also the beginning of the oppression of Australia's indigenous people.
In 1901, after the establishment of the Australian Commonwealth, this day was also designated by the federal government as a "national day", which made the Aborigines feel angry.
The protests against the "National Day" have not stopped, but the Australian government has not changed this.
However, some urban areas in Australia have begun to respond to the demands of indigenous people, such as the city of Yala, which is under the jurisdiction of Melbourne, made a decision in 2017 to stop celebrating this colonialist "National Day" and promote the history and culture of the indigenous people on this day.
This decision in the city of Yala is a precedent, and many municipal councils have followed suit, and the voices of the indigenous people have finally been seen. But even in 2022, the Australian government will be like a "deaf and mute", unable to see or hear the protests and appeals of the people, and Morrison will directly issue a congratulatory statement on this day.
But in addition to the voices that recognize the "National Day" and oppose the celebration of the "National Day", there is a third voice.
Creed, the organizer of an Aboriginal charity, argues that the invasion of Australia by European colonists has become a fact, and what we need to do is to remember this shameful history. That being the case, it doesn't matter whether this day is a "National Day" or not, what matters is that "the past is in our hearts."
However, the discriminated indigenous peoples could not look at the day so calmly. On this day two years ago, the media pointed out that there should be a mourning event on this day, because Australia's discrimination against Indigenous peoples has never stopped, and this discrimination is no less widespread than the discrimination against people of color in the United States.
Since the arrival of European colonists in Australia, many indigenous peoples have become slaves of the colonists, wearing anklets, deprived of their human rights, and working day and night for the colonists. Many indigenous people who tried to resist were slaughtered. Most of these executioners come from the government and the police.
Now, Australia's Aboriginal people are finally no longer slaves, but they are still discriminated against by non-Aboriginal and governments. There are also many cases of police shooting and killing indigenous people in the process of law enforcement.
At this year's UN Human Rights Council, China, France, Germany and more than 30 other countries put forward suggestions on Australia's human rights issues. It now appears that the Morrison administration has simply ignored these proposals.
Critics in Australia argue that the crimes committed by the colonizers against the indigenous people for hundreds of years are innumerable, but the Australian authorities have always tried to hide the crimes and present themselves as "the party that upholds justice", and the hypocritical face of the Australian authorities is disgusting.
The Australian government, which has been holding high the banner of "human rights" behind the United States, does not know when these indigenous people will truly have "human rights".