On March 14, Channel Seven’s Sunrise decided to tackle the issue of the adoption of Aboriginal children by non-indigenous Australian families.
In doing so, the presenters managed to encite extreme anger across the country through careless and insulting remarks. And now, the show’s under investigation.
The first mistake on behalf of the breakfast television program was to use an all-white panel to discuss an issue about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. The speakers included the show’s co-host Samantha Armytage and commentators Prue MacSween and Ben Davis.
Between the three of them, they spouted outrageous statements implying the Stolen Generations – that saw millions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their families from 1905 until 1969 – happened for “the wellbeing” of Indigenous people.
“Just like the first Stolen Generation, where a lot of children were taken because it was for their wellbeing, we need to do it again, perhaps,” MacSween told the nation, to absolutely no rebuttal from Armytage or Davis.
They also managed to report a smorgasbord of generalisations and mistruths.
“We need to be protecting kids, we need to be protecting Aboriginal kids and putting them back into that culture, what culture are they growing up seeing?” Davis said. “Well, they’re getting abused, they’re getting hurt and they’re getting damaged.”
Watch the Sunrise segment in the video below..
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Caitlin Bishop...Between the three of them, they spouted outrageous statements implying the Stolen Generations – that saw millions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their families from 1905 until 1969 –
This is complete and utter fantasy...What source or citation do you have to support this assertion. 1905 to 1969 is a very specific timeline and covers 64 years. You say ...millions were stolen...so that means that 30000 kids and then some more, had to be taken away as a result of racist policy each year by all the States...You are aware of course, as an activist journo, that The States operated Aboriginal policy in these years..Sure thing Caitlin...Show us the documentation...and where did the states put all these children? As for The Stolen Generations the courts have found that only one person has qualified for Stolen Status and to be in receipt of compensation for the illegal act...not of a department but of an individual social worker overstepping their authority..That was Bruce Trevorrow and now you have only 1,999,999 to go.
There should have been an indigenous person interviewed.