@Janineboost@Survivor_AU We've been enjoying watching Survivor with the kids, and teaching them about ethics, human behaviour, group mechanics and negotiation :) they all think you're going to win
A tale of two Book Weeks, pre and post election. I choose to start the story, now. Last year, C went as Ruth Bader Ginsburg to her Book Week Parade. It was a triumph. I hand sewed her collar and everything. As you can see, her happiness π― mirrored my own on parade. #auspol
@MelindaMann01 @NayukaGorrie I was a child when I arrived, and I stay because my whole life is here now. My children were born here, my home is here, and i go for Australia in the cricket ;)
If you moved to my country of origin would you therefore also be a 'settler' with an intent to dominate?
@MelindaMann01 @NayukaGorrie In my opinion, the harm comes from the us vs them mentality it creates. Mob vs settler (synonymous with coloniser). There are only so many steps between that and 'go back where you came from'. It's just my opinion.
@MelindaMann01 @NayukaGorrie I guess what I'm saying is that for some people who have ended up here for one reason or another there is no intent to dominate or control as implied in terms settler, colonizer or invader. Those terms could do more harm than good in establishing a positive way forward.
@NayukaGorrie As I was brought here by my parents age 7, I had no choice in the move. I don't feel that I have 'settled' Australia in any way, in fact I feel privileged to have become a part of our culture, and embrace all aspects inc. those of the mob. But what term should I use? Hard to know
@NayukaGorrie For me, 'Settler' has connotations of deliberately moving to a new location with an intent to take land/resources for my own benefit, with the presumption that the place I'm moving to is currently 'unsettled', therefore I assume I will be helping the place become 'settled'. 1/2