Tuesday, October 14, 2008

YAF Against Australian Aborigines

YAF's latest posts against non-whites have targeted Australian aborigines. Bristow posted a piece titled "Are Savages "Persons"?"where he attacked Australia's first people. He received a reply from an Australian aborigine activist. who Kyle challenged to name Aborigines who had been part of the Australian culture. When he was presented with a few names Bristow responded by citing his personal ignorance of Australians as proof that Aborigines had not contributed to the culture, saying "I do not know who Namatjira, Rrurrumbu, Jamieson, Enoch, Blair, Lanley, Jacobs, Uniapon, and Bunbajee are, because they have contributed nothing of significance to humanity."

Except for the names Lanely, Jacobs, and Bunbajee who I could not determine, I have posted information about the Australians cited.


Albert Namatjira was an aboriginal artist who was famous for his watercolor landscapes. I've posted one painting below. Several more can be found by doing a Google image search.


George Burarrwanga (stage name George Rrurrumbu) was a rock and reggae singer from Australia who sang in his native language. He can be seen here singing in concert.

Wesley Enoch
is a playwright and theater director. A short clip of Enoch's play Bubbles, which was shown at the Sydney Opera House, is posted below.




Harold Blair was a singer in Australia. Clips of Harold Blair singing can be found in a biographical video here.

David Unaipon
was a Australian inventor, spiritual leader, and aboriginal rights activist. He was so well renown in Australia that he is on the Australian $50 note.

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