Comparitive quotes Flashcards by Rajveer S

quote on white man bringing bad stuff to australia

You come from far away and bring us alcohol, ganja, tobacco, all bad!’ (Charlie)

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mutal term of cop and charlie

‘G’day Luke. G’day Charlie. You white bastard. You black bastard.’

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quote showcasing value of money for indigenous community

‘I don’t need a big note

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quote on charlie being unable to buy a house

‘You’ve got a job…and you got a house… on my land. Where’s my house? Where’s my job?

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quote on deteroiting health of indigenous community

Sit down very slowly. I better sit down slowly too

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quote on laws constantly getting in the way of charlie

‘They’ve got my car… and your rifle and my gun

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quote on charlie and black pete finding humor in misfortune

‘That’ll soon stink up the whole police station!

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quote on tradional ways being better

‘There’s lots of food in the bush. It’s like a supermarket out there.’

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quote on culture and tradtion being lost

‘The kids go to school now. They don’t care anymore.’

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quote on elders responsibility

We need to teach them… …the traditional ways

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preconcieved notion of indigenous people being dumb

‘Damn, you black fellas are smart when you wanna be

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charlie defending his hunting

I’m not a recreational shooter… I am… a hunter.

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charlie danced for

. I danced for… the Queen of England… when they opened that building. I bet you never did that.

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nutrition

white man junk food we eat

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importance of land and restrictions implaced by society

They’ll take me to Darwin. Then you’ll die in the wrong place… a long way from your country. A long way.’

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spear quote

‘It’s not a dangerous weapon. It’s a hunting spear, not a battle spear.’

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charlie’s outrage on police taking away spear

Treacherous bastard! Fuck those thieving… white bastards. Why did you come here? From far away… stealing people’s stuff! Is this your land?

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charlie’s resistance on police car scene

‘They stole our land and put a police station on it. They’re lucky. I’m only borrowing their car! We’ll bring it back later

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charlie’s plan to connect to his culture

Live the old way… …going to my Mother Country

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charlie’s creativity coming back once he returned to the bush

‘Long time since I painted anything

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charlie being happy in the bush and being healthy

, now I’m home. I’m eating well. It’s my own supermarket

charlie being an outcast in his own country

I have difficulty pronouncing foreign names.’

‘Now I’m a foreigner?

charlie wanting his oppression to end

‘They should just shoot us… …like in the old days

quote on alcohol and drinking

And that’s poison you’re drinking, it rots your brain.’

luke outraged at charlie

! You fuckin’ turn on me, you fuckin’ useless black bastard!’ (Luke). I trusted you!

charlie complaining about white culture being dominate

These times have changed.’ | ‘No, they haven’t. You’re still trying to change our culture to your bastard culture!’

charlie's defense to being taken away from the bush

mean my country is my home. That means… …I was living in my home……nice and peacefully police came… to throw me out

why charlie was locked up

‘White fellas locked me up for being aboriginal

charlie being banned from alcohol

banned from buying alcohol. …you won’t be allowed to associate with known drinkers. instead of education and rehabilitation they just ban them, doesnt solve the problem

irony in charlie being banned from alcohol

‘Everyone in this country are known drinkers. Police are known drinkers. Tell them not to associate with me.’

charlie just wanting peace and true sense of identity

‘I want to go home now… back to my own country… where my place is…’ (Charlie)

charlie taking the responsibility of passing on culture and knowledge

Okay, I’ll teach them. I’d like to do

maxine being unable to gain teachers help

. The teacher stares at you, exasperated as if to say: Do you really expect me to do something about it?

names maxine has been called

Blackie. Monkey girl. Golliwog

how maxine was silenced

I learned to stay quiet. I learned that nobody much cared. I learned that it was probably my fault anyway

excuses maxine makes for the racism happening to her

and that what they were doing to me was perfectly okay. This is how it alters us. This is how we change.”

maxine's view on racism coming from the heart

If racism is a shortcoming of the heart, then experiencing it is an assault on the mind.”

quote on greg adams

Greg Adams called me dirty and disgusting. He recoiled when I came near him, in a deliberately exaggerated way

how deep hatred can stem in an individual

His hatred was wide, and loud, and vicious, and entitled. His hatred knew no bounds

maxine's hope towards the future of australia

“I love this country, but I believe we could be so much kinder to each other. So much more equitable. So much better. I hope I live to see it happen.”

maxine's parent's attempt to try to get her to fit in

my mother did everything she could to integrate us into our surroundings minoritires have to assimliate whereas majority makes no effort

skin colour quote for maxine

palpable visual differences

maxine recognizing she is a minority at a young age

i was brown and most of my world wasn't

maxine not having the power to hold her ground

"i didnt feel like i had anything to appologize for " sorry

how maxine describes the playground and how racism changed her

like battlefield | "you start to breathe it"

maxine having to make herself invisible

the more invisible i was, the easier my life would become

how the teacher calls maxine telling her story about her father

vivid imagination

how maxine wanted to escape the silence and break free from hiding

making myself real | the words did hurt

what was happening during the mid eighties in australia

australia was slowly changing

truth about education system in australia on indigenous people

if it were true i would have learned about it at school

how maxine describes the vitilgo

on the surface of my skin a miracle was slowly brewing