Comparitive quotes Flashcards
quote on white man bringing bad stuff to australia
You come from far away and bring us alcohol, ganja, tobacco, all bad!’ (Charlie)
mutal term of cop and charlie
‘G’day Luke. G’day Charlie. You white bastard. You black bastard.’
quote showcasing value of money for indigenous community
‘I don’t need a big note
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?
quote on deteroiting health of indigenous community
Sit down very slowly. I better sit down slowly too
quote on laws constantly getting in the way of charlie
‘They’ve got my car… and your rifle and my gun
quote on charlie and black pete finding humor in misfortune
‘That’ll soon stink up the whole police station!
quote on tradional ways being better
‘There’s lots of food in the bush. It’s like a supermarket out there.’
quote on culture and tradtion being lost
‘The kids go to school now. They don’t care anymore.’
quote on elders responsibility
We need to teach them… …the traditional ways
preconcieved notion of indigenous people being dumb
‘Damn, you black fellas are smart when you wanna be
charlie defending his hunting
I’m not a recreational shooter… I am… a hunter.
charlie danced for
. I danced for… the Queen of England… when they opened that building. I bet you never did that.
nutrition
white man junk food we eat
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.’
spear quote
‘It’s not a dangerous weapon. It’s a hunting spear, not a battle spear.’
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?
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
charlie’s plan to connect to his culture
Live the old way… …going to my Mother Country
charlie’s creativity coming back once he returned to the bush
‘Long time since I painted anything
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
