Category: Australia
Australia’s “Stolen Children” by Ali MC
Dewayne Everettsmith, Aboriginal Singer
Dewayne Everettsmith is one of the most popular singer-songwriters in Australia today. He speaks and sings passionately to the continuing struggles of his people and brings light to the histories that he feels people must know, and to pay tribute to the ancestors and the lands that birthed him and … Continue Reading Dewayne Everettsmith, Aboriginal Singer
Aboriginal Music Group from Australia: Black Arm Band
Black Arm Band is a group of some of the best-known music artists of Aboriginal Australia. Their piece: Dirtsong, giving homage to Australia’s land and spirit, has won worldwide acclaim. If one understands the destruction of the Aboriginal communities that are ongoing in Australia, from the colonial period and continuing … Continue Reading Aboriginal Music Group from Australia: Black Arm Band
Preview by Wendy Cheng, of my upcoming book: Dream of the Water Children
Blackbirding
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Australia’s Occupation Babies of Postwar Japan: Walter Hamilton’s Study
"In fact, to convince Americans of their superiority over the Filipinos, demonstrate the savagery and uncivilized nature of Filipinos, and rationalize their civilization and benevolent intention in the Philippines, the United States brought over 1,100 Filipinos to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1902 and sequestered them in what was called “The Philippine Reservation. . . .”
# Permanent link to Quote: US Imperialism & the Philippines at the World’s Fair 1902
Dream of the Water Children: The Black Pacific 