STOP - Read the post below first** something similar means I cant remember the exact wording but its very close. They sang this song at least 4 times today and a few times yesterday and last week on assembly. For the younger kids they probably dont understand it but the older ones definately get it. Yes it happened - yes it shouldnt be forgotten - yes they should - we all should acknowledge that it happened but how can it benefit the kids and the relationships that they build with the 'whiteman boss' and police???????? It frustrates me, makes me angry, makes me sad. How can a community go forward - the children go forward when they are being fed an Us and Them diet????? The bottom line for me is - how can a kid build trust with a police officer or go to them for help after hearing the messages in these songs. Where is the message that a police officer is often the only person you can trust to put themselves in harms way to save a woman who is being bashed by her husband???? Grrrrrrrrrr

I would love to see them singing traditional songs, its seems so sad that their identity is still wrapped up in the stolen generation. I dont want to make light of what happened or that it is still real in the lives of people in town. Its a kind of homage and rememberance to what happened - a kind of weeping. But when and where do the future kids gain their own identities and pride from?
Tell me what you think?