I started this thread to call attention to Hilda's above the line Folklore: 1967 Aboriginal Referendum (Aus) thread which, for some reason, is now closed.

My sense is that Hilda's thread about the May 27th Australian referendum was commemorative and celebratory. In my opinion, that Australian referendumt addressed similar types of corrective actions such as the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution of the USA.

I believe it was appropriate in that thread-or in this thread-to talk about other occassions when nations took corrective action to right old wrongs as Peace did when he shared the comment in Hilda's thread that "In 1968, Leonard Marchand became the first Status [Status is a term meaning 'recognized under the Indian Act as being Indian'] Indian to be elected to Canada's House of Commons... At that time, Canadians were not used to seeing Aboriginal politicians on the campaign trail or serving at any level of government. Until 1960, Status Indians could not even vote in a federal election unless they first gave up their right to be registered under the Indian Act, their treaty rights and their statutory right to property tax exemption..."

However, in my opinion, the spirit of Hilda's thread and certainly the intent of my starting this thread is not well served by debating or discussing the origins of Indigenous Australians or any other groups of people in the world, the physical appearances of Indigenous Australians compared to African Americans or any other specific groups of people, and/or which racial category or categories Indigenous Australians or any other groups of people "belong" to.

I've said all I care to say-at this time-about race on Mudcat's
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BS: Does Being Dark Matter?

I choose not to discuss that topic further on this thread.