a civil rights movement in the united states that was only run by white people. that s a good point. but that s just not the way the world works. we had our office in london. we were people who had. anthropologists and travellers and people who had written about this subject and who are able to influence the world and make this happen. and, i mean, to artificially import a brazilian indian to be the head of the organisation. we ve just got a new director, who s excellent, and is running things from london. but to artificially bring somebody in who probably english is not theirfirst language, and hasn t got the experience to, to put the message across, would be slightly difficult, ithink. it seems to me there are p words that may be relevant here patronising, paternalistic. i mean, can you sit here with me and say that you truly understand the needs of, and know what is in the best interests of very different indigenous peoples
got the experience to, to put the message across, would be slightly difficult, ithink. it seems to me there are p words that may be relevant here patronising, paternalistic. i mean, can you sit here with me and say that you truly understand the needs of, and know what is in the best interests of very different indigenous peoples throughout the world ? cos you ve worked with groups in south america, you ve worked with groups in asia, different parts of asia, you ve worked with many, many different indigenous peoples. they re not monolithic at all. do you really know? yes, i can, because they tell us what they want and we do what they say is. needs doing. they tell us about the abuses. do you speak their languages? i speak the common language that they will all speak, which is spanish and portuguese in south america, and malay in indonesia and southeast asia. and nearly always, somebody will speak one of those languages. i can t learn all the indigenous languages,
their relevant records to the truth and reconciliation commission, including statements from over 38,000 abuse survivors. when the victims of abuse made their statements to the government, the churches that ran the schools were asked to take part in the process. we entered into the whole agreement on condition that this would not be made public, because we didn t, we were not there to defend ourselves or to bring a different story forward, or to, whatever. now the first nations didn t want them to be made public because it is retraumatising. and they say this is to protect the privacy of the survivors, this is for their own good and when i hear language like that, it is the same paternalistic and colonial outlook of we, the great white father, know what s good for these peoples . it s the same outlook that got us here in the first place. on 19 september, 2027,
handed over all of their relevant records to the truth and reconciliation commission, including statements from over 38,000 abuse survivors. when the victims of abuse made their statements to the government, the churches that ran the schools were asked to take part in the process. we entered into the whole agreement on condition that this would not be made public, because we didn t, we were not there to defend ourselves or to bring a different story forward, or to, whatever. now the first nations didn t want them to be made public because it is retraumatising. and they say this is to protect the privacy of the survivors, this is for their own good and when i hear language like that, it is the same paternalistic and colonial outlook of we, the great white father, know what s good for these peoples . it s the same outlook that got
when the victims of abuse made their statements to the government, the churches that ran the schools were asked to take part in the process. we entered into the whole agreement on condition that this would not be made public, because we didn t, we were not there to defend ourselves or to bring a different story forward, or to, whatever. now the first nations didn t want them to be made public because it is retraumatising. and they say this is to protect the privacy of the survivors, this is for their own good and when i hear language like that, it is the same paternalistic and colonial outlook of we, the great white father, know what s good for these peoples . it s the same outlook that got us here in the first place. on 19 september, 2027, the government is set to destroy much of the