Dr Ruth DeSouza (FACN)
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She/Her. PhD Nurse. Cultural Safety, birth, racism. Goan via East Africa, Aotearoa, Bunurong country. Podcast: Birthing & Justice. buzzsprout.com/1798765
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http://www.ruthdesouza.com 30-05-2011 02:39:45
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Lidia Thorpe rightly calls out the absurd charade of monarchy. The King? What a joke. Australiaโs past & present are rooted in colonial theft, and itโs high time its country's Indigenous peoples are honoured with the Treaty they deserve. Thank you Senator Lidia Thorpe #NotMyKing
โOver the past weeks I have been requesting meetings with him, but was ignored. Today I felt it was right to speak up on behalf and the Blak Sovereign Movement to call out genocide and the invasion and theft of our lands, waters and skies by the Crown.โ theguardian.com/australia-newsโฆ
In the years Iโve been making Stuff The British Stole, the biggest lesson for me has been how much history hides behind politenessโpolite plaques, polite speeches, polite monarchs. I donโt have Lidia Thorpe's life experience, and itโs not appropriate for me to offer commentary