Institutional racism and systemic bias against Indigenous Queenslanders is making them sick, a leading health body says.
The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council says the circumstances surrounding Mr Floyd's death are all too familiar to minority communities in Australia.At least 432 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in police custody in Australia since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report in 1991.
They include poor mental health, social and emotional distress, injury, harmful alcohol and substance use, self-harm, suicide ideation and attempts, and exacerbated physical health conditions due to disengagement with the health system, the QAIHC says.Scott McDougall, Queensland's Human Rights Commissioner, urged Australian governments to actively work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in a"power-sharing" way.
The Facebook event page tells people to"wear a face mask and other PPE, use hand sanitiser, stay home if you are sick or at a high-risk status for infection".In Sydney, the NSW Supreme Court has banned a Black Lives Matter protest, but activists have vowed to march in defiance of the order.
The stupid part about these protests is that more than half the mob in jail are there from hurting their own people.They need to look inwards at themselves, not rant and rave and try to set up a separate favoured custody system. There should be one country, one flag, one anthem
Let's talk about black on black attacks and death.
Anyone dying in custody is bad. However it's mearly an undesirable result of the real problem which is how and why they ended up there in the first place. Upbringing, social environments, poor education, peer pressure, alcohol etc, etc all contribute. March for change there.
Can't wait to see the picture. 😊✊🏿
Not too long ago we were told that “black people” was out, and “persons of colour” was in, has that changed again?
While the timing isn't great with Coronavirus , there were protests held in Australia recently against 5G and vaccinations so no way that the local governments can stop this without looking racist ... auspol
Where's the data for deaths in custody? You job is to think, not just parrot
Yes it’s time that we make these Cops accoutablesbsnews