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I'M A WHITE AUSTRALIAN

White Australia...
stop and look,
you’ve been reading
the wrong history book.

White Australia...
got it wrong
when they came here
singing England’s song.

White Australia...
should apologize
for destroying so
many Koori lives.

White Australia...
full of power and greed,
how can such values
ever succeed ?

White Australia...
do you really care
about this land
we all share?

White Australia...
it’s not guilt and blame,
it’s hearing the story,
feeling the pain.

White Australia...
Understand and respect,
there’s been enough
ignorance and neglect.

White Australia...
take a look,
it’s time to rewrite
the history book.

Morganpoet
Written by Morganpoet
Published
Author's Note
This poem was written in response to Pauline Hanson, an Australian politician, founding the One Nation political party and raving on about "White Australians"

Published: KOORI MAIL (National Newspaper, Australia), 15.01.1997, p.6
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