'My people die young in this country' speech go...

[@BluthBoy1]

This is one of the most powerful speeches in modern Australian history. Stan Grant is a man of honesty, integrity and courage. Keep pushing for the relevance of the past and hope for the future. You are a true Australia hero.

[@straitarrow5784]

If he believed what he is ranting he would be helping his people in remote regions.

[@memine3704]

Stan Grant is FOS. A professional victim, liar and activist. A hypocrite of massive proportions.

[@serenaclampert4797]

😢❤Thanks Stan your egotism and self righteous rants convinced people to vote NO in the referendum.

[@vincentgeoffrey6058]

As a young indigenous bloke from desert N.T, I've never heard a speech so powerful. Onya Stan, us young fellas will continue your voice as indigenous people 👊🏽✊🏾👍🏽🤠

[@barbara8321]

Thank you Vincent 🙏❤️

[@chingchee3876]

@@vincentgeoffrey6058 when did Stan last visit the N.T and help remote indigenous blokes ?

[@bigdoggy4744]

As a Aboriginal man I know the history of my country I know how rasicm slowly wears away your dignity and self respect I was born at a time when aparthied was the norm. I was made a state ward for no other reason than I was Aboriginal I was seperated from my sibilings for going on 8 years. I have experienced the police who thought because I was a boong I was a thief a drunk and deserved the beatings they gave out. I have experienced family and friends commit suicide because they could no longer take the abuse meted out by a racist goverment and white citizens. I suffer from PTSD and have fone for twenty years. I do not blame all white Australians for my plight nor do I expect apologies. Unlike many self appointed Aborignal community leaders I do not want nor expect compensation for the wrongs that have been committed. For me there is no point to compensation money or something in kind cannot give me back the years I suffered in the institutions and cannot give me the years that I missed out on with my sibilings who were farmed out to other institutions. Nor can any form of compensation take away the panic attacks and the nightmares that are part of my life. I look forward to a future where racism and intolerance are no longer accepted for any race. This seems to be a long way off but I have waited for over 60 years I may not be here when the creed of all men are created equal and deserve equal treatment comes about the creator will have taken me to be with my ancestors. Still I have great faith in my fellow man and know that good will eventually overcome evil regardless of what form it takes.

[@jhopsi]

I am sorry for what you were put through. I have family members who were put through the same thing. Stolen generation on both sides. I hope with time you find some peace within yourself. I suffer from PTSD for different reasons.. but I still understand It's such a hard thing to cope with. Wishing you well from your Koori sis.

[@bigdoggy4744]

@@jhopsi I appreciate your feedback sis I hope that you find away through the PTSD it is a struggle I know. I also feel for your family members that were stolen. I am sure the creator will keep you and yours safe. Yours in the struggle for truth justice and the black fella way. Ed

[@JordanFlowers10]

Nothing can wear you down unless you let it. You are not a victim but a powerful dreamer, a creator. Use the negativity to strengthen your soul. Remember, only those who are hurting hurt others.

[@tiffmeek]

Respect. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@tiffmeek]

D 'nothing can wear you down unless you let it' - tell that to a starving person... tell that to someone out in the snow with no shelter... tell that to someone who is forced to live without their culture, their language or their home and has no possible means to reclaim it

[@paulcraft8524]

Uncle Stan jingerri jingerri my brother man, you are so deadly keep up your great work you are a legend.

[@epelitikoinavunimolidelait3645]

I just could not hold back my tears when listening to this very powerful, honest, courageous speeches in this modern Australian history. Aboriginal people continue to advocate on this worse of the world's history and ensure to eradicate racism here in Australia. Thank you so much Stan for being bold and couragerous in publicly presented the truth! Nobody can cover up the Truth, the Truth will always prevails and set everyone Free!

[@gaylemorris1995]

Stan you are one of our hero's with a articulate voice. Thank you for your for your well educated worldly education you articulate our issues world issues better than anyone. Thank you Stan

[@JohnCollier-r6p]

Stan Grant: I salute you! What you have said here needed to be said - and will need to be said again. Please do not despair. Please do not give up. Your reasonable approach and your honest confrontation of indisputable historical facts are an irresistible combination. Our society desperately needs to hear what you are saying. Never relent and never resile.

[@carolinehaf21]

True then, remains true today. Australia, we must be better than this.

[@geeuwhycarrah305]

I love you Stan Grant, you are the AUSTRALIAN DREAM. WE CAN ALL BE BETTER THAN THAT

[@jerryberry5480]

Anyone here from Year 12 English as Second Language?

[@chris_1103]

This was my a level exam today

[@bigman1835]

We did this in year 8 english

[@EhsanTabbouch]

well Stan ,I know exactly how you feel and I admire you the more for speaking your heart out. My people in Syria going through the same thing right now,been killed , raped,forced out of their homes and their country, their houses and land bombed or burned and worst of all ,they're been replaced by other people and so changing the demographic nature of the whole country so one person who call himself a leader can stay in power and the world is just watching . like you I am an Australian , been so for 43 years and proud to belong to this wonderful country we all call home, but I wish racism and sectarianism well stop so we all can live in peace

[@tiffmeek]

Thank you Ehsan. I share the same wish. May we all live side by side, with shared values and a deep appreciation and respect for each others culture.

[@julieritchie3373]

No aboriginals are NOT going thru what Syrians are experiencing.They are not being killed, raped, forced out of their homes., replaced by 'others'- denied freedom. There is no comparison. They live in a democracy! Do some research and find the truth for yourself.

[@shannonsutherland2450]

STAN GRANT: YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE HERO 👍👍👍

[@urbanhyena4063]

I'm an ally - and that's in every conversation I have with people when the topic comes up. I don't care if people feel uncomfortable when i bring it up, but this message is important for all of us.

[@JohnSmith-to5ow]

Amazing fucking speech.

[@kimharris2599]

True true solid , from the heart .

[@epicbunnygamer6851]

Nah its pretty bad

[@nnyv0040]

A moving speech that touched me deeply. Thank you.

[@jadevanvoss2399]

Bravo Stan, It disgusts me how the rhetoric around Indigenous Australians still widely circulate. Praying for a more compassionate and effective reconciliation.

[@trudymills-evers8998]

The truth should be told more often . This is the truth and thank you Stan Grant for telling it!.

[@TheKkeswani]

Stan you MUST join the politics. Please. You CAN and you WILL make a difference.

[@osmang7401]

if he joins politics, he will be very limited to what he can say, Stuff politics, politicians are hypicrites.

[@marnierose7816]

I have never heard better or truer words! Its time for all Australians to stand against those leaders who still evict the native peoples from their land! #I stand with our native peoples#

[@johnnysteradactyl558]

You can have your land, it's your culture some don't want. The endless drama. The lies. The manipulation. The omissions. Your vendetta against people who had nothing. Not a cent. While your family was doing what? Remind us. The violence. The family violence. The drinking. More lies. The jealousy of anyone who might actually want to care for their family or others in general. You kick your own people when their down and it's vile. So, by all means, keep your land because it's your culture many don't want.

[@johnnysteradactyl558]

Oh, and the false witnessing - just like some white folk.

[@DaevorTheDevoted]

The lack of empathy portrayed by some of the comments is a sad testimony to how unconscionable humans can be.

[@vinceoconnor9898]

I've never been a strong supporter of Stan and I can't really identify why that is the case, I hope it's not racially based but in my darkest history it might be. I can recall the "shaming" of Stan and Tracey Holmes when their relationship was exposed, inappropriate was the subliminal innuendo. Wow, after watching this powerful dissertation, I owe Stan an apology. In a little over 8 minutes he has made me discard my bias, whatever its origin. Thanks Stan.

[@user-vp5py5eo8x]

I can't believe the amount of dislikes this has gotten, disgusting.

[@lawratify]

Lachlan I am not surprised by the number of "dislikes" here. After all some find bliss in blindness, apathy and denials. And many of them are devoid of any Conscience, Compassion or empathy, the most important attributes that set humans apart from the rest of the animals. They are trapped in the lowest state of human consciousness, the "fight or flight" or animal consciousness. They are not fully fledged humans but SUB-HUMANS and find it embarrassing to concede that they are the ultimate beneficiaries of the grotesque racism and violent bigotry people like them inflicted on the Indigenous people.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Yeah unfortunately we have a lot of racists in Australia, they're a bigger problem than the spiders and snakes. I should know; I grew up with a white supremacist dad, and if it wasn't for my own personal experiences in life; I would probably still believe the absolute crap he used to tell me, spent more than eight years trying to convince me they were a blight, telling me who I could and couldn't be friends with in the neighborhood and that they were worse than animals. Utter bullshit. Unfortunately there are many here that are like him, they're unabashedly proud of their hatred and willful ignorance, they treat the land they occupy and its traditional owners with such outright disrespect and negligence, they carry around this undeserved sense of entitlement, when they're in a more relaxed mood they'll act like stubborn, condescending, manipulative snobs, usually because their deep-seated insecurities have convinced them that everyone else secretly does that to them behind their backs, and most commonly; they use anger as a means to accomplish basically everything they set out to do. People reward angry behavior all of the time, whether they intend to or not. People sit back and do nothing any time they encounter an angry person, either because they're afraid of getting hurt/someone they care about getting hurt or they simply believe someone else will step up and do the right thing, absolving them of responsibility if anything goes wrong (bystander effect). People will move the angry forward in a queue if they throw a hissy fit, people won't speak up against them saying something if they shout it with enough venomous fury, and if they start throwing punches; people don't want to be on the other end of them, it only teaches the angry person that their behavior is right and it will let them have everything they want, it doesn't teach them how to co-operate with others or control their impulses. As much as I love this country; anger and disrespect is rife here, anyone talking about us being easygoing compared to the rest of the world is a bloody idiot. Even as we've recently become more tolerant of other ethnic demographics, LGBT+ people and others; there is still such a remorseless hatred of indigenous people that continues to plague us, and even all of the people who boast about their own tolerance and acceptance of others will tend to ignore issues affecting indigenous australians. On that note; I should also mention disabled people are treated like shit here too, not with the same level of vitriol or historical significance as indigenous people, though there are some similarities such as police brutality, workplace discrimination, employers refusing to take their applications, forced to deal with irritating bureaucratic obstacles just to have barely enough money for food, although without a doubt indigenous Australians experience the worst levels of discrimination in Australia. Of course, it's a bigger and more complicated issue than just people being angry, there are institutions that have supported racism that are older than any living Australian, yet they only came to a close fairly recently, I mean there are still generations of aboriginal people alive today who were taken from their families as children and sent to live in missionaries where they were abused, forced to abandon their culture, whilst still not receiving the same respect a white person did even after doing everything they were made to do, that's only a small part of the story surrounding the stolen generations. There are also corporate interests such as mining companies that don't have any consideration for indigenous ceremonial sites of historical importance and cultural significance, places that had been preserved by the traditional owners of the land for hundreds of thousands of years, I mean people would be outraged across the world if Rio Tinto blew up the Great Pyramid of Giza, but when they destroyed an aboriginal site that has been dated as even older than the pyramids; they weren't even liable to compensate them for the damage. Not to mention the development of many casinos and bottle shops in aboriginal communities. And there was a lot of genocide too, sadly there are no full-blooded indigenous Australians left alive today, the last surviving one was Truganini. Every indigenous person alive today has some degree of European ancestry due to a mix of government initiatives designed to make indigenous people more like the europeans and many massacres that have taken place almost immediately after colonization of the land. I don't know when things will improve but there is a lot of work that still has to be done from all of us, though progress has been made if people like Stan Grant can speak freely of their experiences and Eddie Mabo could win the historic land claim case. I don't know if I will ever live to see it, but I like to think one day indigenous Australians will be treated with the respect they've been denied for so long and they won't be living in the harmful conditions they've had to live in due to their perceived collective socioeconomic status. As I see it; any Australians who hate the traditional owners of the land, and actively work to harm them, have no right to call themselves Australians, they should bugger off back to England.

[@rock1140]

I don't understand why he is not Australian Prime Minister. He speaks more truth 8 minutes then any Australian politician in there whole term of office. Then again being Prime Minister will limit him to what he can say and do so maybe it's better he stays as a journalist because they speak the truth.

[@tiffmeek]

I'm waiting for the day! STAN FOR PM! :)

[@kimharris2599]

In hearing this speech I revert to a 1967. & 1968 report Wentworth and Dawkins. In those Government reports it identified the causation and effect to why Aboriginal people all over Australian Nations were dying young. Yet 50 to 60 years later research continued to repeat research whilst my people continued to die young. Why delibrite cultural genocide. Even today although the government knowingly are aware of Aboriginal life expectancy we still have to wait beyond our life expectancy to get our super. Yes , social gaps are closing and as a nation we are now working gradually together but the fact remains Aboriginal people continue to die younger .

[@Flynja1]

why are there so many dislikes. This is probably my favourite speech. A neglected part of Australian history which in Australian education isn't even taught much at all.

[@bellamckinnon8655]

I think a number of people have their minds closed to the ideas and experiences of others. You could call it racism, but I don’t know that for sure. Good speech. Impactful.

[@Flynja1]

@@bellamckinnon8655 I agree with your first sentence but I think it is quite factual that what is discussed is racism.

[@bellamckinnon8655]

@@Flynja1 Of course, I mean the people in the comments who aren't receiving it well. I don't know if it's because they're racist, just don't like Stan Grant or whatever.

[@Flynja1]

@@bellamckinnon8655 I see, sorry my dude.

[@777palena]

A Great Speech, Thanks! Stan.

[@jondohnson5538]

+777palena Boooooooo Boooooooooooo propaganda and bullshit!

[@dukkman010]

Two elders in my family cracked 85 .

[@mohammedessa29]

it's the brutal truth that America set this precedent, we have to acknowledge what happened to native Americans and abroginals is the biggest injustice that ever occurred. we need to help them

[@NemosHusbandswife]

+mohammed essa Gtfo of America.

[@mohammedessa29]

+liaqat Ally what do you mean Anglo Jew? anti Semitism a disease my friend of your soul

[@mohammedessa29]

+liaqat Ally very wrong sir, very wrong, my brother I will die with these words, but real Jews the people of the torah, the liberal Jews are allies against racism and fascism, they behind the scene fight for the rights of coloured people and minorities. Jews are my family

[@roseadams8003]

But it’s considered condescending to HELP people.

[@thisredcat2819]

Thank you Stan You are a true Patriot . I thank you for your balanced views on Truthful realities and your empathetic vision to our future . Thank you for making Australians realize our place in Asia and Pacific as a good Neighbour and Trading partner to : China Indonesia India Philippines Burma Malaysia etc Our Neighbours who threw of the dark cloud of European Colonialism and Racism .. Let’s all improve our societies and prosper together !

[@vviv7230]

Stan Grant intelligent and balanced reporter. There many brilliant indigenous Australians, that contributed greatly to this land Australia. The high profile indigenous people that come to my mind are, Albert Namijra, Neville Bonner, John Newfong, Charles Perkins, just to name a few greats. These people not only added intelligence, creativity, but added wonderful colourful surroundings in our Australian life. There minds were colourful, they added that extra bit of soul and spirit to all our future to come and Stan Grant does that for us.

[@ForeverBennett]

Stan could be PM. I'd vote for him.

[@saintsone7877]

Sorry, but a PM needs to respect all citizens and Stan hates anyone who is not Aboriginal whether he would admit that to your face or not. He is a racist.

[@saintsone7877]

@Onslow Sorry, but a person who deliberately lies, becomes informed that the statement he made was a lie and was shown the proof it was a lie and continues to make the statement Onslow is NOT fit to be PM. Nor does he do Aboriginal People justice but claiming to represent them when he has never been selected by anyone to represent Aboriginal People politically. Pointing out truths and facts is never racist my friend. Lying and creating division based on lies is racist and Stan wins that guernsey hands down.

[@saintsone7877]

@Onslow Onslow, please show me where Aboriginal people were EVER under the Flora and Fauna Act that Stan falsely states on a regular basis. Until then stop trying to lecture/shut me up if you are unaware of real facts.

[@saintsone7877]

@Onslow And you are better are you Onslow for supporting a man who lies and has been proven a liar. Pointing that fact out makes me a racist does it? I do not disrespect the indigenous people, he does by lying to them and others about the past. I will not defend any facts relating to abuse of Aboriginals in the past but I will stand up against liars Onslow. And as stated earlier that is neither disrespectful nor racist. Truth is never racist my friend.

[@saintsone7877]

@Onslow Expected such a poor response Onslow. YOU obviously know his statement is a lie but refuse to accept it. You also know the Indigenous people were NEVER under the Flaura and Fauna Act and therefore you cannot produce any evidence to support that erroneous claim by Grant and others. Maybe you need to re-learn the history of Australia my friend and not the re-written history Stan uses. And NO Onslow, I am not having a go at any Aboriginal person other than Grant and his lying friends who are a very, very small number sir. You are the one projecting your inability to protect your lying idol to throw counter claims against me that you have ZERO evidence of. Calling out a liar is not racist and the fact you attempt to say it is shows who the real racist in this conversation is my friend. Sadly, it is you who needs to look in the mirror not I.

[@anthonyproctor5104]

Great speech from a guy who was cheating on his wife and children. Such a top guy.

[@JThos99]

I am confused and have been so for more than 33 years! My first encounter with an Australian was the white wife of an American GI (likely WWII like my father). I had chosen an aisle seat due to pregnancy in the 1980s. They and a little white girl had taken the row. When I asked to claim my seat, she incited a literal mob of other whites on the flight to bash me with everything from racism to religion. I would not back down, and told her that it was my country, not hers and the church crowd that no, they needed to go to church. Her husband nor the girl said anything. A black family of three that was boarding when this took place was terrified. The attendants intervened and verified my seat. Upon landing, some hecklers continued. A few decades before on the ground, I could have been lynched like Mary Turner of Valdosta, GA. Fast forward to 1999, the Child Migrants Trust held its 1st International Congress in America. I was the only Catholic known to have attended from the archdiocese, despite the event being open to all and clergy being invited. I learned that both the Holy See and the Church of England were not so strange bedfellows in the former once controlling slavery to the latter also being involved in African slavery and both in enslaving children through migration schemes throughout the British Commonwealth for centuries. There I met most of the survivors that appeared on news stories worldwide. I had wanted to know about their lives as a Mother and educator. I am puzzled as to how and why some white Australians accept people of color in and from other parts of the world, yet not their own First Australian citizens. This was evident during WWII when black GIs from the USA recounted the camaraderie of Diggers despite official segregation orders from American and Australian entities. Another curious factor I remember well is that anthropologists classified both First Australians and Polynesians as "Caucasian" while they were treated as anything other than human in many cases. I must end this essay with how as recent as the mid-2000s, a Pug rescue peer of ours in the Deep South and her sister in a nearby city to hers had girls from AUS as exchange students. They were friendly and receptive to blacks here in America, seemingly. The more affluent one was so dismissive of First Australians that she removed the cultural and cuisine leaves from identical binders I had made for my daughter and one each for them since they missed a full "home economics" course in either country. The mango chutney we ordered for them to enjoy during Thanksgiving was welcome, but including their own country's First Australian contributions to their education was not. Go figure. Cheers to mankind!

[@lawratify]

J Thos Some are not fully fledged human beings with a Conscience, Compassion or Empathy, the most important attributes that set humans apart from the rest of the animals. The people who inflicted so much pain and suffering to Indigenous people like you are/ were trapped in the lowest state of human consciousness, the "fight or flight" or animal consciousness. In Australia and in other parts of the world there are still sadly people languishing in the LOWEST STATE OR ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS.

[@CursoryMercenary]

Says Stan Grant who dumped his aboriginal wife with his 3 kids for a white Australian woman

[@tiffmeek]

Totally irrelevant. And racist.

[@kanesanders6669]

We're talking about official government policies over the last 230 years that have resulted in genocide, intergenerational trauma as a result of at least a hundred thousand children being stolen from their families, education policies that denied young Aboriginal people a proper education and therefore employment opportunities; and you think that Stan Grant's marriage breakdown is relevant. YOU FLOG!

[@GTRyan35]

Quite a few Aussie Nazis coming out in the comments too. And a few casual racists doing the standard reverse racism claim. We are really pathetic. Only people from places who have actually been through hell (obliteration by war, extermination or holocaust) can really give an opinion on humanity.

[@marijanaberam5599]

My God almighty God bless you Stan never stop because people are with you

[@GL-ys8je]

Christianity at it finest.Thou shalt not steal,Thou shalt not murder,thou shalt not use the lords name in vain.

[@JT-fn4eu]

Stan used to be a white fulla ! What happened?

[@stephmakeslyrics4982]

more dislikes than likes. that's sad.

[@tiffmeek]

This is what we're up against, and absolutely proves Stan's point.

[@crimstarg2465]

Shows the true white Australian culture

[@bellamckinnon8655]

Jesus Christ...white Australia has a black history whether some of us like it or not. Very sad to see this kind of negative response to the truth. Very disappointed.

[@shadowsoul720]

@@bellamckinnon8655 I think it was because some people wanted too hear about positive change and how to correct the future. Which isn't to say that this is a bad thing, just sends a different perceived message.

[@Wings91]

The likes outweigh the dislikes at the time of this comment, Should be no dislikes at all. Where's the respect fellow Australians?

[@pdias8469]

Stan Grant your speech is etched deeply in my core.

[@greg-sb7wx]

What is the theme of this poem?

[@greg-sb7wx]

Anyone know?

[@cocobunitacobuni8738]

Good christians 👏no wonder my Afrikaners feel so happy in Australia.

[@tinman205]

Presstitutes Is what Mr. Stan Grant is...

[@osmang7401]

The truth always pierces the heart.

[@shadowsoul720]

Not always, but in this case I suppose so

[@madsdee7803]

He's never been disadvantaged for being a white Aboriginal. Him acting like a victim (for attention and profit) after his success is laughable. I went to school with him and no one knew he was Aboriginal. His parents don't even look Aboriginal but he supposedly was a victim of white privilege now? His people die young in car accidents where they kill each other in stolen cars. Drinking themselves to death and into organ failure etc etc because they keep being told they're victims of people who did nothing to them. The bitterness is killing your people Stan since they have opportunities now. They have organisations like CatSINam to further people, countless university scholarships and easy entry into university. While your kids went to posh schools and get the best private health care, "your" real people who you don't mention are privileged. You only noticed "your people" when you decided you could play victim by using them.

[@madsdee7803]

The excuse making over why people have organ failure and commit crimes where they end up in jail is also a reason nothing changes. Blaming other people doesn't solve your problems.

[@morganhillier6976]

My country Canada, still faces many issues like this. An un proportional aboriginal population in our prisons, extremely high suicide rates for aboriginal young, and in some provinces, the child poverty rate for aboriginal children is around 60%. We are a nation recovering from our past.

[@tiffmeek]

There are many parallels between Canada and Australia on this score. Canada's population has however embraced change and I believe that the average Canadian is now far for culturally aware and respectful of the Canadian Aboriginal People than they used to be, whereas in Australia we still display massive amounts of racism and cultural ignorance with the Australian mainstream community and within our institutions. It is changing. But it has been a very slow process and as a result the Aboriginal People bash their heads against the brick wall of racism on a daily basis.

[@trentlandon9033]

Only solution is bringing more and more non white people to Australia and Canada

[@panaphatpamano1963]

This is a great speech man for real, but I wonder what this kind of speech is called, an Informative?

[@outfromdawoodwork]

I’m lost for words! Absolutely brilliant!

[@bronwyndeegan1022]

Like Mr Stan said as Australians all let us rejoice.

[@milly2750]

Really well said! I think a lot of people in these comments could do with a bit of a reality check; this speech is not about making you feel guilty, it is about making you realise why the situation is how it is today. Trying to say that we should just forget it ('it was 200 years ago, right?') is exactly like saying that there is no point learning about the holocaust. I mean, it is just mind-boggling to me that someone could even suggest that what he is talking about is just nagging, essentially degrading the aboriginals history and existence to nothing. Kudos to Stan Grant for a powerful and well executed speech.

[@rafaelmoreno9597]

Stan Grant.... Words can't explain just how resounding this speech is to me. Thank you for speaking so very powerfully from year heart.

[@kyemcintosh2580]

I'm so glad to be a young wiradjuri men 🖤💛♥️

[@vivianchetty7477]

Stan Grant for PM.

[@EMINADO.1.11]

The World is a terrible place.

[@bellamckinnon8655]

chard athi it does feel that way sometimes

[@seamusmurphy8546]

This guy obviously has some white roots yet he is blaming all white people... Smh...

[@jamesglenn4266]

Seamus, all of these Aboriginal activists have white blood in them. That's the hypocrisy of it all.

[@SuperDecdog]

@@jamesglenn4266that would of course be because they were raped and removed from their homes

[@alexcandy1246]

The like to dislike ratio in this video alone shows the sheer amount of racism still present in our society today this is honestly embracing as a country that we cant be "better than that"

[@tiffmeek]

Too right.

[@donniebuss6291]

And NOW!! Not Much has Changed!! SHAME!!!

[@RockyRooster1969]

Stan grant you need your own KZbin channel brother I’ll would definitely subscribe

[@outfromdawoodwork]

Yeah.... deadly fella ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

[@mollyjoshi5508]

Well spoken Stan . Could we have a National Repentance Day when all people of Australia especially political and community leaders & spiritual leaders can say sorry openly to one another and wash each other’s feet.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

🤦🏻‍♀️😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆🐂💩🤡

[@premravindranath4519]

Every time when I hear the atrocities done in the name of civilisation on the real Land owners (aboriginal), the First Nation people my blood just boils.. So much of cruelty and inhuman behaviour by the so called civilised. The tenacity of occupying lands and using muscle power(military) to crush the seemingly naive people is appalling.. Yet these so called savages have far more decency than the occupiers.. So much of supremacy attitude is it because of your colour?? Colour will fade away what would remain is your actions and the choices you have made.. Do not be so proud of your colour that will vanish in thin air one day!! if you have remorse give back the respect and the life which the people of First Nation deserve which you sinfully took away..

[@janetrosskelly]

Stan grant you are a legend !! Australia is very racist to their Indigenous people and it will unfortunately always be until the REAL HISTORY of this country is taught in schools !! Racism has killed the "so called" Australian dream.

[@cr1mz075]

Janet Rosskelly you know it is taught in schools right so far I've had to learn about it three years in a row. It's required that we learn about all the bad things the white man did.

[@straitarrow5784]

sTan , do your people a big favour and go and live with them and dedicate your life to help them in remote regions.

[@AlmaSdance]

Charles Dickens saying that?! I'm so disappointed. It seems very few true souls walked this earth

[@JThos99]

Namaste. No surprise! He was also disparaging of people of African descent and diaspora, as was General William T. Sherman (anti-secession yet pro-slavery). I mention them because regardless of Dickens being from poor family and Sherman losing his father as a boy, their childhood plights were eclipsed by embracing white supremacy and "Social Darwinism" mindsets as adults. Sherman was also a friend of Nathan Bedford Forrest, who grew up poor and fatherless to become a rich slaveowner, massacre leader and KKK founder. The author and Union general are my birthday week boys in like Bob Marley, who championed all people period, and I am not a Rastafarian.

[@pfb6388]

When this country becomes a Republic Stan Grant should be Australia's first President! The first WILL happen, the second SHOULD happen.

[@sergio_botero]

Dear Australians: Feel guilty, work hard and give the aboriginals welfare just because some of their ancestors were abused by the ancestors of some of you, even though you have done no wrong to anyone, so social justice warriors can feel good about themselves and politicians gain some votes.

[@shiv23rai]

I don't think they want welfare, they just want to be treated as equals in society wear they all can have an education, go to university and make Australia a better place.

[@stevom5678]

+Shivam Rai ..Aboriginal people get free university education, 2 percent home loans and guaranteed jobs in the Govt Sector...Its there if they want it, they choose not too

[@stevom5678]

But the white man did. And he did all over the world, South America, the Dutch East Indies (Asia), Africa......And it wasn't the English first, it was the Dutch, the Spanish and the like. You cant change the past, but you can change the future. Australia was colonised in 1788, its now 2016. How much time do you want? All those initially affected are dead, this is a new generation. The world isnt going to stop evolving, either move forward or go the way of the Gooney bird is guess. Embrace modernity or perish

[@saskiademoor8400]

@@stevom5678 please have a look what epigenetics means.

[@tiffmeek]

@@stevom5678 You have no clue. Every single Aboriginal person living today is affected. It is the mainstream culture that needs to evolve. It's you that needs to evolve.

[@patriciaishiguchi7644]

Powerful words 🖤💛❤️

[@smurfzilla5756]

I just watched this and i had a look for what was said and i cant find where it was said that they were marched to sydney. I also could not find where it say war of extermination. Please help

[@shadowsoul720]

I didn't know what to expect. It was a little more confrontational than I expected, and more passionate... almost to a flaw, but yet there seems to be a direct message of seriousness that Stan was trying to transfer to his audience. And I think that is why he did this talk so forcibly. It isn't (in my opinion) the right way to make change occur, but it can confront people to the harsh realities of the Aboriginal culture.

[@taylahclarke9144]

I agree with what you said, except it's not Aboriginal culture. It's the Aboriginal experience, in a Western imperial culture that colonised their lands and illegalised their culture. I wish we could learn more about Aboriginal people and their traditional customs, they are the oldest suriving civilisation and yet it sometimes feels like they only exist in Australia in relation to white people.

[@kaiservoldemort4385]

Good speech.

[@sondradupree8709]

❤ most of what Stanley says in this rant is total fiction. He makes it up as he goes along.

[@lee-annebarrett366]

Has stan been out into the center of Australia to help indigenous Australians. He complains and complains but has he gone out and helped his own people in the way of education, health or is he an armchair advocate, that complains but does nothing. Jacinta Price gets out there to help, she lives in these communities. Would stan give up his privileged lifestyle and live where she lives to advocate for his own people. Dont think so, he has take up a privileged role at a University.

[@jacintomausoco715]

Great speech and let this uneducated people know the reality that happened before and still exists now with Aboriginal people the real owners of this beautiful land

[@cr1mz075]

Jacinto Mausoco but they didn't own the land they didn't believe in ownership of it.

[@emp731]

The Land owns YOU..When you die,you return to the land...That’s why we say,ashes to ashes,dust to dust.For all of us...Eventually.

[@tiffmeek]

@@cr1mz075 If we deleted every comment here that contained a cultural misunderstanding then this entire comments section would be mostly empty. I cannot speak for any Aboriginal person, but from what I know from some of the Aboriginal Elders I have met, INTENT matters. I believe that the majority of Aboriginal people reading Jacinta's comment would forgive her for not quite understanding the cultural complexities of Aboriginal worldview, and would instead deeply appreciate her sentiment. What is your intention/motivation for being here?

[@R_B69]

After all that. He didn't give us a way to fix it.

[@tiffmeek]

Because it would be disrespectful to do so. All discussions about reconciliation should happen with individual language groups or Aboriginal Countries (within Australia) and should be done in consultation with that Country's Elders. Stan cannot speak for over 400 Aboriginal language groups - it is not his place to do so.

[@richardmason902]

Kudos my friend

[@freedomtrainchoir7964]

An awesome truth-teller is Stan.

[@elaineswan2032]

Well said Stan- thank you for standing up and speaking out the truth when others are unable to speak about all the many issues current and past - To the negative comments and people - It's that nego attitude ignorance disrespectful and who cares followers- are the cause of all our problems in this world..facts are facts people - teach the truth in our schools about what really happened in Australian history.. If all that history is taught in our schools .. Why not teach the Dang truth ., oh my life ., I love all people from all countries n all cultures But the truth is the truth AaandTo also mention-Facts - Alcohol , preservatives , chemicals etc etc etc .. Was brought in to this country bbbyyy. Wwwhhhoomm?? Aboriginals lived off the lands happily and peacefully .. The least foreigners could have done was to keep the peace , live Toooggeether in peace side by side .. And Yes we have evolved stronger as a nation But !!We Must come together, stop racialism, help black people as well as white but all people , equal opportunity to all in all states of Australia , stop the stereo typing aboriginals black people in general .. Aboriginals are awesome people .. People need to be more respectful to the indigenous race and culture of all countries .. To say we are Australians should mean in a literal term -Equality for a United Country Not in wordsIn Action Peace

[@oftin_wong]

I wish aboriginal people were better at looking after themselves and their kids it's a tragedy that they dont value their own health and development or anyone in that mindset in fact, eat healthy, look after each other, be kind to each other, care about something, Think about what your future will be like

[@distone1082]

Let's squash racism!

[@mordecaislicecock1496]

Di stone nah mate, its Anglo-German Reich time

[@rachelgarcia8496]

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[@mickjenks88]

50 shades of stan

[@Chuckson56]

Stan encouraging his people to keep playing the victim, keep seeking compensation, keep getting tax payer benefits for things that happened 200 years ago. Whinge, whinge, whinge, your problem is you keep looking back not forwards.

[@plusplusplusplusp]

Stan Grant is a legend. Voice, truth and treaty NOW.

[@chingchee3876]

😮 Stan go and live in a remote indigenous community and help these people . But no, Stan prefers to live in the lap of luxury in DENMARK !

[@SuperDecdog]

So an Indigenous man can’t be successful?

[@chingchee3876]

@@SuperDecdog . Stan dumped his Abo wife & kids for a beautiful white woman called Tracey Holmes . He is a two faced hypocrite.

[@chingchee3876]

@@SuperDecdog . What a stupid thing to say. Hello S.D Dog , Stan the tan dumped his Aboriginal wife and children for a beautiful caucasian woman named Tracey Holmes. Stan should do what he preaches and help his people.

[@chingchee3876]

@@SuperDecdog . Stan has never lived amongst the Aborigines of remote Australia whom he refers to as " my people". He is two faced . He prefers the luxury of Denmark.

[@SuperDecdog]

@@chingchee3876 imagine using the word aborigines in 2023. You are also zero per cent less Aboriginal if you don't live in remote communities, and there is no rule to say first nations people can't get ahead haha. Such backwards logic

[@zarli8018]

that’s my cousin

[@bbcnnstupimedia1071]

Very good speech!!! Australia should recognized Right of Native - Australoid, not fake native, Austronesian.

[@ShamWoWGuy1231]

Maybe if they stop sniffing petrol and walking on broken glass they’d get somewhere.

[@ernestoj2223]

Australians are much more likable than Canadians or the British. They are everything their cousins are not at times. Realist in comparison one could say. 1. Australia 2. UK 3. Canada

[@tiffmeek]

The whole point of Stan's talk is to teach us that we need to show respect for ALL cultures EQUALLY and NOT rate some people as BETTER than others.

[@joshharper7466]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, which includes yourself. I hope you revisit this video to think about the message you’ve written

[@pauljonessoftware]

Sounds like the history of another people I know.

[@chingchee3876]

Stan is all talk and no action.

[@annac3004]

What????? Thia is an extraordinary speech. I listen to it many times over. This is a jounalist, writer and indegenous Australian, a man of experience and pride putting his entire being here. How dare you. He brings facts. Facts. About our past and the experience of the original and incredible inhabitants of this land.

[@chingchee3876]

@@annac3004 . He is an egocentric , fake tan of a man. If he was authentic he would be living in remote Australian towns and helping Aborigines , instead of living in Europe.

[@chingchee3876]

@@annac3004 .Furthermore Stan dumped his Aboriginal wife & children for a beautiful blonde caucasian woman. Stan is a two faced opportunist .

[@annac3004]

@@chingchee3876 what on this earth has that got to do with anything. Husbands leave wives, wives leave husbands. You have no right to judge a person you don't know on that.

[@annac3004]

No wonder you have no subscribers. I do not want your reply.

[@openyoureyes3308]

native hate is the norm. in all the world ... do u know the laws that inpower this hate? got land thank a native!

[@tiffmeek]

Right on the money. All racism is fuelled by the greedy need to hoard resources.

[@straitarrow5784]

These Aborigine tribes drove the original tribes into Tasmania ..

[@eyesonsportz]

Great man

[@jondohnson5538]

TTFD. Nuff said!

[@kanesanders6669]

Thiamine Tetrahydrofurfuryl Disulfide? To The Faithful Departed? I give up.

[@saintsone7877]

What an unabashed racist is Stan Grant. Yes, Australia is so racist that he is one of the highest paid journalists in Australia. Oh, just how I wish I could benefit so much from racism as Stan has. Have a look around and see just how few Aboriginals are in journalism, politics, business, etc etc etc. All because of racism according to Stan and his admirers. Did you hear his lie at 5.23 where he claims when he was born in 1963 he was counted under the Flora and Fauna act but not classed as a citizen? That is a lie for 2 reasons. Firstly, Aborigines were NEVER under the Flara and Fauna Act and secondly, since 1901 every Aboriginal has indeed been a citizen of Australia. Now Stan KNOWS what he said is a lie as it has been pointed out to him and others such as Lydia Thorpe several times but they continue to voice this lie as it suits their agenda. As a 70+ year old I have experienced racism in Australia firstly as the offspring of New Australians and secondly in communities that were predominantly Aboriginal. Yes, that's right, Aborigines discriminated against me whenever I ventured among them in the 1960's/70's. Racism is a 2 way street in Australia as I have discovered having extensively travelled around this great land. Personally, I have found if you treat people with dignity and respect they generally respond in kind. However, where you display animosity, aggression and/or antisocial behaviour towards a group relations will quickly breakdown and division occurs. Stan and Lydia unfortunately fall into the second category always blaming any perceived problems in human relationships as the result of racism. My 70 years on this planet have taught me that those who appear to detest racism are themselves it's most devoted adherents and see everything through the destructive prism of race as they are the REAL racists. Neither I or the vast majority of Non-Aboriginal Australians were alive when the majority of the alleged crimes Stan details occurred( I say alleged as the circumstances were not always as Stan describes them) so bear ZERO responsibility for them. All I can do (as the majority of Australians can also do) is treat all people in Australia with respect and dignity and as equals. Stan and Lydia unfortunately, do not subscribe to this and desire one group to be excluded from mainstream Australia and Australian laws etc. If Stan and Lydia are so determined to achieve this that is fine but please do not accuse the average Australian of being the racists that Stan and Lydia and their supporters are.

[@Igzia.B]

Public : "Whot? Did he just say Fuck off ! to all of us. He got the nice suit, what more does he want that strange blackfella ? "

[@warwicklewis8735]

AL PHA "black fella" slightly of white at most.

[@Igzia.B]

No waay, I can tell a black fella when I hear one and this mate knows what he is talking about.

[@rancierae]

How about personal responsibility. He was booed because he humiliated a 13 year old girl

[@braydenandracheltucker708]

He pointed out a racist remark she made as it should have no place in society. It just so happened to be a 13 year old girl that said it and then the next morning he told the country not to be mad at her

[@tiffmeek]

Can you imagine if someone screamed out that a professional sportsperson was an 'ape' at a Tennis Open? Or at a golfing championship? Or at a cocktail party? Or at a picnic in the park? This kind of behaviour is no different to urinating in public, or spitting in someone's face, or defecating on someone's shoes. If you stoop to that level you have to expect there will be consequences - it doesn't matter how old you are. There are some things that society simply does not tolerate. Let's not forget that this event happened during the INDIGENOUS round, making matters exponentially worse. More importantly, Adam gave her his full support and asked the country to do the same. Adam and Julia spoke on the phone, Julia apologised and explained that she was unaware that it was racial, and afterward her mother said: "She's been going on quite nicely, she's at school, and she hasn't worried about this event at all." Every single person in Australia is now clearer about what is acceptable and what is not. And every single Australian is now clearer about what we're responsible for teaching our children. Racism. It stops with me.

[@rancierae]

Tiff Meek thx for taking the time to comment, but i dont believe your comparison is accurate. Someone abusing me verbally is not the same as someone urinating deliberately on me. A professional sportsman , like Goodes, is not un underprivileged person. He has had help and opportunity given him by our great society. He is using his privilege to divide

[@tiffmeek]

@@rancierae Oh I couldn't disagree with you more. He is using his privilege to address an evil that has divided the nation since we began mistreating the original inhabitants of this land. The evil of racism. The sooner Aussie's wake up to the fact that racism toward minorities within a multicultural country is deeply divisive and contrary to the country's best interest the better. And verbally abusing another human being with personal insults designed to devalue or humiliate is probably, truth be told, FAR WORSE than urinating on someone. The socially inept walk through life thinking words don't matter or shouldn't matter. Freedom of speech comes with deep responsibility.

[@mushroomkingdom5317]

All the dislikes shows how uncomfortable white people are with their own history 🤷‍♂️

[@mariahrecablanca]

It makes me angry how ca those people in power at that time could do something so in humane :(

[@sondradupree8709]

In 2023 , Stan has become Chocolate brown . In 1995 he was white.