Itheyiphu iyavutha. Kuzwakale izwi losana olumemezayo njengoba lucikwa ngunina, oluncenga, โAkukho okubi ngengane yami. Kungani usenzela lokhu? Ngabe ngalengiswa eminyakeni edlule, akunjalo? Ngoba [njengoMdabu wase-Australia] unecala ngaphambi kokuba utholakale umsulwa.โ Ugogo wengane ufuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani โukuntshontshwa kwezingane zethu kuphindelelaโ. Isikhulu sezenhlalakahle sithi, "Ngizomthatha, mlingani."
Lokhu kwenzeka emkhayeni wama-Aboriginal emaphandleni aseNew South Wales. Kwenzeka kulo lonke elase-Australia ngokuhlukunyezwa okuhlazisayo nokungaziwa okukhulu kwamalungelo abantu okuvusa i-Stolen Generation edume kabi yekhulunyaka eledlule. Kuze kube ngawo-1970, izinkulungwane zezingane ezixubile zebiwa konina yizikhulu zezenhlalakahle. Izingane zanikezwa izikhungo njengezisebenzi ezishibhile noma njengezigqila; abaningi bahlukunyezwa.
Echazwa uMvikeli Omkhulu WaboMdabu โnjengokuzalanisa umbalaโ, le nqubomgomo yaziwa ngokuthi ukufanisa. Yathonywa yinhlangano efanayo yama-eugenics eyaphefumulela amaNazi. Ngo-1997, umbiko oyingqopha-mlando, i-Bringing Them Home, wadalula ukuthi izingane eziningi ezingu-50,000 nomama bazo ziye zabekezelela โukululazeka, ukucekelwa phansi nesihluku esiphelele sesenzo sokwehlukana ngenkani โฆ umkhiqizo wezinqubomgomo zombuso ezenziwe ngamabomu, ezibaliweโ . Umbiko ubize lesi sibhicongo.
I-Assimilation ihlala iyinqubomgomo kahulumeni wase-Australia kukho konke ngaphandle kwegama. Ama-euphemisms afana nokuthi "ukubuyisana" kanye "Nekusasa Elinamandla" ahlanganisa ubunjiniyela bezenhlalakahle obufanayo kanye nobandlululo oluhlala njalo, olucashile kubantu abaphakeme bezombusazwe, i-bureaucracy kanye nomphakathi obanzi wase-Australia. Ngenkathi ngo-2008 uNdunankulu uKevin Rudd exolisa ngeStolen Generation, wanezela: โNgifuna ukungafihli ngalokhu. Ngeke kube khona isinxephezelo.โ I-Sydney Morning Herald yahalalisela uRudd โngecebo elikhaliphileโ โelisusa isiphithiphithi sezombangazwe esisabela ezidingweni ezingokomzwelo zabanye abasekeli bayo, kodwa elingashintshi lutho.โ
Namuhla, ukwebiwa kwezingane zaboMdabu - okuhlanganisa nezinsana ezithathwe etafuleni lokuzalwa - manje sekusakazeke kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi phakathi nekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Kusukela ngoJuni nyakenye, zilinganiselwa ku-14,000 izingane zaboMdabu โezasuswaโ. Lena inani eliphindwe kahlanu kunelo lapho kubhalwa khona i-Bringing Them Home. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu yazo zonke izingane ezisusiwe zingaboMdabu - zisuka ku-3% wabantu. Ngokwezinga lamanje, lokhu kususwa ngobuningi kwezingane zaboMdabu kuzophumela esizukulwaneni esebiwe sezingane ezingaphezu kuka-3,300 eNorthern Territory kuphela.
UPat (okungelona igama lakhe langempela) ngumama okwabhalwa usizi lwakhe ngasese ocingweni ngesikhathi izikhulu ezine zoMnyango Wezosizo Lwezingane, namaphoyisa ayisithupha, kwehla emzini wakhe. Ekhasethi isikhulu sithi beze โukuzohlolwaโ kuphela. Kodwa amaphoyisa amabili, ayemazi uPat, amtshela ukuthi akaboni ingozi enganeni yakhe futhi amxwayisa ukuthi โaphume ngokushesha laphaโ. UPat wabaleka, ebelethe usana lwakhe, kodwa ingane enonyaka yagcina ibanjwe engazi ukuthi kungani. Ngakusasa ekuseni iphoyisa labuya lizoxolisa kuye lathi ingane yakhe kwakungamele ithathwe. UPat akazi ukuthi indodana yakhe ikuphi.
Ngesinye isikhathi, โwamenywaโ yizikhulu ukuba alethe izingane zakhe emahhovisi โangathathi hlangothiโ ukuze kuxoxwe โngohlelo lokunakekelaโ. Izicabha bezikhiyiwe kanti izikhulu zishaqe izingane, enye encane ihudula ibhande lesibhamu sephoyisa. Omama abaningi bomdabu abawazi amalungelo abo asemthethweni. Inkantolo Yezingane eyimfihlo isidume kabi ngokususa izitembu zenjoloba.
Imindeni eminingi yaboMdabu ihlala emaphethelweni. Iminyaka yokuphila kwabo emadolobheni ahamba indiza ifushane ukusuka eSydney iphansi njengoba ifinyelela ku-37. Izifo ze-Dickensian zigcwele; I-Australia ukuphela kwezwe elithuthukile elingenayo i-trachoma, ephuphuthekisa izingane zaboMdabu.
U-Pat uye wathobela futhi wazabalaza ngesibindi emelene nehhovisi elijezisayo elingasusa izingane ngenzwabethi. Usekhululwe kabili emacaleni amanga, ahlanganisa โukuthumbaโ izingane zakhe. Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo simchaze njengomama onekhono nolungile.
UJosie Crawshaw, owayengumqondisi wenhlangano esekela imindeni ehlonishwayo eDarwin, wangitshela, โEzindaweni ezikude, izikhulu zizongena ngendiza ekuseni bese zindizisa ingane izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha ukusuka emphakathini wazo. Ngeke kube khona incazelo, nokusekelwa, futhi ingane ingase ihambe unomphela.โ
Ngo-2012, u-Co-ordinator-General of Remote Services for the Northern Territory, u-Olga Havnen, waxoshwa lapho eveza ukuthi cishe u-$80m wasetshenziswa ekuqashweni nasekukhishweni kwezingane zaboMdabu uma kuqhathaniswa no-$500,000 kuphela wokuxhasa imindeni efanayo entulayo. Wangitshela, โIzizathu eziyinhloko zokukhipha izingane yizindaba zezenhlalakahle ezihlobene ngokuqondile nobumpofu nokungalingani. Umthelela emindenini mubi nje ngoba uma ingakahlangani phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha kungenzeka ingaphinde ibonane. Ukube iNingizimu Afrika yenza lokhu, ngabe kunomsindo wamazwe ngamazwe.โ
Yena kanye nabanye abanokuhlangenwe nakho okude engixoxile nabo baye benanela umbiko othi Bringing them Home, owawuchaza โisimo sengqondoโ esisemthethweni sase-Australia esasibheka bonke abantu boMdabu base-Australia โnjengabantulayo ngokokuziphathaโ. Okhulumela uMnyango Wemindeni Nezinkonzo Zomphakathi uthe iningi lezingane zomdabu ezikhishiwe eNew South Wales zafakwa kubonakekeli bomdabu. Ngokusho kwamanethiwekhi osekelo lwendabuko, lesi isikrini somusi; akusho imindeni futhi ilawulwa ngokwehlukana okuyimpumelelo yangempela yomkhandlu.
Ngahlangana neqembu logogo boMdabu, bonke abasinda esizukulwaneni sokuqala esebiwe, bonke manje sebenabazukulu abebiwe. โSiphila esimweni sokwesaba futhi,โ besho. UDavid Shoebridge, iLungu lePhalamende le-State Greens wangitshela, "Iqiniso liwukuthi, kukhona imakethe phakathi kwabamhlophe yalezi zingane, ikakhulukazi izingane."
Iphalamende laseNew South Wales selizodingida maduze ngomthetho owethula ukutholwa ngempoqo kanye โnokuqaphaโ. Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emibili zizobophezeleka โ ngaphandle kwemvume kamama โ uma โzisusiweโ isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisithupha. Komama abaningi boMdabu onjengoPat, kungase kuthathe izinyanga eziyisithupha nje ukuxhumana nezingane zabo. โKudala ukuthi imindeni yaboMdabu ihluleke,โ kusho uShoebridge.
Ngabuza uJosie Crawshaw ukuthi kungani. "Ukungazi ngamabomu e-Australia ngabantu bayo bokuqala manje sekufana nokungabekezelelani okufinyelela ezingeni lapho ungaqeda khona lonke iqembu lesintu futhi akukho ngxabano."
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