Seven, Samantha Armytage and Prue MacSween to be sued over 2018 ‘Stolen Generations 2.0’ panel
Seven West Media, Sunrise host Samantha Armytage and media personality Prue MacSween have been threatened with a racial vilification law suit in the Federal Court over a widely-condemned 2018 Sunrise segment on Indigenous adoption.
A group of Aboriginal Elders filed a racial discrimination complaint in the Australian Human Rights Commission in response to the segment, in which MacSween said: “Just like the first Stolen Generation, where a lot of children were taken because it was for their wellbeing, we need to do it again”.
“Post-Stolen Generation, there’s been a huge move to leave Aboriginal children where they are, even if they’re being neglected in their own families,” Armytage also said on the panel, which featured MacSween and radio host Ben Davis.
I’ve never watched Sunrise…..but from time to time read of presenters rising from the banality and overt or covert advertising that seems to comprise most of the program, to offer discriminatory and/or racist opinions. I hope they feel the full force of the law.
I think it’s fair to say, the further out from any city across the globe you live, the more likely you are, to not have access to services and support.
We need to find a way to help everyone who live in these remote locations, feel supported and not neglected.
Introducing more native elders into positions of power and responsibility – police, council etc, has been a great start. Native locals can build their communities around people who they feel can relate to their situations, history and circumstances.
Hopefully, we can build a community of togetherness and not individuals fighting to be recognised.
If the ajudication of this complaint partly hinges on Sunrise being accused of having “platformed wealthy white women calling for a Stolen Generations 2.0” I think they” lose.Way to subjective.