Rabbit Proof Fence

1. The Aboriginal people faced many injustices when the European's arrived and had no rights. These Aboriginal people were often pushed off their land and were not paid as much as the Europen white settlers were paid. This violates human rights because they are clearly doing the same work and are not being treated equally before the law, right #7. They also were treated poorly and threatened with guns for doing absolutely nothing wrong which also violates human rights because they were always in the face of danger for nothing. This violates #3 because they did not have the personal security they are granted. Also, these people had the risk of being taken from their homes at any times. This is a major violation because they own the right to these houses and the Europeans were not following the Aboriginal laws which was unfair.This is a violation of right #17, right to own property.

2. The civilization of Australia during this time is very similar to how the Native Americans were "civilized" in the United States. Just as the Aboriginal people were pushed out of their land and stripped of their property, the Native Americans were also forced to relocate during the settlement of America. We did not treat the Native Americans well, which is similar to how the Aboriginal people were treated. We would mistreat these Native Americans and convict them of crimes they did not commit. Also we forced them on to land that they did not want to be on such as reserves or settlements where they could not hold rituals as they could on their native land.

3. I do not believe the relocating of the Aboriginal people was fair and I do not believe it was for their own betterment. These actions were not justified because I personally believe that children should not be removed from their homes because it is a violation of their rights. Just think, if today children were to be taken from their homes and relocated, no one would have it and everyone would oppose it. That is exactly what it was like for the Aboriginal people, they had the same feelings as parents today and felt like they were being stripped of something great in their life, their children. It is not morally right to interfere with a family and change the path that they are on, one should be allowed to live their own free life without living in fear of being taken from their home.