| In Australie...? [boodskap #104072] |
Vr, 24 Junie 2005 10:19  |
Ferdi Greyling
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Ge-copy van die Engelse NG. Weet nie hoe waar dit is nie, maar dit is
seker interessant vir Suid-Afrika?
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The government even turned a blind eye to racist thugs in the Australian
Army. Should see the picture by clicking on the link, you will see how
non-whites where forced to sit on the ground while the racist tried to
dominate them.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15715506-2,00.html
Army punishes 'KKK officers'
By staff writers
June 24, 2005
Bad image ... the picture that appeared on Remembrance Day. SEVERAL
Australian Army officers will be disciplined over the 2003 photograph that
showed soldiers in Ku Klux Klan-style white hoods, the Chief of Army,
Lieutenant General Peter Leahy said today.
Those facing discipline include a senior army officer who first investigated
the incident but failed to blame or punish any soldiers for the racist stunt.
The photograph was published by The Daily Telegraph on Remembrance Day last
year and showed Aboriginal and other dark-skinned soldiers forced to sit as
white troops in hoods stood menacingly behind them.
Announcing the findings of the second inquiry into the incident, Lt-Gen
Leahy said today: "This type of behaviour has no place in the army. We
cannot, should not and will not tolerate it."
The stunt was reported as being part of "initiation rituals" masterminded
by white soldiers at Lavarack barracks in Townsville - Australia's biggest
army compound. The soldiers involved escaped punishment and, in some cases,
were even promoted.
The scandal deepened when victims of racist abuse prepared to launch a civil
action against the army over the KKK photograph and other acts of bastardisation.
Today, Lt-Gen Leahy said action would be taken against three officers, in
particular: the officer who organised the photograph, the officer to whom
the incident was reported and the officer who conducted the first inquiry.
"Regardless of the intent of these types of incidents, they can not be in
any way excused," Lt-Gen Leahy said. "The Australian Army takes any incident
of harassment or discrimination very seriously."
The KKK ritual took place on the parade ground at Lavarack in September
2000, just weeks before the 1RAR battalion's Delta Company was deployed to
East Timor.
The image was reportedly sold to 1RAR troops for $10 a copy.
One of the soldiers shown in the photograph wearing a hood told The Daily
Telegraph he was ordered to take part in the stunt by his superiors and now
regretted it.
"I was disgusted at the time and I'm still disgusted. I wanted a picture to
put on my wall that would make me proud to serve my country but there was no
way I was putting this horrible image on my wall," the soldier said at the
time.
During the internal investigation in 2003, black soldiers told their
superiors their equipment had been defaced with racist graffiti.
They were frequently called "black c...s" and several of them were given
nicknames such as "shit skin", "Abo" and "Cathy Freeman", the Telegraph
reported.
One dark-skinned soldier had the life-saving armour taken out of his flak
jacket by other platoon members while conducting dangerous patrols in East
Timor.
While the army found the photograph to be in poor taste, no further action
was taken and the officers behind the stunt now hold senior positions in the
military.
The army's first official report found the incidents to be nothing more than
"jovial banter".
Incorporating a report from The Daily Telegraph's Luke McIlveen
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| Re: In Australie...? [boodskap #104090 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #104072] |
Sa, 25 Junie 2005 02:45  |
Bobby[1]
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"Ferdi Greyling" skryf in boodskap news:hfnnb1dlicgs3i5gqhp0dlea01543rmnhr@4ax.com...
> Ge-copy van die Engelse NG. Weet nie hoe waar dit is nie, maar dit is
> seker interessant vir Suid-Afrika?
Heeltemal waar. Racism is alive and well oral in die wêreld - word wel
beskou as geïsoleerde gevalle, en dit gebeur meestal in die armed forces.
Blykbaar heel aanvaarbaar as inisiasie. Solank as wat daar wit en swart
mense is, sal daar rassisme wees.
Maar in die algemeen en in die general society, is daar bitter min gevalle
van sulke blatante rassisme. Aussies in die algemeen sien werklik mense as
mense, nie as verskillende kleure nie. As jy rassisties optree, sal mense
jou persoonlik aanval en beledig omdat Aussies glo aan 'n fair go vir almal.
Toe ek hier geland het, was dit die eerste ding wat my opgeval het - die
totale gebrek aan vooroordeel op grond van jou voorkoms. Wat hier belangrik
is, is wie jy is en hoe jy optree. Verfrissend en wonderlik.
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