Like many of my mob, I now care less about the referendum than what comes after it
If it is or if it isn’t, the more important question for me will be how we can repair the rifts between us. Many of these rifts are not new, some are decades if not centuries old, but there has been a growing divide through this campaign that was inevitable.
And don’t get me wrong, lots of mob don’t want to repair that rift and that’s their right. That’s their call to make for themselves, their families and communities. I’m not appealing to some nostalgic bullshit that says we should all hold hands and sing Kumbaya. That’s not exactly my style.
Whether or not the referendum is successful, you can be sure we will have many days ahead where there will be much less room for debate or division about who that enemy is or what we need to do in response to their attacks. There will be many more days when we start a conversation but end up becoming the object of debate, sacrificed on the altar of white people asking yet again, “How do we solve the Aboriginal problem?” not realising that it is not us who are the problem but them.
The best we can do while we wait for the next battle is look after ourselves, look after each other, and start looking for ways back together. Luke Pearson is a Gamilaroi man living in New South Wales. He is the founder and CEO of IndigenousX. This article was first published on
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