Rabbit Proof Fence

In Chapter three of The Rabbit Proof Fence the Aboriginal Population faces cruelty from the European settlers.  Their land was taken from them and they were cut off from their natural food source.  This violates the the Human rights because the Aboriginals were not able to own land.  According to the Declaration of Human Rights people have the right to own property.  The Aboriginals were also forced to learn the Europeans laws.  When laws were broken the Aboriginals would be sentenced to imprisonment and many were never seen again.  This violates the point of equality before the law and right to a public hearing.  The Aboriginals were given a different set of laws to follow and when those rules were broken they were punished without a proper hearing.  The Aboriginal people were prevented from practicing their beliefs.  "They had to fight to find ways to return to their secret and sacred sites to preform their dances and other ceremonies hat were crucial to their culture and whole way of life." The Aboriginal people were kept from their beliefs.  This is a violates the Human Right of freedom of belief and religion.  The colonists took many things from the Aboriginals and gave little in return.  "The Aboriginal social structure was not only crumbling, but it was completely destroyed." The European settlers took advantage of the Aboriginals for their own gain and even used the Aboriginal people as servants.  The way they were treated was cruel and unjust.

The "civilizing" of Australia mirrors historical events in the United States because, much like the Europeans in Australia, the European settlers in America took land from the Native American people.  They had no regard for their beliefs.  The American settlers took away land that was sacred to the Native Americans and the natives were no longer able to practice their beliefs.  Like the Aboriginal people, they gave much to the settlers, but got little in return.  They were promised thing such as food and clothes, but often times these thing s came in poor condition. Manifest Destiny also pushed the Native Americans from their land.  The settlers believed it was their destiny to occupy all the territory between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 

I think that it was a terrible thing to relocate children of mixed decent.  No one should have to be torn away from their families.  The government should not be able to interfere with a parent raising their children just because they are of mixed decent.  It is cruel to separate them from their family and their religion.  The children then don't know where they fit in to society.  The government should not have relocated those children even if they thought it was for their benefit.