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= = =No Disgrace = by Coralie Cassady, Queensland code So proudly show your Aboriginal face.

Once upon a time, We Aborigines were regarded as small-time.

But positive happenings for Aborigines, Are beginning to brilliantly shine.

Aborigines, you are doing it just fine.

We have been constantly put down, Messed around, But our Aboriginal culture still strongly abounds.

Who is now having the last laugh?

One thing's for sure, Aborigines don't do things by half.

Internationally recognized Aboriginal band, Yothu Yindi, Sing to the world, About our heritage, misery and loss of land.

Aboriginal paintings adorn many walls. We have picked ourselves up, Since our two hundred years ago fall.

We are definitely making our own tracks, We are no longer considered as 'myall blacks'. code

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=No Disgrace =

by Coralie Cassady, Queensland

The poem “No Disgrace” is a poem by Coralie Cassady, Queensland, it’s a poem about an aboriginal man and how his culture has changed completely from when he was younger. The purpose of the poem is to inform people about the massive change the aboriginal culture is undertaking still, and how their culture is slowly but surely being destroyed and replaced my western beliefs.

The dominant reading of the text focuses on the aboriginal culture and how it is being replaced by western culture, e.g. “Internationally recognized Aboriginal band, Yothu Yindi” shows that aboriginal music has changed from being used only for the aboriginal culture around camp fires etc. and like western cultures, it has been made available for the world to hear. It is possible to go against the dominant reading of the text and claim the aboriginal culture is being slowly restored but it is a lot more likely and believed that it is being destroyed due to western cultures.

The most obvious language technique being used in the text is rhyme, it is used throughout the text to make it easier to read or listen to, it keeps the reader interested as opposed to getting bored due to the poem being boring.

The text makes us think about the Australian Identity by questioning whether or not the western culture currently in Australia should be there, it makes us think that we have taken over the land of the aboriginal cultures land.

media type="youtube" key="N69RgtW6S8o" height="390" width="640" In the trailer above, the main character is a glue sniffing aboriginal boy. The story stereotypes the bad side of aboriginals and how they take drugs and get high without knowing the consequences. The audience this this trailer/movie is most likely intended for teenagers above 15. The movie was shot and published in 2009. The aboriginial boy and the girl looks like they are about 14-15 years old.

Supporting the Stereotype:

The trailer supports the aboriginal stereotype that most people have because it shows a 14-15 year old boy sniffing glue and petrol without knowing the consequences. This stereotype is pretty commonly used among among the aboriginals as there as been alot of cases about it in the past. In the trailer, there is no talking at all nor any audio relating to language. The only Audio i hear is the music that makes the trailer much more intense and a lot more emotional. The visual elements consisted of camera tricks such as close ups, long shots, medium shot etc. in the trailer I have noticed a lot more close ups than in a usual trailer, I think that is to show the boy and how he looks unhealthy. There are also a lot of close ups of a good looking 15 year old girl to show that she's really innocent and she doesn't sniff glue and petrol like the boy does.



Subverting the Stereotype:

This advertisement gives sends an entirely different message than the trailer above. The advertisement is showing that the aboriginal society should be treated as an equal society to the Caucasian society subverting the stereotype that Aboriginal people are not civil people. The quote “Demand Indigenous health equality” is trying to convey the idea that indigenous people are nothing but equal members of society and again subverting the “glue/petrol sniffing, poor and wild” people the stereotype makes them out to be. The picture has an old aboriginal person kissing a child, possibly his child. This is used to try and show they have families just like us and they care about their family just as much as we do again subverting the idea that aboriginal people are wild people as opposed to civilized human beings.