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The Assimilation Polic Throughout The 1960's

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The phrase, ‘Stolen Generation’, refers to the numerous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were taken from their families by church missions and Australian government officials from 1890 to 1962. These children, normally taken between the ages of two and four, were sent to institutions such as church mission homes where they were forced to follow white culture and customs. This is called assimilation, which is defined as the process of a minority group being made to adapt to customs and attitudes of another culture. In the case of the stolen children issue, the Aboriginals were forced to adapt to the white culture. The upcoming topics will be explored further:
• The Assimilation Policy,
• The effects of the stolen generation - experiences and long-term impacts,
• How the civil rights movement in the United States affected racial equality in Australia.
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An example is the Assimilation Policy of 1951 in Australia and in the States, the ‘Plessy v Ferguson’ law which was extremely unequal to the African Americans at the time. As the United States civil rights movement was gaining worldwide attention with the likes of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, and sit-ins by Rosa Parks, the inspiration of these figures and what they stood for came to Australia and kick-started the Australian civil rights campaign. With this awareness, and the campaign in Australia starting, the Assimilation Policy of 1951 was terminated in 1962, stopping the removal of aboriginal children from their families. This proved the assimilation theory to be unsuccessful but deeming the civil rights movement

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