Summary Of Why Were T We Told By Henry Reynolds

Historical Literature and Political texts have always had an underlying purpose to persuade and influence the audience’s opinion or perspective. Good afternoon/morning young writers and directors today I’ll be discussing the representation of visions and versions of people and politics within texts. Political/Historical Composers strive to show a personal reflection elaborating on the awakening encounter with the manifestation of race relations within Contemporary society. This is shown extensively in Henry Reynolds text "why weren't we told,” which talks about the violence, deprivation and disposition of the indigenous culture contrasting it with the perspectives of modern 20th century society. Also relevant to this concept is the event known

Reynolds reveals the moderate and censorship of historic writings in the 19th and 20th century, which achieved for government representation and agendas, in order to ignore the destruction of Indigenous Australian life and culture but praise the lives and pioneering spirits of the explores and colonizers. This Eurocentric vision is exposed as weak and racist and only a facade for foreign affairs. The situation of Australian history, violence, massacre, murder, rejection and dispossession that emphasises the idea that history has been repressed to serve the white political agenda, an “abuse of arbitrary power”. Reynolds uses adjective statements to make the audience question the political motivation for the government’s actions and the purpose of its active policies. Reynolds acknowledges the disillusionment of education, he exposes and counters with evidence that is irrefutable, exposing the atrocities of ‘White invasion’. Reynolds notes that the systematic removal of any aspects of history that may tarnish the 20th century promotion of history. Similarly in TEDxYouth, Mac Roj Talks of the directed censorship of media by government agencies like the FCC. He says that censorship like this is removing the meaning and effect of the composer’s material and the words lose meaning, reducing the full potential of its impact on the directed audience. He uses contrasts this idea with a painter, as it is like taking a brush they’ve just painted a masterpiece with and telling them the redo it. He talks of the false façade these companies create and by censoring this content society becomes