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Anne's Position in Stolen
Summary: Exploring the issues surrounding Anne, a character in the Aboriginal play by Jane Harrison "Stolen", in regards to the stolen generation.
Anne: So I finally went to meet my real mother. I thought they'd live in the country or the outback or something. You know, at one with the land. But here they are in a housing commission flat, all crowded in. I just thought it would be different somehow.
White Father: You're one of us, Anne - we've brought you up as one of our own.
White Mother: We've given you everything, a home, an education, a future.
White Father: Don't you appreciate all we've done"
Black Mother: But we ya real mob.
Black Father: Yeah, and you have to come back to us, its where you belong, girl.
Black Friend: Us lot has got to stick tageva ya know.
White Mother: Are you just going to throw away everything we taught you"
White Father: If you go back, we wont have you here.
White Mother: How can...
This section contains 1,559 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) |