UN Indigenous experts are visiting Australia while a new report warns of the risk of a new stolen generation.

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    Any rate above zero is devastating unless there is some very good reason to take a child from their parent.

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    “One out of every two Aboriginal children [in South Australia] were subject to at least one child protection notification in 2020-21, while for non-Aboriginal children, these rates decreased to just one in every 12 children,” the report found.

    Sounds like a horrible community. Are we supposed to believe this is all happening for no reason?

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        The reason that aboriginal families mistreat their kids at much higher rates is because of racism? That would be a very convenient excuse for them.