Aboriginal Identity: Who is 'Aboriginal'? - Creative Spirits
Yeah shame on anyone that identifies as something that they don't at least truly believe they are.
Pretty good resource/article (jeez should say most of a library it's huge) on aboriginal identity in Australia.You have to kinda make your way through it, some of it goes on a bit of a story with personal interviews and experiences from guests. It is a very tricky minefield, and if you truly did believe that you were aboriginal then you yourself would be the only one that really truly believes it or not. It's not just about getting hand outs, and if it is then again, that's up to the individual to decide with their conscience.
I mean if you can identify openly as being of Aboriginal background and you aren't, then that's pretty ballsy, especially when you have to explain yourself. It wouldn't be just explaining yourself to official agencies and the such, it would be your mates and your family and coworkers etc. People such as yourselves would surely be asking questions and you'd have to back it up at some point I am sure, and if you're really a fraud it would come undone or you'd have to really being doing some backflips to get and keep your story straight.
There's a majority of good people who will make the right choice based on what's right and wrong and if it really were that acceptable and easy to do than why doesn't everyone just do it? I think it's because there is a certain honour to the system, or not ironically if you consider the negative stereotypes of identifying as Aboriginal, and if you rort it then shame on you but I reckon there is a bit of a kangaroo court in our culture to slow it down at least..
