User:Ian peters
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Hi Ian I'm new to Wikipedia. I notice you have removed my remarks in relation to Aboriginal students. As an Aboriginal former student, I stand by my views. Wikipedia is not meant to be an advertisement for UWA or any other institution. This is an encyclopedia that tells it like it is and is open to dissent and diversity.
The stats speak for themselves - Aboriginal Australians (some of whom are cheerfully serving this country in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor right now) have a life expectancy 20 yrs below that of non-indigenous Australians. How wrong is that? I am telling it like it is and you keep excising my posts in a move that smacks of the book burnings of the 1930s! .
US, NZ & Canadian Universities do quite well in encouraging minorities to better improve their situation. More could be done here in WA. There is a health crisis up North. People, real human beings, are dying. From diabetes, from avoidable illnesses, from alcohol. Many die from despair - I assure you the suicide rate is very high. Comparatively, our Indigenous Aussies die a lot younger than Indigenous Inuits in Canada, native Americans or NZ Maoris. That's a badge of shame we carry and we must put it right. As a repository of wisdom, our Universities have a lot to be ashamed for in letting this happen in the last century. It is undeniable that the University should have turned out more Aboriginal Doctors over the last century in order to help improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people. This has not happened. And its wrong.
I apologize for the tone of this epistle. If you are a fair-dinkum Aussie with a love for justice, you'd join us rather than relegate us to the scrap-heap of society. Take a stand. There can be no shame in righting a wrong. It takes a real man to do that. Won't you join us?
Kind regards Paul Kickett-O'Connor "Seek Wisdom" email: newhigh@hotmail.com
Hi, Ian...
Yeah, I think it looks a lot more presentable now, the history section might have been slightly long. Thanks for the work. I hope to take some photos later this week, but if you have any photographs (old or current) then pleae feel welcome to add them.
Regards, Trimac20
