Yes, although it can be ... confronting, and sometimes upsetting, the language of the day is an important part of the storytelling and appeal. I can't imagine - nor do I want to - a Jane Austin book told in the language of this day. Why bother? Just. Why. Bother. Or in a more racially-overtoned book, imagine To Kill A Mockingbird in modern language. How on earth would that work?
And the reality is, in his day and age (A.Upfield) aboriginal people WERE viewed like that, and treated like that. To not reflect that would be in a way changing history. And we can't do that. We can't change what we did in the past. I mean we shouldn't/can't, from this point in time, expect the realities of the past to be obscured so we are more comfortable with it. It is a disgrace how aboriginal people were and are treated.
It does also serve to remind us where we have come from and why.
My question is, what consequence do you think he should have for his actions? I am at a loss to even begin to work that out.
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Or in a more racially-overtoned book, imagine To Kill A Mockingbird in modern language. How on earth would that work?
And the reality is, in his day and age (A.Upfield) aboriginal people WERE viewed like that, and treated like that. To not reflect that would be in a way changing history. And we can't do that. We can't change what we did in the past. I mean we shouldn't/can't, from this point in time, expect the realities of the past to be obscured so we are more comfortable with it. It is a disgrace how aboriginal people were and are treated.
It does also serve to remind us where we have come from and why.
My question is, what consequence do you think he should have for his actions? I am at a loss to even begin to work that out.