Racism
Racism - meaning Summary
Racisms Corrosive Human Cost
Oodgeroo Noonuccal condemns racial oppression and the Christianized ideologies that have constrained Aboriginal freedom. She warns that racism can appear among any group and cautions that violent conflict could follow if resentment escalates. The poem treats skin colour as a natural “gift” perverted into a divisive cause, arguing that hatred dehumanizes both victims and perpetrators and feeds on the moral decay of society. It reflects the poet’s activist perspective.
Read Complete AnalysesStalking the corridors of life, Black, frustrated minds Scream for release From Christian racist moulds. Moulds that enslave Black independence. Take care! White racists! Black can be racists too. A violent struggle could erupt And racists meet their death. Colour, the gift of nature To mankind, Is now the contentions bone, And black-white hatred sustains itself on the rotting, putrid flesh That once was man.
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