Black is beautiful
but what
do you see?
Blonde blue-eyed white
C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-L-Y
on tabloid TV.
The portrayal of Kooris
nearly always the same,
stereotypical negative images.
We shoulder the blame.
‘You don’t look Aboriginal,’
is often the cry,
reminiscent of anthropologists
in years g-o-n-e—b-y.
We too have changed
just like you.
Varying shades,
many hues.
Curly hair,
some straight,
what diff
does it make?
Blue eyes, brown eyes
and some green ones
too!
Koori in spirit,
Koori at heart.
These are the things
that set us
a-p-a-r-t.