HELP THEM BREATHE. screens are locked. Their nightmare endures if we move forward with our Who has the power to make the eyes closed. change the world is demanding? Who can break the cycle of violence and The law is an institution for the begin scraping blood from the face of administration of justice, when it fails our nation? Who can bridge this divide its most basic function its keepers need to act. Our inheritance is a failing and begin the healing? system; a system built on terra nullius You can: the law student, the dreamer, and racial prejudice, a system racking up a body count. As law students, the ally. we hold the future of Australia in our This article needs little explanation, heads and hands. Education is a the events which have spun the world privilege. The gift of that education into riot remain a global stain and a comes with a solemn duty to wield it reminder of the enduring struggle for for the betterment of this country. For the betterment of the lives of our first race equality. nations peoples. A man’s last words should not be “I can’t breathe”. No human being should beg Education is power. for their life underneath the boot of the law. There will never be a single day of reckoning. There can be no single day where everything changes, equality is not a Hollywood blockbuster. Change is slow and incremental; requiring constant dedication and work. We need to make a conscious and unwavering decision to stand up for what is right, it is as simple as courtesy in public spaces and as complicated as instituting systemic protections and reform. This is not just a Facebook post or an Instagram story. This is the loss of 437 Indigenous lives in custody since 1991; this is their loved ones having to live on without them. Their nightmare endures when our phone Who can do something?
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