"When it comes to a Black life, no one cares."
Watch this senator call out inaction on murdered and missing Indigenous lives in Australia ...
Watch this senator call out inaction on murdered and missing Indigenous lives in Australia ...
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00:00When a black woman dies, when a black woman is murdered, you don't hear about it.
00:08When a white woman dies, or a white woman is murdered, it's the front page.
00:15There's rallies, there's documentaries.
00:20But when it's a black woman, you don't want to know about it.
00:24So you all need to put a mirror up to yourselves and ask yourselves why you are not reporting
00:31on black women who've been murdered and missing, and children.
00:37Why aren't we reporting on these deaths, on these murders?
00:45We have to have an inquiry to call you all out, including the police,
00:51including all the racist systems that keep us oppressed in this country, including the media.
01:00We have an inquiry where Aboriginal people will be able to speak in language,
01:08use art forms, use poetry, use song and use dance to tell their story.
01:18We have Aboriginal people across this country who are ready to tell their story.
01:23We have a list of missing and murdered black women and children.
01:28You don't have that list.
01:30And that list, since we came out with this inquiry, has grown, and it's growing every day.
01:38So it's time this country starts looking at the real issues in this country,
01:46like black lives.
01:49Because black lives matter, they do.
01:53And we need you all to commit to reporting on every black death in custody,
02:02every murdered black woman and every missing black child.
02:08In WA we know they've even stopped looking for black children
02:15because it's too hard for the police.
02:19Does the country know that?
02:21Because when there's a white kid that goes missing, the heart of this country comes out.
02:29But when it comes to a black life, no one cares.
02:34And that has to stop, because black lives matter.
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