Have you ever heard of the national sorry day?

           Well, it is an annual event that marks every 26 May and has been held in Australia since 1998. This occasion is held to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders throughout the history of Australia. The day also serves as a means of apologizing to the country’s indigenous people for the brutal treatment in which the indigenous people were subjected to back in the 20th century. During those days, the Australia government policies caused indigenous children to be forcefully separated from their families under the intention of assimilating them into the white culture. We may know this as the Stolen Generations and has left a great deal of traumatic effects felt by those people and even today’s generations. Many indigenous people were also hunted and slaughtered on the racist premise that their culture had no place in the New World.  

           The National Sorry Day was officially renamed as the National Day of Healing by the National Sorry Day Committee in 2005 (although still colloquially known as Sorry Day). It is marked with ceremonies, marches, and speeches across the nation celebrating Aboriginal art and culture and discussing the harrowing experiences of the Stolen Generation. And according to a report, in 2000, more than 250,000 people took part in the Bridge Walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of this reconciliation effort.

Source:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/national-sorry-day-australia-aborigines-stolen-generation-healing-reconciliation-a8368486.html

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