Australian Black Conservative Quote:PROTECTING CULTURE MEANS LIVING IT, NOT TICKING A BOX
As a proud Aboriginal woman, I want my culture to be honoured ,truly honoured ,not used as a tool for politics, guilt or social status.
But today, that culture is at risk.
Not from everyday Australians but from being watered down by identity politics where ticking a box carries more weight than living the culture.
We’ve seen a rapid rise in people identifying as Aboriginal, many with only a distant link, no cultural grounding and no lived experience in the community.
And in many cases, they can’t even prove their Aboriginality.
No family records, no community connection, no cultural knowledge.
Yet they’re fast-tracked into roles, grants and recognition meant for those who’ve actually lived it.
That doesn’t build connection. It blurs it.
And when governments, corporations and media reward identity over authenticity, it pushes real mob to the sidelines.
When culture becomes a checkbox instead of a way of life, it stops being sacred.
It becomes symbolic, performative and eventually misunderstood or lost.
True culture can’t be claimed. It must be lived.
And the strength of that culture deserves to be protected, not politicised
I’m Cheron Long
Aussies 4 Aussies
https://www.facebook.com/cheronlongABC Quote:My Mob maintains strong ties to Traditional Culture, but what we practise is not “Welcome to Country.”
We continue to hold Corroboree — not as public performances in front of large crowds, but as sacred ceremonies rooted in our Songlines and guided by the authority of our Ancestors.
These practices are not meant for broad public display or symbolic presentation.
They are cultural obligations carried out with deep spiritual significance.
In the early 1980s, my mob from Peppimenarti made a rare and considered decision to invite the late Slim Dusty to participate in a Corroboree.
This was not a brief, symbolic event. It was a sacred gathering that extended over nearly three days.
In keeping with our protocols, Slim’s media team and support crew were not permitted to observe or document the ceremony.
This experience highlights the profound difference between genuine cultural practice and modern public gestures such as the “Welcome to Country” and “Acknowledgement of Country.”
Out of genuine respect for Traditional beliefs , cultural authority And All Australians ,
it is time that the modern, tokenistic “Welcome to Country” and “Acknowledgement of Country” is reconsidered — and discontinued.
Aussies 4 Aussies 🇦🇺
Cheron Long
She has all you virtue signaling gullible white leftoids & the box tickers pegged.
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