by sumac | Nov 27, 2012 | Historical Apologies, Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Campbell Newman, the Premier of Queensland, Australia, has just apologized for a quarter-century of stolen babies. From the 1950s to the 1970s, hundreds of thousands of single women in Australia were forced to give up babies for adoption. They were bullied, misled,...
by David | Sep 14, 2012 | Historical Apologies, Political Apologies
The skywritten “sorry” that constitutes our header is from the National Day of Healing in Australia. Go on and read this comprehensive description of the apology-necessitating horrors perpetrated upon Australia’s Aboriginal inhabitants —...
by sumac | Jun 27, 2012 | Historical Apologies
(Reviving a post from 2012, because not getting an apology doesn’t make feelings go away.) The Events: It would be nice if we were all familiar with the Great Upheaval/Grand Dérangement – the forcible exile of the Acadians from the Maritime Provinces of Canada....
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