Quote Originally Posted by frisson View Post
Elites are those academics / professors and paid lobbyists, that are directly paid in the indigenous field, who comment on Indigenous misery in the last 20 years and have changed nothing
They far outdate the recent politicians that you mention

They are the ones that continue to be employed and be paid for their services while the Gap persists. Their dirty secret is that their niche and job security vanishes if the Gap is addressed

They are the outspoken who called people racist or stupid, and continually implied that Indigenous disadvantage was the direct fault of the average Australian

Anyone who has followed this issue knows those elites that sought to belittle the average Australian, most of whom barely manage with cost of living themselves
Oh for fucks sake. Those people do not work and comment on these areas for the money. You really think they want the gap to persist so they have a job? And what power do they have to actually change anything other than point out the facts in the hope that the actual elites will listen? They're not blaming the average Australian, they're pointing out the institutional racism that exists, not individual's actions.

So the politician's I mentioned aren't elites? And it's beside the point but do you know how long Dutton and Mundine have been around?