fuck i just read what you guys wrote for the irony part. i did not mention anything about indigenous australians as i did not know how that would specifically link in to the concept of 'belonging' besides it is a 'belonging' paper. I did not see the relevance in talking about the colonialist notions that were accentuated in this shit poem.
i saw the irony entirely through the lens of belonging stating that these 'boat people' did not initially find a sense of personal belonging due to their perceptions of their own belonging and identity in this strange new environment. This was ironic as the 'Australians' (ppl who were already there-indigenous ay) did not necessarily have an unfavourable view towards them "pointing excitedly blablabla" and they did not have any real barriers in attaining a sense of belonging and forging a true identity. Hence it isn't necessarily one's setting that prevents them from belonging it's one's own perceptions of it.
does my interpretation make sense? (even though it's probably wrong) and I wrote that the boat people were from Vietnam.
i saw the irony entirely through the lens of belonging stating that these 'boat people' did not initially find a sense of personal belonging due to their perceptions of their own belonging and identity in this strange new environment. This was ironic as the 'Australians' (ppl who were already there-indigenous ay) did not necessarily have an unfavourable view towards them "pointing excitedly blablabla" and they did not have any real barriers in attaining a sense of belonging and forging a true identity. Hence it isn't necessarily one's setting that prevents them from belonging it's one's own perceptions of it.
does my interpretation make sense? (even though it's probably wrong) and I wrote that the boat people were from Vietnam.
