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After nearly a week of radio silence, The Betoota Advocate can now report that a prominent Indigenous figure from ‘up North’ has put up his hand to claim the Mildura couple who went viral over the weekend in a racial epithet charged video.
The video shows artist Robby Wirramanda Knight being confronted by Rob Vigors and his misso Karen Ridge over his Indigenous heritage, in a boomer tantrum believed to be related to their dislike of him hanging an Aboriginal flag outside of his house.
Karen then tried and failed to pull down Mr Knight’s Aboriginal flag – which she says was “a disgrace”.
In the video, Mr Vigors asked the Aboriginal man “which 1 per cent of” him was Aboriginal.
“You claiming to be Aboriginal? You make me laugh. People like you make a mockery of true Aboriginals,” Mr Vigors said.
“What’s a true Aboriginal?” asked the Aboriginal man at the centre of the racial tirade.
While Vigors went on to clarify that he had “a lot of Aboriginal friends up north that would “love to come and give you a lecture”.
Five full days since the incident, only one ‘true Aboriginal’ has put his hand up to acknowledge them as friends.
It seems that by ‘Up North’ – Rob and Karen were talking about Sydney’s affluent North Shore – home to the only known Indigenous person willing to claim the racist migaloos.
Uncle Tony X, former Prime Minister of Australia and more recently, the former Special Envoy to Indigenous Affairs.
Uncle Tony’s dedicated work as a spokesperson for the deeply entrenched social disadvantage in the Aboriginal community has been recognised around the country ever since he gave a conditional yes to the envoy role.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison did not ask Mr Abbott to be a minister in his new Government, but instead asked him to take on the role of envoy, citing his close association with Aboriginal Australia after growing up in a six bedroom mansion in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and working for the Liberal Party for nearly three decades.
Speaking to the media today, Uncle Tony X says he knows Karen and Rob, and while he acknowledges their loyalty as Quiet Australians during the 2013 election, he cannot in good conscience stand by them after their most recent comments.
“Proper womba that mob” said the former Member for Warringah.
“Out there claiming me. They aren’t my people. They can fuck off back to Mildura”
“Gone then”
