Apology: Why "Sorry" Is Not Enough

Next week, on Tuesday, February 13th, we commemorate the 16th anniversary of the first-ever apology by an Australian Prime Minister to Indigenous peoples..

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 13: Tom Calma from Reconcilliation Australia addresses the audience in Members Hall as a group of "Stolen Generations" descendants hold images of their relatives after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to Aboriginal people at the Australian Parliament on February 13, 2008 in Canberra, Australia. Rudd's apology referred to the "past mistreatment" of all Aborigines, singling out the "Stolen Generations", the tens of thousands of Aboriginal children taken from their families by governments between 1910 and the early 1970s, in a bid to assimilate them into white society. (Photo by Andrew Sheargold/Getty Images) Credit: Andrew Sheargold/Getty Images

Kulasegaram Sanchayan delves into the history behind Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology and examines the subsequent developments.

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