I enjoyed the podcast and agree it’s vital to continue the discussions on the treatment of minorities across the world. My only issue is I felt that there were alot of loose ends with these stories, and the summary of the podcast eluded to a much more powerful ending than just shining a light on the issue of racism. We know there is still a horrific problem with racism. So that was a bit of a letdown.

The reporting and story telling is well done in a way that only an insider from the community can accomplish. So important to have these tragedies investigated and have questions asked that the authorities have ignored. Appreciate the voices being raised through this podcast.

As an American, it was interesting to hear these stories of systemic racism (an issue we all know well) in an Australian context. I’m frustrated by the comments on here saying this podcast is about drugs and poverty. It isn’t and that’s the whole message. I do wish the last episode (7) was done differently. It mainly summarized things they’d been discussing throughout the podcast and heard more meaningless defense from the police.

Agree with the other reviewers. The podcast is more of a sad commentary on the families and life of addicts. Yes, the police are checked out and at times terrible. They’ve seen it every…single…day. As someone who works in WHITE rural poor America, I see the same situation. I’m glad there are advocates working on the behalf of these people but maybe we need to focus more efforts on the issue of poverty, which is ultimately the problem whether you’re black or white or any other race.

This should be mandatory for all Australians to listen to. The racial bias is real and people need to understand how much white privilege white Australian’s have.

I’m excited about marginalized groups getting justice. I’m excited about oppressors being exposed. But SURELY there are better examples of the abuse. Surely. This was painful to listen to.

Seems like you are trying to take personal tragedy & turn into social justice...there's nothing here

First, for all the reviews mentioning a perception of “denial” to accept the “official story” on the part of Aboriginal families in regards to the death of a loved one, my mind just explodes thinking about the illogical nature of this thought process; unless of course they were not listening to the main message of each episode or they live in some candy land world, just Wow 😮 🤦🏼‍♀️ That’s some Alice Through the Looking Glass metal gymnastics. And it seems to point directly toward the reason these issues are still issues. Think about the term “marginalized groups”. Now think about WHO decided that they were not going to be part of the “main culture”. For the entirety of western history, the truth, realities, view points, and beliefs of a specific kind of culture has dominated; pushing whomever didn’t fit into this particular narrative to the fringes of society and cultural relevance, if not off the edges entirely. Most systems, especially and specifically the criminal justice systems, of Western civilization are founded on principles that are fundamentally racially biased. This wasn’t a mistake, this was the point. You don’t colonize those who you consider as equally human. I’m not an expert on Australian police, but the small amount that I do know about, and also my much deeper understanding of US police history, gives me, a member of the non-marginalized community, a very good idea about the invisible barriers between one group of people and another—the brutality that seems never to be tolerated but perennially perpetuated. It’s easy to deny reality when it isn’t yours. The truth is that it’s part of the ancient DNA of such systems of control. They work well for some of us, but never for ALL of us. And that’s a problem because we all are in danger of becoming that next out group. It’s simply a matter of time. We need to fundamentally reinvent our notions of what Justice actually is, what public safety should include, and also, if we can let go of our old understandings of good and bad, what it actually means when we believe people who do harm deserve punishment or death, and if we can ever be as intelligent and ethical as we think we are. This reporting needs more attention, more funding, more understanding about how the consequences of generational harm over centuries has no other choice but to show up as present day ignorance and further discrimination. If you can’t trust the groups that you’ve got in charge of concepts like safety and security, then you’re absolutely going to be left with suspicion and disillusionment when these same groups are involved in the official narratives of your reality. That’s called Cognitive Dissonance and it can destroy your sense of agency and identity in a world where you are living on the margins.

Not trying to be mean, just honest, the reporting is good and I applaud the compassion and empathy shown by the podcasters/reporters, but the families denial of the situations is a little hard to listen to. I’m not saying I don’t understand because if the police aren’t willing to work you through the whole situation that’s obviously frustrating, the obvious profiling like “oh well indigenous what do you expect?” is awful, but the police can’t do anything after someone has k**led themselves or overdosed and the family just refuses to understand or accept the truth. Very sad honestly. But I stopped listening at the fourth episode. The vehement denial is too depressing.

I enjoy everything about this podcast. Very informative and interesting to listen to this. So sad too...I hope there's justice for this family. I like the voice too, I like when podcasts are easy to listen to.