All One Race Oodgeroo Noonuccal Analysis

Everyday when I walk down the streets, I see black, brown, olive and white. I see long, short, fat, thin, round, oval. I see so many different types that I can 't help but be amazed at how we Australians have come this far. When you go to another country you see different types of people but they all have something in common, they all have this look to them, you can usually see which country they have come from or live in. When one is in Australia it is a different story, we have become so mixed with different cultures that the “Australian Cultural” isn 't made up by a certain race or look, but made up of many different ones fused together to create an ultimate one.

Back in a time where all the different countries had their different religions, nothing got too permanently mixed. The aboriginals

didn 't actually kill Jesus Christ, but Mrs Noonuccal probably felt that the white men had killed his identity and changed him into something different.

All One Race by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a poem that speaks about how we are all so different but can come together as one, which is humanity. He mentions how we are “all one family” even if we aren 't made up of the same blood and bones, we all have blood and bones, we are all the same. Australia has become a place where all religions can wander freely. Australia is one of the only countries in the world that has such a mix of different cultures.

White Man, Dark Man also by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is an inspiring poem that talks about the differences in their skin tones and how that affects the way they were treated. “White man, who would teach us and tame” the poet has shown us through this poem how people are being treated wrongly and unfairly due to a small thing such as their skin tones. The poet later goes to write in the poem that “White man…You had Jesus Christ, But him you crucified” the poet is expressing his disgust and disappointment that the “white man” killed Jesus Christ. The poet used a metaphor as the “White