Before I finish on @IndigenousX tonight - I wanted to share something to all the non-Indigenous researchers out there, the academics, the ones who have researched on #Aboriginal & #TorresStraitIslander communities & those who think they wanna be joining in the future

Lived experiences are paramount when you are conducting research. This doesn’t mean you create a project that has been done before or interview Aboriginal people because it’s easier than exploring what has already been done in that space.

#Indigenous people have been researched & researched - sometimes to continue the social constructs & stereotyping. Sometimes the researcher may have ‘good intentions’! There is so much data, research & information - make sure you have the correct info & you use it with respect!

People with lived experience must be centred BUT!!! Before you go & contact those people, think about their trauma, their history & relationship with what you will, potentially, be exposing them to. Particularly within the CJS - it is a violent, oppressive & discriminatory place

Please have respect for #Aboriginal Knowledge. There are so many incredible #Blacademics whose work is being exploited. Cite us, use our work for your readings in your teachings. Equip our community with #Aboriginal knowledge do we don’t have another generation of excuses

Those excuses of “not learning about Aboriginal people in primary school”! Well, that’s no excuse & there’s been plenty of time between then & now to learn! Follow the list of names that has been created & add to it! https://twitter.com/indigenousx/status/1305637796950847488