Aboriginal people didn’t invent the wheel, but so what?
We’ve decided to start making some short videos since we’ve all got a bit more time on our hands... our first one is from IndigenousX founder and CEO Luke Pearson talking about ‘Why didn’t Aboriginal people invent the wheel?’ - not just the reasons why we didn’t but, more importantly, the reason racists love to bring this up. Hope you enjoy!
Indigenous Australians are the original engineers. Why are there not more of us?
When I was about 10 years old, my little brother forgot the password to his laptop. This was in the days before we had password recovery; we were completely locked out of the computer. He didn’t know what to do and he was preparing himself to get told off by mum and dad.
We need more Indigenous Australians in the tech space
I have always enjoyed trying new things and figuring out what works best. I am a tech savvy youth. I’m proud to say that my first position in the tech space was when I became my mother’s own personal in-house (her house) IT officer. Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. I would put a cord into a plug waiting for a reaction or a low frequency noise only my generation seems to hear.