Realize two things
1. This happened. It is how my bride’s family came here.
2. It is been removed from history. No one can talk about it academically. It is a career vaporizing move to talk about it.
I’ve had this debate with several people before.
Just FYI: The Leftist response to this is: the ancestors of white slaves do not continue to suffer prejudice, economic privation and oppression to this day, so supposed white slavery, and black slavery, can not be compared equally. There was no “Jim Crow” against former white slaves. It is simply white whining.
Whereas Australia embraces it as part of their heritage. Transportation as punishment for crime built their nation.