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Australians, both black and white, are still excitedly waiting to hear from the ‘true Aboriginals’ in North Queensland and the Northern Territory, who will apparently vouch for the racist opinions of a half-pissed Mildura businessman.
Rob Vigors and his misso Karen Ridge, who were known in Western Victoria as the owners of the McDonald’s and travel agency Mildura Travel and Cruise, are now out of work after they were caught on camera abusing their neighbour over his Indigenous heritage.
The video has since gone viral on social media.
The video shows artist Robby Wirramanda Knight being confronted by his neighbours Robert Vigors and Karen Ridge over his Indigenous heritage, while Karen tried and failed to pull down Mr Knight’s Aboriginal flag – which she says was “a disgrace”.
Mr Vigor has since been booted from operations of the local McDonalds, with a spokesman for the company clarifying that the comments made by Mr Vigors were “unacceptable” and did “not reflect the beliefs of the company as an inclusive workplace”.
However, according to Vigors, his comments definitelty reflect the beliefs of his yet to be identified ‘true Aboriginal’ friends up North.
In the video, Mr Vigors asked Mr Knight “which 1 per cent of” him was Aboriginal.
“You claiming to be Aboriginal? You make me laugh. People like you make a mockery of true Aboriginals,” Mr Vigors said.
“What’s a true Aboriginal?” asked the Aboriginal man at the centre of the racial tirade.
While Vigors went on to clarify that he had “a lot of Aboriginal friends in far north Queensland” that would “love to come and give you a lecture”.
However, four full days since the incident, and no ‘true Aboriginals’ or ‘good Aboriginals’ have put their hands up to claim Rob Vigor as a friend of theirs.
The Betoota Advocate has since sent journalists to the Northern Territory and Cairns to ask the local mob if they know Rob Vigor and if he is correct in his assessment of their opinions as ‘Good Aboriginals’.
Our field reporters questions were met with a resounding ‘no way’ and ‘get fucked what a shame job’.
This has left our publication to now question if claiming to have plenty of Aboriginal friends is actually a valid excuse for racially vilifying people.
