#Analysis from ABC’s international affairs analyst Stan Grant 👇 This past week, I have been reminded what it is to come from the other side of history. History itself that is written as a hymn to whiteness. History written by the victors and often written in blood. It is fashioned as a tale of progress, as a civilising mission. As historian Caroline Elkins writes in Legacies of Violence, her history of the British Empire, for hundreds of millions of people "the empire's velvet glove contained an all too familiar iron fist". From India to Africa to Ireland, the Pacific, the Caribbean and of course here, Australia, people from the other side of history have felt that fist. I have felt a sadness at feeling adrift, estranged from friends and colleagues. Sadness at knowing that at times like these there is a chasm between us. I have watched as others have worn black and reported on this historic event, participated in this ritual mourning. And knowing I cannot. They come to this with no conflict. I cannot. To read more, see the link in our Instagram Story. #LatestNews #AustralianNews #Australia #Indigenous