Power play

Power is a force that provides an individual or a group the ability to control. The term 'powerplay' refers to the manipulation of power between people and can be seen in the doc After Mabo and Cop it Sweet, both text explore race relationships and the power discrepancy between white Australian and indigenous people. Although in the form of a doc to add credibility, both texts are in fact biased. John Hugh's 'After Mabo' focuses …

…indigenous as fighters. However, in 'Cop it Sweet', the indigenous are presented as criminals and powerless suppressed under the power of the police. In a way, the composer of 'Cop It Sweet' only shows the poor and weak Aborigines, hinting the inferiority of their race. It is clear that power can be exploited for greed or exercised to achieve justice. Power is dynamic; as long as social inequity remains so would the manipulation of power.