Final Episodes SBS Struggle Street Still Stereotypes Our Much Loved Mount Druitt!

This is my feed back on the last 2 episodes of SBS's Struggle Street, which is so controversial that  the people that were on show, some of them may not have realised how they are presenting Mount Druitt to the wider press and public.

• The promotion of the mother, son and girlfriend smoking illegal drugs disgusting! 
• Chris who gained a job dressed up in a suit to get a cleaners job in a club and resolving family issues - fantastic! 
• The Aboriginal made homeless - was back in town - he wasn't homeless then - they didn't say where from the bush he came from. The question asked to him by SBS was so stupid, after his bush home was flooded are you going back home - that was his home. The pride in him getting a Birth Certificate gave him an identity he didn't have. 
• Ash and Peta dealing with and handling each family crisis issue, one by one creating undue pressure. Peta holding family together and dealing mental illness, the son on ice not breaking the drug problem - not very good! The daughter that gained happiness in her life, met someone that was abusing her at school and explained, apologise and her school friend gained a new friend, changing depression and potential suicide - fantastic result for all! 
• The constant swearing not blanked out like TV programs do or even edited out of the film.
• The constant showing of houses,shopping centres and underpasses with full of graffiti, and with some scenes where housing estate properties showed messy back yards were obvious. 
  
• I want to see the next Struggle Street to be filmed on Managing Director of SBS's  Struggle Street in Sydney!

So now it it up to you to tell Mount Druitt what you feel about all episodes of Struggle Street? Was it the best way to promote Mount Druitt by SBS? Does this make people of Mount Druitt get jobs if employers are more sympathetic? Will property prices drop down in Mount Druitt because of the perceptions and views people have of Mount Druitt? Will Blacktown City Council combined with any community groups and community leaders due a promotional  videos on Success Streets of Mount Druitt? 

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