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Seeking Racial Justice
Jack Horner
其他書名
An Insider's Memoir of the Movement for Aboriginal Advancement, 1938-1978
出版Aboriginal Studies Press, 2004
主題Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & BlackPolitical Science / Human RightsSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / DiscriminationSocial Science / Indigenous Studies
ISBN08557546809780855754686
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uiGTckdxaT0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Seeking Racial Justice is, first and foremost, Jack Horners personal account of his developing consciousness as a white player in the black theatre of Indigenous Australian affairs between 1957 and 1973, in particular, his work with FCAATSI. It is also a tribute to the diverse Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal individuals and groups who dedicated themselves to the cause of Aboriginal Advancement from 1938 to 1978, through the years of assimilation, advancement and integration. Although it has become the norm in the early 21st century to condemn such groups, Horner reminds us of a time when these were necessary in the context of the contemporary Indigenous experience. Clearly, these nave but well meaning people of goodwill did their best to support Indigenous Australians through the oppressive segregation period and the contentious assimilation and integration eras, until the rhetoric of Indigenous self-determination became a reality. When these groups were no longer needed, most of t