I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people
want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is
Australia so obsessed with notions of identity? Anita Heiss,
successful author and passionate campaigner for Aboriginal
literacy, was born a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New
South Wales, but was raised in the suburbs of Sydney and educated
at the local Catholic school. She is Aboriginal; however, this does
not mean she likes to go barefoot and, please, don't ask her to
camp in the desert. After years of stereotyping Aboriginal
Australians as either settlement dwellers or rioters in Redfern,
the Australian media have discovered a new crime to charge them
with: being too ""fair-skinned"" to be Australian Aboriginal. Such
accusations led to Anita's involvement in one of the most important
and sensational Australian legal decisions of the 21st-century when
she joined others in charging a newspaper columnist with breaching
the Racial Discrimination Act. He was found guilty, and the
repercussions continue. Am I Black Enough for You? is a deeply
personal memoir, told in her distinctive, wry style, Anita Heiss
gives a first-hand account of her experiences as a woman with an
Aboriginal mother and Austrian father, and explains the development
of her activist consciousness. Read her story and ask: what does it
take for someone to be black enough for you?
General
Imprint: |
University of Hawaii Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2014 |
First published: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Anita Heiss
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8248-4027-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-8248-4027-5 |
Barcode: |
9780824840273 |
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