Title Another day in the colony / Chelsea Watego

Published St Lucia, QLD : UQP, 2021

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W'PONDS	305.89915 Wat/Adi		AVAILABLE

Description 256 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm Summary A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of 'the Aboriginal problem', she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ever imagined Indigenous peoples as destined to die out.Drawing on her own experiences and observations of the operations of the colony, she exposes the lies that settlers tell about Indigenous people. In refusing such stories, Chelsea tells her own: fierce, personal, sometimes funny, sometimes anguished. She speaks not of fighting back but of standing her ground against colonialism in academia, in court, and in media. It's a stance that takes its toll on relationships, career prospects, and even the body. Yet when told to have hope, Watego's response rings clear: Fuck hope. Be sovereign Analysis Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content Australian history Australian Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 21st century Social conflict -- Australia Racism -- Australia Aboriginal Australians -- Colonization Aboriginal Australians -- Effect of colonization on Aboriginal Australians -- Violence against -- Queensland Australian South Sea Islanders -- Biography Colonization -- Australia Aboriginal Australians -- Biography Colonisation - Ethical issues Settlement and contacts - Colonisation Race relations - Reconciliation Politics and Government - Political action - Activism SUBJECT Australia -- Colonization Australia -- Race relations -- 21st century Genre/Form Indigenous collection LC no. jb2021071026 ISBN 9780702263163 0702263168

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