| Description |
xv, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Interlude : studying benevolence -- The culture of white anti-racism -- Tiwi long grassers -- Welcome to country -- Mutual recognition -- White stigma |
| Summary |
This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to make Indigenous people statistically the same as non-Indigenous people (to 'close the gap') while simultaneously maintaining their 'cultural' distinctiveness. This tension lies at the heart of failed development efforts in Indigenous communities, ethnic minority populations and the global South. This book explains why doing good is so hard, and how it could be done differently |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Services for.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Race awareness -- Australia.
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Race relations -- Australia.
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Whites -- Australia -- Attitudes.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476
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| Genre/Form |
Deakin authored content
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| LC no. |
2014033556 |
| ISBN |
9781782385998 (hardback) |
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9781782386049 (paperback) |
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