Beyond White Guilt
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Beyond White Guilt

The Real Challenge for Black-White Relations in Australia

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eBook - ePub

Beyond White Guilt

The Real Challenge for Black-White Relations in Australia

About this book

A deeply provocative call for white Australians to take personal responsibility for the ongoing impact of colonization on Aboriginal Australians, Sarah Maddison's bold and original take on the running sore of black-white relations offers a genuinely constructive alternative when so many other approaches have failed. Deep in our hearts, Australians know that our nation was built on land that does not belong to us. Some of us now assert that Aboriginal people should simply take advantage of opportunities offered by white society. But many others feel guilt, often turning this guilt inwards, feeling helpless in the face of the appalling conditions in which many of the original inhabitants of this country now live. Successive government policies of obliteration, assimilation, cultural maintenance and intervention have manifestly failed to bridge the gulf between black and white Australians, and to improve the lives of many Aboriginal Australians. Efforts at reconciliation have stalled. In many ways, we are stuck. Sarah Maddison argues that there is no point in looking again to governments for a solution to these challenges. Rather, it is up to us, all of us. We need to acknowledge our collective responsibility, change at a deep level, and develop a revitalized view of our national self. Only then will we develop policies and practical solutions that work.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Imprint
  5. Quote
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction Australias original sin
  9. The long colonial shadow Guilt nationalism and the morality of genocide
  10. History and identity What we lose by denying our past
  11. Intervention and redemption Conquering the rights agenda
  12. Not just empty vessels Moving beyond moral ambivalence
  13. Referendum reconciliation and apology
  14. Unsettling ourselves
  15. Epilogue: Beyond white guilt
  16. Bibliography
  17. Notes
  18. Acknowledgements