What does it mean to be Aboriginal?
Why is Australia so obsessed with notions of identity?
In 2009 a newspaper columnist publicly accused Anita Heiss of being too ‘fair-skinned’ to be Aboriginal. This led to one of the most important and sensational Australian legal decisions of the 21st century, when she joined eight others in charging the columnist with breaching the Racial Discrimination Act. The memoir that followed was a deeply revealing and personal examination into what it means to be Aboriginal in modern Australia.
A great deal has changed in the last ten years. But an awful lot remains the same.
Now fully revised and updated to reflect the world in 2022, this book gives a first-hand account of Anita’s experiences as a woman with an Aboriginal mother and Austrian father, and takes us through the events that shaped and developed her activist consciousness.
This is the story of an urban-based, high-achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between Black and white Australia.
And so Anita asks once again: ‘Am I Black enough for you?’
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Why is Australia so obsessed with notions of identity?
In 2009 a newspaper columnist publicly accused Anita Heiss of being too ‘fair-skinned’ to be Aboriginal. This led to one of the most important and sensational Australian legal decisions of the 21st century, when she joined eight others in charging the columnist with breaching the Racial Discrimination Act. The memoir that followed was a deeply revealing and personal examination into what it means to be Aboriginal in modern Australia.
A great deal has changed in the last ten years. But an awful lot remains the same.
Now fully revised and updated to reflect the world in 2022, this book gives a first-hand account of Anita’s experiences as a woman with an Aboriginal mother and Austrian father, and takes us through the events that shaped and developed her activist consciousness.
This is the story of an urban-based, high-achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between Black and white Australia.
And so Anita asks once again: ‘Am I Black enough for you?’44 Johnston Street, Wagga Wagga , NSW , 2650 , Australia