Sarah Maddison 2019 The Colonial Fantasy: Why White Australia Can’t Solve Black Problems (Allen and Unwin)

Back off, she writes, not backing off. Too well-placed to reveal this well-researched axiom. Settler-Australians seeking Indigenous justice need to take as many steps as are needed to get out of the way. My wordy readerly teacherly efforts reduced to self-privileging gestures.

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Sue Hall Pyke

Writer, dreamer, co-learner