Talking to my country /
Grant, Stan,
Talking to my country / Stan Grant. - Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2016. - 230 pages ; 22 cm.
Contains biographical information.
Includes bibliographical references (page 226-230)
My country: Australia -- Part One -- Part Two -- Part Three -- Part Four -- Part Five -- Part Six -- Part Seven -- Part Eight -- Part Nine -- Acknowledgements -- Selected sources.
An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian that went viral, not only in Australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media. His was a personal, passionate and powerful response to racism in Australia and the sorrow, shame, anger and hardship of being an indigenous man. 'We are the detritus of the brutality of the Australian frontier', he wrote, 'We remained a reminder of what was lost, what was taken, what was destroyed to scaffold the building of this nation's prosperity.' Stan Grant was lucky enough to find an escape route, making his way through education to become one of our leading journalists. He also spent many years outside Australia, working in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, a time that liberated him and gave him a unique perspective on Australia. This is his very personal meditation on what it means to be Australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this country. Talking to My Country is that rare and special book that talks to every Australian about their country - what it is, and what it could be. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all. He might not have all the answers but he wants us to keep on asking the question: how can we be better?
9781460751978 9781460751985 (pbk.)
2015463449
GBB952401 bnb
018139449 Uk
Goodes, Adam, 1980-
Grant family.
2000-2099
History - Biographies - Indigenous.
History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies.
Ethics - History.
Race relations - Racial discrimination - Social.
Race relations - Racism - Social Darwinism.
Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal peoples - Social conditions - 21st century.
History - Genealogy and family history.
Wiradjuri people (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
Colonisation - Ethical issues.
Settlement and contacts - Settlers.
Australia - Race relations.
Reconciliation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia.
Reconciliation--Australia.
Reconciliation.
Aboriginal Australians--Treatment.
Reconciliation.
Reconciliation.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians.
Race relations.
Aboriginal Australians--Biography.
Aboriginal Australians--History.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.
Racism.
Social conflict.
Racism--Australia.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions--21st century.
Social conflict--Australia.
Poisoned Waterholes Creek (SW NSW SI55-10)
Australia--Race relations--21st century.
Australia.
Australia--Race relations.
Australia.
Racism - Australia Social conflict - Australia Aboriginal Australians - Treatment of Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - 21st century Australia - Race relations - 21st century Australian
Biography.
Indigenous Heritage--Print --Adult Non fiction
Indigenous focus. This resource may contain the names, voices and faces of people who are now deceased which may cause distress to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander viewers or readers. Please take care when distributing this material.
History.
Biographies.
DU124.E85 / G73 2016
305.89915
Talking to my country / Stan Grant. - Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2016. - 230 pages ; 22 cm.
Contains biographical information.
Includes bibliographical references (page 226-230)
My country: Australia -- Part One -- Part Two -- Part Three -- Part Four -- Part Five -- Part Six -- Part Seven -- Part Eight -- Part Nine -- Acknowledgements -- Selected sources.
An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian that went viral, not only in Australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media. His was a personal, passionate and powerful response to racism in Australia and the sorrow, shame, anger and hardship of being an indigenous man. 'We are the detritus of the brutality of the Australian frontier', he wrote, 'We remained a reminder of what was lost, what was taken, what was destroyed to scaffold the building of this nation's prosperity.' Stan Grant was lucky enough to find an escape route, making his way through education to become one of our leading journalists. He also spent many years outside Australia, working in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, a time that liberated him and gave him a unique perspective on Australia. This is his very personal meditation on what it means to be Australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this country. Talking to My Country is that rare and special book that talks to every Australian about their country - what it is, and what it could be. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all. He might not have all the answers but he wants us to keep on asking the question: how can we be better?
9781460751978 9781460751985 (pbk.)
2015463449
GBB952401 bnb
018139449 Uk
Goodes, Adam, 1980-
Grant family.
2000-2099
History - Biographies - Indigenous.
History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies.
Ethics - History.
Race relations - Racial discrimination - Social.
Race relations - Racism - Social Darwinism.
Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal peoples - Social conditions - 21st century.
History - Genealogy and family history.
Wiradjuri people (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
Colonisation - Ethical issues.
Settlement and contacts - Settlers.
Australia - Race relations.
Reconciliation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia.
Reconciliation--Australia.
Reconciliation.
Aboriginal Australians--Treatment.
Reconciliation.
Reconciliation.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians.
Race relations.
Aboriginal Australians--Biography.
Aboriginal Australians--History.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.
Racism.
Social conflict.
Racism--Australia.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions--21st century.
Social conflict--Australia.
Poisoned Waterholes Creek (SW NSW SI55-10)
Australia--Race relations--21st century.
Australia.
Australia--Race relations.
Australia.
Racism - Australia Social conflict - Australia Aboriginal Australians - Treatment of Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - 21st century Australia - Race relations - 21st century Australian
Biography.
Indigenous Heritage--Print --Adult Non fiction
Indigenous focus. This resource may contain the names, voices and faces of people who are now deceased which may cause distress to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander viewers or readers. Please take care when distributing this material.
History.
Biographies.
DU124.E85 / G73 2016
305.89915
