Journal article
Narratives of race and nation: Everyday whiteness in Australia
Social Identities, Vol.14(2), pp.253-274
2008
Abstract
Australia's history as a white nation has been riddled with not only mis-treatment of the 'other', but in more recent times of a type of invisibility of the 'other' that has disabled many within this nation from recognising the continuation of practices and policies of racial discrimination. This paper presents the findings from research conducted over 2001-03 during the 'boat people' crisis in Australia, when a number of everyday individuals volunteered time to assist refugees. It goes on to argue that while the policies of Multiculturalism of the 1970s had attempted to create a more inclusive society and had for the participants in this research transformed into nation-defining narrative, its failure to incorporate everyday people in its inception and continuation was productive of a blind spot in relation to racial treatment because most could believe all was well in this arena.
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- Title
- Narratives of race and nation: Everyday whiteness in Australia
- Authors
- Sonia Tascon (Author) - Curtin University of Technology
- Publication details
- Social Identities, Vol.14(2), pp.253-274
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2008
- DOI
- 10.1080/13504630801933688
- ISSN
- 1350-4630
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449115402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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