Open AccessAn outstanding debt: Noel Pearson’s A Rightful Place. Race, Recognition and a more complete Commonwealth
Author(s) -
Zoë Carney-Chapus
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new emerging scholars in australian indigenous studies.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2208-1232
DOI - 10.5130/nesais.v2i1.1477
Subject(s) - emotive , commonwealth , indigenous , constitution , race (biology) , narrative , law , sociology , gender studies , political science , history , media studies , anthropology , literature , art , ecology , biology
‘A Rightful Place’ by Aboriginal lawyer and activist Noel Pearson traverses the contentious spheres of racial distinction and the psychology of anthropological categorisation with estimable fortitude. His historical and sociopolitical analysis highlights the parameters of ‘race’ within the Australian federal constitution and the distorting effect this has had on Indigenous Australians since its inception. Fiercely emotive language and personal narration is used to examine our troublesome history and the national scars created in the wake of western influence and British colonisation. We have deep reparations to account for - and it’s time to pay up.