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Race and immigration. (Letters).
SIR: Peter Ryan, in his October article, "Can't We Talk About It?", concludes with two questions. "What is it about race, skin colour, ethnicity, religion and suchlike that stirs passions which forbid us even to discuss them?" and "Mightn't we, with patience and kindness and forbearance towards all, just consider what sort of country we would like Australia to be?"
He overstates the burden placed on us by political correctness. Race, skin colour, ethnicity and religion are widely discussed. The danger does not lie in academic discussion; it lies, instead, in a tendency to unwarranted stereotyping.
His second question is inadequately phrased. Which Australians are the "we" who are doing the considering? An exclusive "we", of Caucasian, white, ...
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- Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies Brady, Liam M. March 22, 2007 700+ words
...first recording of rock-art from the Torres Strait islands using photography and sketches...2004 by archaeologists and Indigenous Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal communities...observations into the antiquity of Torres Strait rock-art are noted along with recommendations...
- `Bethlehem' in Torres Strait: music, dance and Christianity in Erub (Darnley...
- Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies Lawrence, Helen Reeves September 22, 1998 700+ words
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- Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders.
- Magazine article from: Oceania Fitzpatrick, Judith December 1, 1994 700+ words
...limited field of publications about Torres Strait Islanders and their history. Its greatest...law, to their home island in Eastern Torres Strait. As a sociologist with many years...in her ardent documentation of the Torres Strait saga. Sharp's account of the history...
- Navigating Boundaries: The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History Moore, Clive March 1, 2006 700+ words
...Navigating Boundaries: The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait. By Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsey and Yuriko...illustrations. $55.00 pb. Who are Torres Strait Islanders? How did Torres Strait identity evolve? There is no easy answer...
- The `black white-man': Torres Strait Islander and Papuan participation in the...
- Magazine article from: Australian Aboriginal Studies Schug, Donald M. September 22, 1998 700+ words
...dominated the island communities of the Torres Strait (Mullins 1990; Shnukal 1983, 1992...manipulate the traditional kinship system of Torres Strait Islander society (Shnukal 1992...examining the complex kin ties between Torres Strait Islanders and the Papuans residing...
- Enmity and amity: reconsidering stone-headed club (gabagaba) procurement and...
- Magazine article from: Oceania McNiven, Ian J. December 1, 1998 700+ words
INTRODUCTION Torres Strait has long held a special place in...views gave rise to the concept of Torres Strait as a 'cultural filter' for, or...McCarthy (1940) believed exemplified Torres Strait as a cultural filter. Stone-headed...
- Badu 15 and the Papuan-Austronesian settlement of Torres Strait.
- Magazine article from: Archaeology in Oceania David, Bruno McNiven, Ian Mitchell, Rod Orr, Meredith Haberle, Simon Brady, Liam Crouch, Joe July 1, 2004 700+ words
...revealed evidence of people in Torres Strait before 2500 years BP. We interpret...late Holocene. KEYWORDS: Torres Strait, Badu, island colonisation...Guinea ********** Torres Strait, named after the Spanish navigator...
- Digital enhancement of Torres Strait rock-art.(Brief Article)
- Antiquity MCNIVEN, IAN J. DAVID, BRUNO BRAYER, JOHN December 1, 2000 700+ words
...rocky, muddy and sandy islands form Torres Strait. The region is home to numerous inter...associations with the sea. A key question for Torres Strait archaeology is to what extent settlement...developments in linkages and boundaries across Torres Strait expressed stylistically in ...