By Emma Kowal

ISBN-10: 1782385991

ISBN-13: 9781782385998

ISBN-10: 1782386041

ISBN-13: 9781782386049

In Australia, a 'tribe' of white, middle-class, revolutionary pros is actively operating to enhance the lives of Indigenous humans. This e-book explores what occurs whilst well-meaning humans, supported through the nation, try to aid with out harming. 'White anti-racists' locate themselves trapped via never-ending ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the wider dilemmas of postcolonial societies. those dilemmas are fueled via stress among the dual wants of equality and distinction: to make Indigenous humans statistically just like non-Indigenous humans (to 'close the gap') whereas concurrently preserving their 'cultural' specialty. This stress lies on the center of failed improvement efforts in Indigenous groups, ethnic minority populations and the worldwide South. This booklet explains why doing solid is so difficult, and the way it can be performed differently. 

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