Radical heart
Subtitle: three stories make us one
By: Shireen Morris
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Carlton, Victoria
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780522873580
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Government relations; Civil rights; Treatment of Aboriginal Australians; Race relations; Politics and government; Australiens (Aborigènes); Relations avec l'État; Droits; Australiens (Aborigènes), Attitudes envers les; Relations raciales; Politique et gouvernement
Description: Neither Indigenous nor white, Shireen Morris is both outside observer and instrumental insider in the fight for Indigenous rights. Shaped by her family's Indian and Fijian migrant story, Morris is a key player in what many consider the greatest moral challenge of our nation: constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. She takes us inside this vital campaign to meet the powerful Indigenous advocates, helpful (and unhelpful) non-Indigenous lawyers, unlikely conservative and monarchist allies and infuriating politicians. We travel with Morris through the wins, disappointments and, ultimately, the betrayals that led to the Turnbull government's heartbreaking rejection of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Radical Heart is a challenge for all Australians to dream together of a fairer future, and work as one to make it happen.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.