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Our hidden biases. Test your unconscious racial associations.
18 May 2011 10:45 PM | 1 Comment
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Predatory systems maintaining Indigenous disadvantage: Some examples
01 July 2010 6:21 PM | 5 CommentsAs was discussed in the previous article, one of the limit conditions that create Indigenous "poverty" is that people must engage in strange cultural spaces, controlled by the Dominant Culture. But what are the systems that maintain peoples lack of control in these spaces. I put forward a range of possibilities, some more controversial than others.
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This is a short video that describes living as a Yolngu person in a remote community in Australia. It is a story that the rest of us rarely hear expressed so clearly. Dianne, the speaker in this video has found a degree of insight into…
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About Author: Jessie Pangas
Posts by Jessie Pangas
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On being income managed
Posted on November 3, 2011 | 4 CommentsAs the mother of a two and a half year old, on a low income with my partner, I am eligible to receive a Parenting Payment from Centrelink, our Australian Department of Human Services. As a family we highly value living simply on a low...
