Am I Black Enough For You? [Kindle Edition]

Anita Heiss (Author)

Book Description

The story of an urban-based high achieving Aboriginal woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed with notions of identity? Anita Heiss, successful author and passionate campaigner for Aboriginal literacy, was born a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales, but was raised in the suburbs of Sydney and educated at the local Catholic school. She is Aboriginal - however, this does not mean she likes to go barefoot and, please, don't ask her to camp in the desert.After years of stereotyping Aboriginal Australians as either settlement dwellers or rioters in Redfern, the Australian media have discovered a new crime to charge them with: being too 'fair-skinned' to be an Australian Aboriginal. Such accusations led to Anita's involvement in one of the most important and sensational Australian legal decisions of the 21st-century when she joined others in charging a newspaper columnist with breaching the Racial Discrimination Act. He was found guilty, and the repercussions continue.In this deeply personal memoir, told in her distinctive, wry style, Anita Heiss gives a first-hand account of her experiences as a woman with an Aboriginal mother and Austrian father, and explains the development of her activist consciousness. Read her story and ask: what does it take for someone to be black enough for you?

Product Details

• File Size: 402 KB
• Print Length: 249 pages
• Publisher: Random House Australia (March 28, 2012)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007C6VAK4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,745 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

237 of 336 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Tokenism April 6, 2012

By Baldrick

Format:Kindle Edition

Aboriginal tokenism by a token aboriginal living off the public teat ... and the question her book poses is illegal for anyone to answer, in Australia.

107 of 151 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, tokenism and inherently racist April 8, 2012

By Matty

Format:Kindle Edition

This book is nothing but a weak attempt by the author to justify her own attacks on freedom of speech in Australia.

Do not get it.

95 of 134 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother April 8, 2012

By Colin Waddell

Format:Kindle Edition

This is a book by an author who knows she cannot be challenged on her "I dare you" question here in Australia. It is contemptible in its brazenness and VERY Un-Australian. Its a kind of "Aha, I have you right where I want you and you can't do a thing about it cos the law is on my side!" Utterly, utterly out of line with what Australia is, or at least, used to be. Infuriating.