I’m not sure what’s worse: the over the top rants regarding either minor or non-existent misunderstandings of Australian aborigine culture in a children’s book, or the abject, groveling apologies from the author and publisher.
Prominent First Nations writers have also criticised the book, accusing Oliver of engaging in cultural appropriation, and his publisher, Penguin Random House UK, of making serious errors in judgment.
The award-winning Kooma and Nguri author Cheryl Leavy, who specialises in nonfiction, poetry and children’s literature, told Guardian Australia she was troubled by the book’s themes of child slavery and child stealing, and the appropriation of culture for personal gain.
“There is no space in Australian publishing (or elsewhere) for our stories to be told through a colonial lens, by authors who have little if any connection to the people and place they are writing about.”
What culture?sitting around for 60000 years and doing bugger all in all that time.
You should read Jarrod Diamond’s article, “10,000 years of Solitude,” about Tazmania.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/ten-thousand-years-of-solitude
Spoiler: They forgot how to make fire.
Prominent First Nations writers, eh? I was not aware of any indigenous Australians having a written language. Sounds like some serious cultural appropriation gone on there.
Re capitulation
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ifv-3aSEckA
The outrage is truly excessive. I am tempted not to read anything by aboriginal authors as I am sure I am too insensitive to appreciate them.
sooooooo basically the critics are saying this famous 60,000 yr old culture cant stand up to some ‘werds on papah’. pfffft l figured as much anyway!
The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about. Coming soon.
If you want to learn about Aboriginal life before it became appropriation to write about it, read any of the books by Ion Idriess. The realistic descriptions means banning these publications is likely on the woke agenda.
Every word ever written about “indigenous” cultures should be shredded immediately. Any mention in any document.
We cannot take the risk of cultural appropriation.