| ISBN |
9781742234274 (paperback) |
| Classification |
305.800994 SOU |
| Personal Name |
Soutphommasane, Tim |
| Title |
I'm not racist but ... 40 years of the Racial Discrimination Act / Tim Soutphommasane ; [with contributions by] Maxine Beneba Clarke, Bindi Cole Chocka, Benjamin Law, Alice Pung, Christos Tsiolkas. |
| Other title |
I'm not racist but ... forty years of the Racial Discrimination Act |
| 40 years of the Racial Discrimination Act |
| Forty years of the Racial Discrimination Act |
| Publication Details |
Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2015. |
| Production & Copyright Details |
Sydney, NSW NewSouth Publishing, 2015. |
| ©2015 |
| Physical Description |
xvi, 296 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Content type |
text |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index. |
| Contents Note |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Race in Australia: a short historical account -- 2.The Racial Discrimination Act: equality and dignity in the law -- Christos Tsiolkas: A mongrel multiculturalism -- 3.Freedom of speech and its limits: is there a right to be a bigot? -- Alice Pung: The reasonable man -- 4.Casual racism and bigotry: the many faces of prejudice and discrimination -- Maxine Beneba Clarke: Calling out casual racism -- 5.Empathy and privilege: putting yourself in another's shoes -- Bindi Cole Chocka: Thick skin -- 6.Friendship: the civic bonds of patriotism -- Benjamin Law: It's easy to make friends with white people. |
| Summary Note |
Is Australia a racist country? The question persists, in spite of our multicultural success. Race continues to be a lightning rod of public debate. Australia may be relaxed and comfortable about many things, but it remains unsettled about matters of race and culture. The Racial Discrimination Act is Australia?s first federal human rights legislation. A landmark law, the RDA has had a profound impact on race relations. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the RDA, this book provides a considered, accessible reflection on Australian racism, the limits of free speech, the moral and philosophical dimensions of bigotry, and the role of the RDA in our society?s response to discrimination. |
| Subject-Corporate Name |
Australia. -- Racial Discrimination Act, 1975 |
| Australia. -- Race Discrimination Act 1975 |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Racism -- Government policy -- Australia |
| Race discrimination -- Australia |
| Racism -- Australia |
| Freedom of speech -- Australia |
| Toleration -- Australia |
| Subject - Geographic Name |
Australia -- Race relations |
| Subject - Fiction Genre |
Australian |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Clarke, Maxine Beneba author. |
| Cole Chocka, Bindi author. |
| Law, Benjamin, 1982- author. |
| Pung, Alice author. |
| Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965- author. |
