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Government, is not only of the skin, but of the mind.
It has been argued above that the problem has its origins
in ’colour of the mind’ of white people, who constructed negative
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stereotypes, which were reinforced by negative attitudes and negative
theorizing in order to achieve the nihilation of the Aboriginal
world.
Rowley (1971) comments that it is hard for a Government to
admit that the Aboriginal plight has been caused by racist policy.
However, he argues that such an admission is implicit in a political
readjustment.
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Having made the native people despicable it was easy
and convenient to despise them.