The name is absent

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The three items receiving the highest ratings were all concerned
with attributes commonly seen as connected with Aboriginal delinquency -
namely

often in trouble with police
drink too much
aggressive, pick fights

Students were asked to go back and select those items they
ɪ ,
considered most characteristic of Aborigines ..

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The items selected, in the main, reflected the ordering of the
stereotypes.

TABLE 7

Characteristics which best describe Aborigines - non-Aboriginal view

rank

ordering          Characteristics                 Corresponding rating

on stereotype

1.’            drink too much                           2

2.            dirty uncared for                       6

3.            aggressive, pick fights                 3

4.            waste money                             4

5.            often in trouble with police            1

6.             don’t keep jobs                          8

7.            quick tempered                           9

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8.             untrustworthy                           16

9.            poor sense of right and wrong          13

’Often in debt’, and ’don’t take care of possessions’, ranked high in
the stereotyping (5th and 7tħ respectively), were not seen as most
characteristic of Aborigines.

Conclusion

The hypothesis that negative stereotyping of Aborigines would be
found in the educational ’world^, of Aborigines_λ and that the negative
stereotypes inherent in legislation^ policy and literature would be part
of the sedimented knowledge of non-Aborigines_i was supported*

ɪln scoring the characteristics which best describe a group, a score of 5
was given to the first characteristic chosen, 4 to the second and so on. The
scores were then aggregated and ranked in order of support.

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