The name is absent

20.72 (iii) Non-Aborigines stereotype ltaliansɪ

The question is posed as to whether the negative stereotyping of
Aborigines reflects a rejection of Aborigines in particular, or
whether this is merely part of a syndrome through which the ‘worlds’
of all strangers, those outside mainstream society, are nihilated.

Non-Aborigines were asked to stereotype Italians on the same-
items as Aborigines and to cite those items most characteristic of Italians.

TABLE 10

Non-Aborigines stereotype Italians N = 289

Rank
ordering

ɪ,tem stereotyped

∣⅛⅝ a—            ∣  ∣  ■ mi II ⅝mm            .......... II _l∣       ⅛_l

3.

4.

5.

6.

*

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

82.8

'   66.8

65.7

61.9

61.2

60.8

59.7

58.1

50.1

42.8

36.6

• don’t speak proper English

care for possessions

good parents

good providers

quick tempered           ʌ

careful with money

know where they are going
motivated to get somewhere
clean and tidy

strong sense of right and wrong
untrustworthy

The following Table shows those attributes thought by non-Aborigines
to be most characteristic of Italians.

TABLE 11

Characteristics which best describe Italians - non-Aboriginal view

Rank                                           Corresponding rating

Ordering         Characteristic             . on stereotype

1,            don’t speak English properly            1

2.            good parents                             3

3,             quick tempered                           5

4.            good providers                           4

5.             careful with money                     . 6

*None of the schools surveyed had a high proportion of Italian students.