The name is absent

that belong to Aborigines . This has been shown to be a source
of resentment

There is also the possibility that Italians wish to distance
themselves from a depressed minority group in the community and are
therefore seen to be unfriendly to Aborigines.

Conclusion

The hypothesis that the stereotypes of Italians held by
Aborigines would be negative was not supported,
*

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20.83 Summary and conclusions

Non-Aboriginal stereotypes of Aborigines were consistently
negative. _t                                                            ’

^lγ

Aborigines also stereotyped Aborigines in general in a negative
fashion. However, on most items stereotyped negatively by Aborigines
themselves, the degree of support for negative stereotyping by non-
Aborigines was clearly greater.

We are presented with a typification for Aborigines that is
predominantly negative within their own universe of meaning, but
overwhelmingly negative on the part of mainstream society.

Thus Aborigines see the Aboriginal world as negative; mainstream
society sees it as even more negative.

₄ This overwhelming negative view must be further considered in

relation to the self-stereotyping of Aborigines in the study , and
.                                                           3

in relation to the stereotyping of non-Aborigines by Aborigines .

both cases only one item was stereotyped negatively, and the remainder
either stereotyped positively or not stereotyped at all.

ɪsee Statement 44, Schedule II, p. 379₁ 357.
2

See p. 346.

³See p. 350.

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