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the Aboriginal minority group will act to preserve its cohesion
by nihilating the symbolic universe of the dominant group. Conversely,
the dominant group will act to nihilate the symbolic universe of
the minority group, since it is perceived as posing a threat to
the dominant society.
Hence it was hypothesized that the more visible the Aboriginal
•world’, the more Cohesivewouldbe the view of the Aboriginal self,
the more positivewculdbe the typifications of Aborigines in
general, and the less positive the view of Australiansɪ.
It was further hypothesized that the more visible the Aboriginal
group, the more negative would be the typification of Aborigines
on the part of non-Aborigines. On a continuum, therefore, it could
be expected that the following sequence would be found.
S.A.I.T. Pt. Aug. Aug. Taperoo Salis.
High Pk. North Stone's
Aboriginal
typification
of Aborigines
in general
Aboriginal
typification
of 'Australian'
most
і
positive
least
positive
________l__________________________________J___________. t leas t
positive
___________________________________t__________, most
positive
Oon-Aboriginal
typification
of Aborigines
most
negative
N.A.
N.A.
least
negative
Aboriginal
typification
of self
most
positive
N.A. N.A. least
positive
FIGURE 7
Diagrammatic representation of Hypotheses 2.4a and 2.4b
See hypotheses, p. 47 above.