370
Less than half the items were stereotyped, either positively
or negatively. Rather, opinion clustered at the mid-point, with
reference to the remaining eight items.
The hypothesis that this group of Aborigines would be ambivalent
in their attitudes to both Aboriginal and white society was supported.
21.6 Aboriginal typification of the self
21.61 Hypothesis '
It was hypothesized that Port Augusta High Aboriginal students
would have internalized a negative stereotype for the self, and that
Augusta Park would also have a negative stereotype, but less negative
than that of Port Augusta High.
It is possible to compare these two situations for the Aboriginal
view of the self.
21.62 . Aboriginal typification of Aboriginal self - Port Augusta,
Augusta Park
TABLE 22
Aboriginal typification of the self
Pt. Augusta, Augusta Park.
Port Augusta
Augusta. Park
(N = 10)
O,
*o
77.8
66.6
66.7
88.9
77.7
66.7
77.8
77.7
50.0
77.7
77.7
55.5
55.5
37.5
77.8
55.5
55.6
trustworthy 63.6
strong sense of right and wrong 52.4
good parents 71.4
know where they are going 80.0
good providers 71.5
care for possessions 81.0
friendly and outgoing 80.9
live and let live 61.9
know when to stop drinking 50.0
lead law abiding lives 71,4
careful with money (vs. often in debt) 66.7
speak English well 61.9
motivated to get somewhere 61.9
generous with money (vs. waste money) 57.2
clean and tidy 66.7
reliable 57.1
even tempered 42.8