379
22,25 Aborigines in a'multi-cultural Australia
The following StateinentSjtouching on the location of Aborigines
- *
in mainstream society,were culled from interviews.
TABLE 26
Schedule II ’theorizing’ statements relating to the location
of Aborigines in the Australian ’world' - comparison of non-
Aboriginal institutional responses.
Statement
Sails.
High
(N= 64)
G,
Taperoo
(N=91)
ft.
Augusta
Park
(N=56)
ft,
zO
Pt. Aug.
High
(N=78)
ft
Sll I think Aborigines should
try to be white (disagree)
19. I think Aborigines should
merge into the general
population (agree)
31. I think Aborigines should
form strong groups to get
somewhere (agree)
59. I think Australian people
show discrimination when
they employ people. They
would rather not employ
Aborigines (agree)
44. Seeing Aborigines were
here long before migrants,
they ought to get jobs
before migrants (agree)
76.2 69.6 67.9
65.6 50.6 37.0
57.3 53.4 22.7
75.4 61.8 52.7
50.0 43.3 15.4
69.7
I
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I
ι
36.0 t
*i
1
к
I
4
F
29.3 ■
1I
I
52.7
27.3
The expressions ’I’ve tried to be white' or 'They aren't white,
they never will be’, are often heard from older Aboriginal people.