The name is absent

455

Hypothesis 1.2 (p. 42)

The hypothesis that Aboriginal people would be seen to be named
by the dominant mainstream society was supported for urban people.
*

The hypothesis that this naming would reveal a lack of Aboriginal
autonomy was supported for urban people.

The hypothesis that the process of naming created a situation
disposing the people towards identity-diffusion was supported.
♦

Hypothesis 1.3 (p. 45)

The hypothesis that Aboriginal people would construct different
models of Aboriginal worlds was supported.

Hypothesis 1.4(a) Cp. 45)

The hypothesis that reality definers in different school/'
educational systems would theorize differently about Aboriginal identity
for their students was supported.

Hypothesis 1.4(b) p. 45

The hypothesis that Aboriginal students would theorize negatively
about the world of education was not supported.

26.22 Area IIɪ: Interaction between social structure and the 'worlds'
in which Aboriginal people find their identity

The study has shown that

* Non-Aboriginal students in the study have interacted
with the pre-1967 sedimented typifications of Aborigines
to produce negative typifications of Aborigines (p. 338).

* The more visible the Aboriginal group, and the more
overt the theorizing supporting them, the more support
■№

was given for negative typifications on the part of non-
Aborigines (p. 359).
+

¹See pp. 44ff. for a description of the theoretical background
for this section.

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