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The stereotype of the Aboriginal self in the literature is
one of an Aborigine as a person who is
proud to be black
proud to be of Aboriginal ancestry
committed to fighting for personal survival
committed to helping Aborigines help themselves
committed to establishing a power base
where Aborigines come together united
where Aborigines can get upt and bei and do the
things they want to
where there is encouragement of self-determination
where there is encouragement of black culture
where there is a re-learning and re-in statement of
black culture to promote the search for Aboriginal
identity.
In order to nap the different ’selves’ which Aborigines
conceptualize, it is necessary to seek to establish those
typifications the individual accepts for his ’world’ and accepts
for himself, from those offered by the ’world’ with which he
interacts.
It is from the writings referred to above and from personal
interviews undertaken to give meaning to the problem posed by
Aboriginal people, that lists of characteristics (Schedule I)
were drawn up.