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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 up_t and be_i 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.

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