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Leesa Watego

The cover of Reconcile This: An IndigenousX Anthology

Guess There’s No Parenting Manual for That

Leesa Watego, Reconcile This: An IndigenousX Anthology, 2021

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This version of Aboriginality is perpetuated as a way to finally root it out and get rid of it. Their version of Aboriginality has to run out or to end one day—each generation gets fairer, each generation gets more educated. Eventually, there will be no Aboriginality at all. The past month of writing about Aboriginality in the mainstream press has illustrated the ability of White people to invade, hijack and recreate the story of Aboriginality, just the way the three pigs where able to invade and recreate the story of the wolf.

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