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Included, but still marginalised: Indigenous voices still missing in media stories on Indigenous affairs
Since the British invasion of Gadigal land at Sydney Cove in 1788, race relations in Australia have been underscored by what Wiradjuri writer Jack Gibson describes as the “supremeness of whiteness”.
Narratives of Indigenous inferiority and deficiency, combined with paternalistic policies, have produced a cultural climate where non-Indigenous voices have often dominated debate on matters of concern and importance to Indigenous communities.
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- The Conversation
However, in recent years, Indigenous journalists and storytellers …