Black and Blue: a memoir of racism and resilience
- ISBN-10
- 1925938816
- ISBN-13
- 9781925938814
- Series
- Black and Blue
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 203
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-03-30
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Author
- Veronica Gorrie
Description
WINNER OF THE 2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S PRIZE FOR LITERATURE WINNER OF THE 2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR INDIGENOUS WRITING SHORTLISTED FOR THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NONFICTION The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force. A proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply compromised law-enforcement system, Gorrie signed up for training to become one of a rare few Aboriginal police officers in Australia. In her ten years in the force, she witnessed appalling institutional racism and sexism, and fought past those things to provide courageous and compassionate service to civilians in need, many Aboriginal themselves. With a great gift for storytelling and a wicked sense of humour, Gorrie frankly and movingly explores the impact of racism on her family and her life, the impact of intergenerational trauma resulting from cultural dispossession, and the inevitable difficulties of making her way in the white- and male-dominated workplace of the police force. Black and Blue is a memoir of remarkable fortitude and resilience, told with wit, wisdom, and great heart.
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Other editions
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- 2018-10
- - pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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- 2018-09-25
- 256 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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