Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience [Paperback]
Gorrie, Veronica2021
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Click and Collect for Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience [Paperback]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 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 as an Aboriginal woman 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.
Main title:
Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience [Paperback] / Veronica Gorrie.
Author:
Gorrie, Veronica, author
Edition:
Australian edition.
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2021.©2021
Collation:
243 pages ; 24 cm.
Awards:
Winner of the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Literature Winner of the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
ISBN:
978192584924097819258492409781925849240
Dewey class:
305.89915092305.899
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
394143
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 305.899 GOR | Available |
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