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Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience, Veronica Gorrie
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- Summary
- 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 as an Aboriginal woman in the white-and-male-dominated workplace of the police force
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience
- Title
- Black and blue
- Title remainder
- a memoir of racism and resilience
- Statement of responsibility
- Veronica Gorrie
- Subject
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- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of
- All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia)
- trueAustralia
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
- trueCriminal justice system
- Gorrie, Veronica
- trueIndigenous Australians
- trueInstitutional racism
- trueLaw enforcement
- truePolice
- Police -- Australia -- Biography
- Policewomen -- Australia -- Biography
- truePsychic trauma
- trueRacism
- Racism (Australia)
- trueRacism -- Australia
- trueResilience (Personal quality)
- Sex discrimination -- Australia
- trueSexism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 as an Aboriginal woman in the white-and-male-dominated workplace of the police force
- Award
- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Victorian Prize for Literature, 2022.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10948452
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gorrie, Veronica
- Dewey number
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- 305.89915
- 363.2092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Gorrie, Veronica
- Police
- Policewomen
- Women, Aboriginal Australian
- Racism
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of
- Sex discrimination
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- a memoir of racism and resilience
- Label
- Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience, Veronica Gorrie
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068570646
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925849240
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1236030675
- Label
- Black and blue : a memoir of racism and resilience, Veronica Gorrie
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068570646
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925849240
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1236030675
Subject
- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of
- All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia)
- trueAustralia
- Biography & Memoir (Australia)
- trueCriminal justice system
- Gorrie, Veronica
- trueIndigenous Australians
- trueInstitutional racism
- trueLaw enforcement
- truePolice
- Police -- Australia -- Biography
- Policewomen -- Australia -- Biography
- truePsychic trauma
- trueRacism
- Racism (Australia)
- trueRacism -- Australia
- trueResilience (Personal quality)
- Sex discrimination -- Australia
- trueSexism
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