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Why isn’t my professor Aboriginal?

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  • Mark Jones
  • Pauline Stanton

    (School of Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)

  • Mark Rose

    (Pro Vice Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Innovation, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia)

Abstract

This article focuses on the lived experience of a Karajarri Yawuru, First Peoples Doctoral candidate and his interactions with the Academy. This article draws on three vignettes and highlights first, racism that questions First Peoples’ academic expertise and knowledge, second, racism that dismisses and demeans First Peoples’ lived experience and third, racism that instrumentalises First Peoples’ academics. We argue that despite the aspirational strategies and good intentions of Australian universities, the deeply embedded and pervasive nature of colonisation and institutional whiteness has to be identified and challenged in order for First Peoples to take their rightful place in the Academy. JEL Classification: J15, J71, M14, Z13

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  • Mark Jones & Pauline Stanton & Mark Rose, 2024. "Why isn’t my professor Aboriginal?," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 49(1), pages 101-115, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ausman:v:49:y:2024:i:1:p:101-115
    DOI: 10.1177/03128962231160395
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    Keywords

    Academy; Australian universities; First Peoples; Indigenous; racism; whiteness;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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