"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In frank, mesmerising prose, Grant argues that the effects of colonialism and oppression are everyday realities that still shape our world, and that we should never grow complacent in the fight to overcome them. He writes with passion and striking candour of the anger, shame, and hardship of being an indigenous man. Stan Grant was lucky enough to find an escape route, making his way through education to become one of our leading journalists. In Talking To My Country, Grant responds to the ongoing racism that he sees around him. In the stories of other dispossessed peoples, he saw that of his own. Struck by how the human spirit can endure in the face of repression, he found the experiences of individuals he met spoke to him of the undying call of family and homeland. It is a personal contemplation on ethnicity, traditions, and nationwide character that is both profoundly thought-provoking, poignant and troubling. As a correspondent for CNN, he travelled the world, covering conflicts everywhere, from Baghdad to North Korea. Talking To My Country by Stan Grant (2016) is an individual account of an Aboriginal man residing in and navigating between two traditions in Australia. Born into adversity, he found an escape route through education and the writing of James Baldwin, going on to become one of Australia's leading journalists. As an Aboriginal Australian, Stan Grant has had to contend with his country's racist legacy all his life. An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity.
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