Racism by Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Contents
Poetry
Racism
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Stalking the corridors of life,
Black, frustrated minds
Scream for release
From Christian racist moulds.
Moulds that enslave
Black independence.
Take care! White racists!
Black can be racists too.
A violent struggle could erupt
And racists meet their death.
Colour, the gift of nature
To mankind,
Is now the contentions bone,
And black-white hatred sustains itself
on the rotting, putrid flesh
That once was man. [1]
Author
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (/ˈʊdɡəruː ˈnuːnəkəl/ UUD-gə-roo NOO-nə-kəl; born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska was an original Anglo-Australian, her father was a Quandamookarom, the Noonuccal Clan, while her mother was of the Peewee clan from inland Australia. She was born on November 3rd, 1920, Australia and also well known as Kath Walker, an Aboriginal Australian writer, political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights. As an Aboriginal woman, Noonuccal has a strong connection to her sand and water Country and also her heritage and culture. Her first book to be published is poetry, We Are Going (1964). [2] [3] [4]