Overview

This monograph reports on research undertaken in the 1970s on the racial attitudes of student teachers to Aborigines. Rewritten in a form accessible to lay readers and academics alike, and presenting the personal experiences and observations which led to its undertaking, it is much more than an artefact of its time. It remains as a 'benchmark' against which to measure changes and progress on what continues to be one of the most enduring and intractable problems facing contemporary Australian society.

John Knight, Editor, Post Pressed.

Clarrie Diefenbach in the 1980s pioneered reforms that led to major program changes at what was arguably becoming Australia's foremost Faculty of Education. He and Mike Williams worked closely to establish an indigenous program presence... I'm so glad he's back and on record about what happened, and I hope that students, teachers and community readers will become more alert to some of the issues, because they are as relevant today as they were then.

Paul Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, Sunshine Coast University.

Clarrie was a trailblazer in bringing to the attention of academics and would be educators the complex problems that Aboriginal people confronted in a racist society. He did this in very tangible ways that made a difference that is still noticeable in the education sector.

Peter Meadmore, Faculty of Education, Qld University of Technology.