Colin Tatz Libros

Exploring the ongoing relevance of genocide, this collection of fourteen essays by Australian scholars addresses the complexities of historical and contemporary atrocities. It delves into the roles of bureaucracies, healing professions, and religious institutions in facilitating these crimes. The essays also discuss the quest for justice post-Nuremberg, the plight of children during the Nazi and postwar periods, and the perceived value of various ethnic groups in Europe. Additionally, the book emphasizes the importance of recognizing early warning signs to prevent future genocides.

Defining genocide and differentiating it from mass murder and war crimes, this book explores the historical and contemporary significance of this atrocity. It provides insights into the scale of genocide throughout human history, helping readers comprehend its impact and recognize emerging cases. Through a thorough examination, the text aims to enhance awareness and understanding of this critical issue in human civilization.

The book confronts the uncomfortable truth of Australia's colonial past, revealing how even well-intentioned individuals can participate in acts of genocide against indigenous populations. It explores the forced removal of children and the incarceration of Aboriginal people on reserves, highlighting the severe physical and mental harm inflicted upon them. By examining the denial of their humanity and the systemic efforts to erase their existence, it challenges the narrative of Australia as a moral society, prompting reflection on historical injustices.

Racism crushes bodies and souls. In Human Rights and Human Wrongs Colin Tatz – a world authority on racial conflict and abuse, a key figure in Aboriginal Studies in Australia and an author of major works on genocide, Aboriginal youth suicide, and Aboriginal and Islander sporting achievements – tells his personal story. Born and educated in South Africa, Tatz worked to expose and oppose that nation’s centuries-old apartheid regimes before leaving for what he thought would be a more enlightened nation, only to find in Australia striking parallels of that other dismal universe. As a researcher, writer and activist he has dedicated his life to confronting what people do to other people on the basis of their race or ethnicity. Here he also relates how alienation, his Jewishness and an intriguing problem with food have been, for him, propelling forces. Tatz’s story, ranging from Southern Africa to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Israel, is an important one for anyone genuinely interested in the struggle to achieve social justice for minorities and marginalised peoples.

Evonne Goolagong, Cathy Freeman, Nova Peris, Lionel Rose, Artie Beetson and Polly Farmer are just a few of our Australian sporting heroes who, since the mid-1880s, have helped shape Australia's identity as a great sporting nation. They, along with 261 other individual sporting greats, are showcased here in this new edition of the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame. Spanning 36 sports across a period of 166 years, Black Pearls presents some of our Olympic heroes, superb sportswomen, football giants, boxing legends, lightning sprinters and more - from darts champions to world class weightlifters and woodchoppers. Black Pearls is more than a sports book. It reveals a history of inclusion and exclusion, about Aboriginal determination in the face of enormous obstacles, and resilience in overcoming remoteness, discriminatory laws, incarceration on isolated reserves, and opponents in a variety of sports arenas.