"It's The Everyday Things..."

4. I can rent or purchase housing in any area that I can afford.

5. I expect neighbours will be neutral or friendly to me.

8. When I watch TV and read the papers I see people of my race widely and positively represented.

11. I could as an unmarried mother in the 70's admit myself to any Queensland hospital to have a baby, confident that the child would not be taken from me because of my race.

12. I can send my children to school in unironed uniforms without it reflecting on my race.

16. I do not have to fear that the male members of my family could be put in a cell instead of an emergency ward.

23. I can find the writings of my race well represented in any bookshop; and make-up suiting my skin colour in any chemist.

24. I can get 'flesh' colour bandages which match the colour of my skin.

30. I can dress down or get drunk in public without reinforcing negative stereotypes about my race.

41. When I win a job or a scholarship, I am not suspected of doing so because of my race rather than my merit.

p. 34-36 Bringing Australia Together,

Jennifer Tannoch-Bland