Cornelius, Karen, and Cornelius-Bell, Aidan (2022) Systemic racism, a prime minister, and the remote Australian school system. Radical Teacher, 122. pp. 64-73.

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Abstract

Remote Australian schools face complex contextual issues due to systemic and enduring disadvantage. The structures and systems put in place to support and provide advantage for Indigenous Australians continually fail to meet their mark due to colonial structures, policies and inability to understand remote contextual demands. In South Australia, the context of this paper, systemic disadvantage disproportionately affects Indigenous people. This article explores the contemporary colonial landscape of a remote school context, provides background on the colonial institutions which shape the interactions and services provided to people in remote Australian areas, and provides two empirical examples of the contemporary, structural, and harmful influence of policy and political figures in a remote school. By examining the politics of being a school leader, the policy background for remote Australian schools, and the unique challenges of position both in policy and physical terms, we show how contemporary racism structures and conditions the lives of young people in remote contexts today.

Item ID:	75121
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1941-0832
Keywords:	Remote schools, Indigenous Australians, Racism, Politics, Policy implications, Ethnographic reflection
Copyright Information:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Date Deposited:	22 Jun 2022 01:11
FoR Codes:	39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390201 Education policy @ 100%
SEO Codes:	16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1602 Schools and learning environments > 160201 Equity and access to education @ 100%
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