The N Word: One Man’s Stand
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The N Word: One Man's Stand is an autobiography of the author, Aboriginal
activist Stephen Hagan
, and it is also an account of his fight to have the word "Nigger
" removed from a sign at the Toowoomba sports oval.
The "The E. S. 'Nigger' Brown Stand" was so named in 1960 to honour the rugby league
player Edwin Stanley Brown (1898–1972) as a distinguished local sportsman. The government at the time, the Howard Government, would reject decision by the United Nations
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
in Hagan v Australia to remove the sign. The book has also gives an account of Hagan's own conflicts with Aboriginal powerbrokers, initially over his resistance to nepotism and lack of accountability and later in relation to the "Nigger" sign. He gives his account of an irregularly called "community meeting", the assistance he provided to Aboriginal people and groups that were not assisted by the publicly-funded Aboriginal bodies. Also included is an account of his clash with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
's deputy chair Sugar Ray Robinson
.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
activist Stephen Hagan
Stephen Hagan
Stephen Hagan is an Australian author, activist and campaigner against racism. He is also a newspaper editor, documentary maker, university lecturer and former diplomat....
, and it is also an account of his fight to have the word "Nigger
Nigger
Nigger is a noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a pejorative context to refer to black people , and also as an informal slang term, among other contexts. It is a common ethnic slur...
" removed from a sign at the Toowoomba sports oval.
The "The E. S. 'Nigger' Brown Stand" was so named in 1960 to honour the rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player Edwin Stanley Brown (1898–1972) as a distinguished local sportsman. The government at the time, the Howard Government, would reject decision by the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a United Nations convention. A second-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races...
in Hagan v Australia to remove the sign. The book has also gives an account of Hagan's own conflicts with Aboriginal powerbrokers, initially over his resistance to nepotism and lack of accountability and later in relation to the "Nigger" sign. He gives his account of an irregularly called "community meeting", the assistance he provided to Aboriginal people and groups that were not assisted by the publicly-funded Aboriginal bodies. Also included is an account of his clash with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission was the Australian Government body through which Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders were formally involved in the processes of government affecting their lives...
's deputy chair Sugar Ray Robinson
Ray Robinson (ATSIC Deputy Chairperson)
Ray 'Sugar Ray' Robinson was a Deputy Chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission from 1996 to 2003.He resigned at a time when ATSIC was under enhanced scrutiny by the Howard Government, then in its third term...
.