Noel Pearson’s education agenda

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Arena Magazine no. 143

Chris Sarra

Aug 2016

Abstract:

I have long regarded with some amusement Noel Pearson’s frequent assertions that he belongs to the ‘radical centre’. Morgan Brigg and Lyndon Murphy have recently criticised Pearson’s stance because it means he operates within the ‘dynamics of settler politics’ and is not grounded in Aboriginal difference. As such he cannot provide the basis for a true post-colonial politics.

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