Week 09: Othering

The article titled, 'Whiteness Epistemology and Indigenous Representation,' puts forward the idea that knowledge is white. According to this article, western society is responsible for the creation of knowledge. This article draws on the white dominance in the world as a majority whom do not see ourselves as different to one another and that our beliefs are taken for granted over others not of a pale skin complexion. This idea therefore positions those beliefs of the minority such as Aborigines to be irrelevant to our world and not a necessity or requirement for western society to consider adapting. Despite the culture established by the Aboriginal communities, it is not influential for western culture to put into practice. The statement, 'whites are not a certain race, they are a human race' suggests that the superior race of the world is of caucasian appearance and if you are of caucasian appearance classifying the outliers as objects 'as the known' (Moreton-Robinson 2004, p.75)

Bibliography

Moreton-Robinson, A., 2004, ‘Whiteness, Epistemology and Indigenous Representation’ in Whitening Race: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, pp. 75-88.