Is That You Ruthie Analysis
The 1999 autobiographical account ‘Is that you, Ruthie?’ by Ruth Hegarty provides an insightful portrayal of how the myths that had been perpetuated by British Colonists impacted on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on Reserves.
The myriad of myths attributed to Indigenous Australians were generated by the invasion of the Australian Continent by British Colonialists in 1770. The Europeans brought with them long held supremacist ideologies that were based on the belief of Eurocentrism and ethnocentrism or white supremacy (Hollingsworth 2006:68). Consequently, myths developed about the inevitability of a dying race based on the ‘biological and cultural inferiority’ of the Indigenous Australians (Hollingsworth 2006, p.35,). Furthermore,
The myriad of myths attributed to Indigenous Australians were generated by the invasion of the Australian Continent by British Colonialists in 1770. The Europeans brought with them long held supremacist ideologies that were based on the belief of Eurocentrism and ethnocentrism or white supremacy (Hollingsworth 2006:68). Consequently, myths developed about the inevitability of a dying race based on the ‘biological and cultural inferiority’ of the Indigenous Australians (Hollingsworth 2006, p.35,). Furthermore,