The Hate Race is Maxine Beneba Clarke’s memoir of growing up black in a white, middle-class Australian suburb in the 1980s and 1990s. It’s an enjoyable, rollicking tale of happy childhood memories peppered with shocking jolts of ingrained racism and unchecked bullying. It’s always fun to read a childhood memoir by someone who grew up […]
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5 primary school memories I found in a box
When an extra bedroom and more living space was added to our 3-bedroom house in around 1986 my Mum insisted on tacking on a storeroom. The builders were baffled. You must understand – this was before storage areas were standard, before walk-in wardrobes were even a thing. Mum got her way and we got a small […]
