Talk:William Harris (civil rights leader)

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Dispute with Daisy Bates[edit]

In 1921 Daisy Bates began making national headlines with sensational stories accusing the Aboriginal people of widespread cannibalism.^[1] Harris was one of very few people who publicly contested her allegations. In her rejoinder to a published letter by Harris disputing her views,^[2] she wrote, ‘the only good half-caste is a dead one.^[3] Harris reproached her comment as “a stigma on a small class of people whose position in the community was an unenviable one”.^[4]

^ Bates, Daisy (13 May 1921). "ABORIGINALS STILL CANNIBALS". Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW).

^ Harris, William (4 September 1921). "Proposed Aboriginal Reserve". Sunday Times (Perth WA).

^ Bates, Daisy (2 October 1921). "Aboriginal Reserves". Sunday Times, Perth WA.

^ Harris, William (8 January 1922). "TREATMENT OF HALF-CASTES, Mrs Daisy Bates Reproached". Sunday Times, Perth WA.

I've removed this material for now. The interpretive/evaluative claims require secondary sources. Lacking such sources, this likely gives undue weight to this dispute and to Bates's views in particular. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 21:54, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Bates, Daisy (13 May 1921). "ABORIGINALS STILL CANNIBALS". Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW).

[2] Harris, William (4 September 1921). "Proposed Aboriginal Reserve". Sunday Times (Perth WA).

[3] Bates, Daisy (2 October 1921). "Aboriginal Reserves". Sunday Times, Perth WA.

[4] Harris, William (8 January 1922). "TREATMENT OF HALF-CASTES, Mrs Daisy Bates Reproached". Sunday Times, Perth WA.

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