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Dispute with Daisy Bates

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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]

  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.

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]