The Woke Face of Cooking, By James Reed
Cooking gurus Jamie Oliver's book Billy and the Epic Escape has caused a woke stir, because the book allegedly offends "First Nation" that is, Aboriginal people. Really? How many outback Aboriginals were offended? Anyway, the book has a segment about an Aboriginal girl living in foster care in an indigenous community near Alice springs, who gets abducted by the bad guy. But this was said to be contributing to the "erasure, trivialisation, and stereotyping of First Nations peoples and experiences".
"I am devastated to hear I have caused offence and wholly apologise for doing so," Oliver said.
"I am listening and reflecting and working closely with my publisher on next steps."
But the book was seen to be in need of banning by some critics, and for many it "ignores the violent oppression of First Nations people, raising serious concerns about the cultural safety of First Nations readers – especially young people".
"There is no space in Australian publishing (or elsewhere) for our stories to be told through a colonial lens."
Dr Anita Heiss
In short, White authors must therefore ignore such stories and keep to stories about their own people. There, everyone happy! Next edition just delete the Aboriginal references to avoid "colonialism."
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