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Jamie Oliver's children's book withdrawn after criticism from Indigenous Australians over racist stereotyping
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Jamie Oliver's children's book "Billy And The Epic Escape" was criticized by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation for causing offense to Indigenous Australians. The group criticized a subplot in the book for contributing to the erasure, trivialization, and stereotyping of First Nations peoples and experiences. Jamie Oliver has since pulled the book from shops and apologized, taking responsibility for failing to conduct sufficient sensitivity checks.
With that in mind, we have agreed with our author, Jamie Oliver, that we will be withdrawing the book from sale.
It is clear that our publishing standards fell short on this occasion, and we must learn from that and take decisive action.
It was never my intention to misinterpret this deeply painful issue.
Together with my publishers we have decided to withdraw the book from sale.
It perpetuates a racist stereotype that has been used to justify child removals for over a century.
This portrayal is not only offensive but also reinforces damaging biases.
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- 1.CNN
- 2.The Times
- 3.CTV News
- 4.Guardian
- 5.Sunday Times