Colin Tatz

Human Rights & Human Wrongs: A Life Confronting Racism Colin Tatz

Marc Notes: Born and educated in South Africa, Colin Tatz worked to expose and oppose its centuries-old apartheid regime, before leaving for what he thought would be a more enlightened nation - only to find in Australia striking parallels of the dismal universe he had just tried to escape. Here he tells his personal story and explains what has motivated him, as a researcher, writer and activist, to dedicate his life to confronting what people do to other people on the basis of their race or ethnicity. Publisher Marketing: Many domains are black and, cruelly, white. In Human Rights and Human Wrongs, Colin Tatz - a world authority on racial conflict and abuse, a key figure in Indigenous Studies in Australia, and an author of major works on genocide, Aboriginal youth suicide, and Aboriginal and Islander sporting achievements - tells his personal story. Born and educated in South Africa, Tatz worked to expose and oppose that nation's centuries-old apartheid regimes before leaving for what he thought would be a more enlightened nation, only to find in Australia striking parallels of that other dismal universe. As a researcher, writer, and activist, he has dedicated his life to confronting what people do to other's on the basis of their race or ethnicity, yet he also relates here how alienation, how his Jewishness, and how an intriguing problem with food have been propelling forces for him. Colin Tatz's story - ranging from Southern Africa to Australia, as well as New Zealand, Canada, and Israel - is an important one for all who are genuinely interested in the struggle to achieve social justice for minorities and marginalized peoples. (Series: Biography) [Subject: Autobiography, History, Australian Studies, Jewish Studies, Racial Studies, Human Rights] Contributor Bio:  Tatz, Colin Born and educated in South Africa, Colin Tatz emigrated to Australia in 1961. The author of fifteen books and holder of several prestigious academic posts, he is currently Director of the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies based at the Shalom Institute, University of New South Wales.