Racial Discrimination, Conflict, and Resistance in Jack Davis’ ”White Fantasy – Black Fact” and No Sugar Anonymous College

Jack Davis was a poet, playwright, and Indigenous Activist in the 20th century. He was also the member of the Aboriginal Advancement Council, which clearly shows his devotion towards Indigenous matters. He is also considered to be the “grandfather of Aboriginal literature” (National Museum of Australia). His figure and works are both important part of Australian literature, as he represented the voiceless Indigenous people. He was also politically active; he cared for the education of Aborigines as well. With his works he added meaningful analyses to topics that were missing from the conversations in connection with Indigenous Australians. Not to mention that he also added a new point of view to how white people perceive Aborigines. In “White Fantasy – Black Fact”, both racial and economic discrimination are portrayed from a white and a Black perspective, too. The narrative style of the short fiction refers to its very title: it wants to depict that a white fantasy is totally different from Black reality. Next to the topic of discrimination, No Sugar concentrates on the question of assimilation and resistance, too. Based on this, in this essay, I analyze the repressed conflict that exists between whites and Aborigines while...