Summary
An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity.
As an Aboriginal Australian, Stan Grant has had to contend with his country's racist legacy all his life. Born into adversity, he found an escape route through education and the writing of James Baldwin, going on to become one of Australia's leading journalists.
As a correspondent for CNN, he travelled the world, covering conflicts everywhere, from Baghdad to North Korea. Struck by how the human spirit can endure in the face of repression, he found the experiences of individuals he met spoke to him of the undying call of family and homeland. In the stories of other dispossessed peoples, he saw that of his own.
In Tell It to the World, Grant responds to the ongoing racism that he sees around him. He writes with passion and striking candor of the anger, shame, and hardship of being an indigenous man. In frank, mesmerizing prose, Grant argues that the effects of colonialism and oppression are everyday realities that still shape our world.
Stan Grant, Jr. was born on September 30, 1963 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. He is a graduate of University of New South Wales and Australian National University. He has worked as a news presenter or host of programs for Australian Macquarie Radio Network, Seven, and ABC television networks and is a CNN New Anchor. He is also the Indigenous affairs editor for Guardian Australia and won the 2015 Walkley award for coverage of Indigenous affairs. He serves as an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. He is an author. His books include The Tears of Strangers and Talking to My Country.
(Bowker Author Biography)