Black, White and Exempt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lives under Exemption: Edited by Lucinda Aberdeen and Jennifer Jones. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2021. Pp. 212. A$39.95 paper.

Black, White and Exempt: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lives under Exemption: Edited by Lucinda Aberdeen and Jennifer Jones. The racism ingrained in Australian popular consciousness often denied exempted Aboriginal people rental properties, a seat at the pub and participation in many other aspects of social life, despite gaining a legal right of access. Leonie Stevens' chapter documents how the Northern Territory exemption system emerged and evolved in response to political action by Aboriginal people in Darwin, supported by communists and trade unionists. [Extracted from the article]