Whitewashing: Miscegenation, Assimilation and Genocide in the United States and Australia, 1860s-1960s

这个项目将调查在澳大利亚和美国，当通婚被视为消除土著身份的一种手段时的历史时刻。这项研究将回应最近对探索殖民的亲密方面的跨国历史的呼吁。我的假设是，美国有大量的非裔美国人，这使得美国白人比澳大利亚白人更担心异族通婚。我的发现将通过质疑关于土著同化过程的良性本质的普遍假设，为正在进行的关于定居者社会中种族灭绝行为的辩论做出贡献。

This project will investigate historical moments when miscegenation was seen as a means of removing indigenous identity in Australia and the United States. This research will answer recent calls for transnational histories which explore the intimate side of colonisation. My hypothesis is that the presence of a large population of African American people in the United States made white Americans comparatively more apprehensive about miscegenation than white Australians. My findings will contribute to ongoing debates about genocidal practice in settler societies by questioning prevailing assumptions about the benign nature of the process of indigenous assimilation.