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

这个项目将调查种族通婚在澳大利亚和美国被视为消除土著身份的一种手段的历史时刻。这项研究将回应最近关于跨国历史的呼声，这些历史探索殖民的亲密一面。我的假设是，美国存在着大量的非裔美国人，这让美国白人相对比澳大利亚白人更担心种族隔离。我的发现将有助于正在进行的关于定居者社会中种族灭绝做法的辩论，因为我质疑关于土著同化过程的良性性质的普遍假设。

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.