Jamie Oliver: Children's book cut over First Nations portrayal
Source: BBC
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has pulled his new children's book from the shelves after complaints it stereotyped Indigenous Australians.The 400-page fantasy novel, Billy and the Epic Escape, features an Aboriginal girl with mystical powers living in foster care who is abducted from her home in central Australia.First Nations leaders have said the book reproduces "harmful stereotypes" and trivialises the "complex…
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