The Australian First Nations community has called on TV chef Jamie Oliver to withdraw his children’s book from sale, saying it contains “harmful stereotypes of First Nations people and their experiences”.
The British TV chef and author has apologized for offending Indigenous Australians with his children’s book Billy and the Epic Escape.
The Guardian A newspaper reported that the book’s subplot revolves around a young First Nations girl living in a foster home in an Aboriginal community near Alice Springs that is stolen by the book’s villain.
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Foundation (Natsiec) called the story “harmful and disrespectful” and accused Oliver of contributing to the “erasure, minimization, and portrayal of First Nations peoples and experiences. They called for the book to be withdrawn.
Oliver said. Guardian He was “devastated” by the offense he caused and issued an apology, as did his publishers Penguin House Random House UK (PRH UK). However, they have not yet committed to withdrawing the book from sale.
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