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Title: A blatant exploitation of the very people she sanctifies
Review: I believe in free speech, but this book is a terrible abuse of that principle. The author is getting very rich from sales of this book, while the Aborigines she purports to admire have their wishes ignored.The local Aborigines deny ever seeing her, and say that she has grossly misrepresented their culture. It is just another form of cultural imperialism dressed up in New Age language.The author has ignored the wishes of the local Aboriginal people, who have repeatedly asked her to retract her statements. She blithely continues her best-selling run, apparently without a care in the world for her subjects.I don't agree with censorship, but this would be one book that deserves to be left off the shelves. That amazon.com is *promoting* this book in its Spotlight is a great disappointment to me.
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