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#IndigenousDads and their children take to Twitter over Bill Leak cartoon | Australia news | The Guardian

8.8.16

#IndigenousDads and their children take to Twitter over Bill Leak cartoon | Australia news | The Guardian: In a piece written for Guardian Australia in May, Griffen wrote; “I wanted to create an Aboriginal superhero that [my son] could connect with, no matter what others said. I wanted a character that would empower him to stand and fight when presented with racism.

“Just like the old dreaming stories, Cleverman would be able to teach moral lessons; not only for my son, not just for Aboriginal people, but for many more out there as well.”

Quandamooka woman and Queensland MP, Leeanne Enoch, tweeted that her father was a “hardworking, supportive, generous man”.


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