Warren Mundine 's raw, personal success story shines a bright and inspiring light on the struggle of Australia 's indigenous people in a white world.
Today Warren 's curriculum vitae runs into pages of honours, appointments and awards. So it 's extraordinary to consider that, as an Aboriginal boy in the 1950s, Warren was a second class citizen of Australia, born in a world of segregation that few Australians today are truly aware of. One of 11 children in a poor Catholic family, it 's been a remarkable journey for Warren from his early life in country NSW, where he had only one pair of shoes and shared a single bed with 3 of his brothers, to his life today where he frequents the highest echelons of power and business and is widely regarded as one of Australia 's national treasures.
Warren is a man who, for his entire life, has been fighting against racism and discrimination. He is one of Australia 's most recognised, respected and revered activists and agents for improving his people 's standing. No Aboriginal leader has risen as high in public esteem as Warren Mundine. While most Australian politicians, white and black, have for decades been demanding more and more money be doled out on Aboriginal welfare and social engineering, while at the same time the gap stubbornly refuses to close, Warren argues this is the wrong course. He advocates for engaging
his people in business and infrastructure development, for them to be accepted as an integral part of a modern society.
The most controversial and energetic of all Aboriginal leaders, Warren Mundine has lived a life few would dream possible. From traditional ceremony in outback Australia to sitting at the table with world leaders and telling them precisely what he thinks the solutions are for our nation, Warren is the most engaging personality in today 's political spectrum, a man who never, ever, holds back from telling those in power precisely what they should - or shouldn 't - be doing. Many have written - kindly and abusively - about Warren, but now, for the first time, Warren Mundine brings his own life into vivid perspective, telling behind-the-scenes stories of racism, hardship as well what really goes on inside the closed rooms of Australia 's political machine men.
