Indigenous Australians staging acts of cultural defiance through debutante balls | 7.30

Years before the Black Lives Matter protests, Indigenous communities in Australia were staging their own acts of cultural defiance in a surprising way – through debutante balls. The age-old tradition is explored by writer and actor Nakkiah Lui and actor Miranda Tapsell in a new Audible Original podcast. It’s called Debutante: Race, Resistance and Girl Power.

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