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Ash Barty talks about the moment he found out he had Native American heritage<!-- wp:html --><div></div> <div> <h2>Ash Barty on the moment he found out he had Native American heritage: ‘I’ve tasted the bitter edge of racism’</h2> <p class="author-section byline-plain">By Dan Cancian for Daily Mail Australia </p> <p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> 10:23, October 30, 2022 </span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> 10:52, October 30, 2022 </span> </p> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/gb/sport/tennis/article/other/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]>>--> <!– <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]>>--> <!–<!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]>>--> <!– <!--[if IE 8]>--></p> <p> <!--[if IE 9]>--></p> <p> <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!–</p> <p> <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. 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I would become a Tennis Australia First Nations Ambassador and then find a stooge who questions my heritage.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Barty, who retired from tennis in March, saw the insults and abuse as evidence that much work remains to be done to educate people about the importance of Australia’s indigenous heritage. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“There was no need for us to talk about it at the moment, but it was certainly something that confused me a bit as to why someone would criticize something that is so personal to me,” the three-time Grand Slam winner said. <a target="_blank" class="class" href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/tennis/ash-barty-book-retired-tennis-great-on-discovering-her-indigenous-heritage/news-story/323cbefb305f544abd6b584f7cd4a511" rel="noopener">NewsCorp</a>.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“Looking back now, it’s about education and giving people the tools to understand each other and appreciate what came before us.”</p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Barty’s memoir, My Dream Time, will be published on November 2.</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In her book, the former World No.1 describes her visit to Central Australia as “the most important trip I’ve ever made”. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The trip convinced Barty that her future lies in helping First Nations youth in Australia.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">‘Going to Central Australia and connecting with who I am and where I come from was really powerful. I didn’t know I would feel that until I got there,” he told NewsCorp.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“If anything, he has assured me that the way I want to go in the future is to try to help First Nations youth across the country.” </p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">In his memoir, Barty reveals that his future lies in helping First Nations youth in Australia.</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In her memoir, the 26-year-old revealed that she would not have been aware of her heritage without her father, Rob.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">When he was 13, a cousin told Rob that he had indigenous heritage, something his parents denied, insisting the family had links to Maori in New Zealand.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Undeterred, Rob traced his family history and discovered that his great-grandmother Nancy was an indigenous Australian who married a white man.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">She told the story to Barty and her two sisters when the former tennis champion was seven years old and since then they have all had their names registered as part of the Ngarigu Nation.</p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Barty retired in March, just two months after winning the Australian Open (above)</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In the book, Barty admitted that his grandparents weren’t ready to discuss his father’s heritage with him.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“It was not a conversation his parents could have with him,” he wrote.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“For his parents, Aboriginal ancestry was something to be ashamed of and not something to be curious about.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">My Dream Time: A Memoir Of Tennis & Teamwork by Ash Barty will be published on November 2.</span></p> </div> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/gb/sport/tennis/article/other/inread_player.html --></p> <div class="column-content cleared"> <div class="shareArticles"> <h3 class="social-links-title">Share or comment on this article: </h3> </div> </div> </div><!-- /wp:html -->

Ash Barty on the moment he found out he had Native American heritage: ‘I’ve tasted the bitter edge of racism’

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Ashleigh Barty admitted to having tasted the “bitter edge of racism” due to her indigenous heritage and revealed that she may never have found out about her background had it not been for her father’s dedication.

In her new autobiography My Dream Time, to be published on November 2, the former tennis great lifted the lid. on her journey to discover her heritage and the vile abuse that came with it.

“I have seen glimpses and tasted the slightest bitter edge of racism,” Barty wrote.

Ashleigh Barty revealed that she discovered her indigenous heritage at the age of seven.

‘It would win a Deadly Award but be vilified online. I would become a Tennis Australia First Nations Ambassador and then find a stooge who questions my heritage.

Barty, who retired from tennis in March, saw the insults and abuse as evidence that much work remains to be done to educate people about the importance of Australia’s indigenous heritage.

“There was no need for us to talk about it at the moment, but it was certainly something that confused me a bit as to why someone would criticize something that is so personal to me,” the three-time Grand Slam winner said. NewsCorp.

“Looking back now, it’s about education and giving people the tools to understand each other and appreciate what came before us.”

Barty’s memoir, My Dream Time, will be published on November 2.

In her book, the former World No.1 describes her visit to Central Australia as “the most important trip I’ve ever made”.

The trip convinced Barty that her future lies in helping First Nations youth in Australia.

‘Going to Central Australia and connecting with who I am and where I come from was really powerful. I didn’t know I would feel that until I got there,” he told NewsCorp.

“If anything, he has assured me that the way I want to go in the future is to try to help First Nations youth across the country.”

In his memoir, Barty reveals that his future lies in helping First Nations youth in Australia.

In her memoir, the 26-year-old revealed that she would not have been aware of her heritage without her father, Rob.

When he was 13, a cousin told Rob that he had indigenous heritage, something his parents denied, insisting the family had links to Maori in New Zealand.

Undeterred, Rob traced his family history and discovered that his great-grandmother Nancy was an indigenous Australian who married a white man.

She told the story to Barty and her two sisters when the former tennis champion was seven years old and since then they have all had their names registered as part of the Ngarigu Nation.

Barty retired in March, just two months after winning the Australian Open (above)

In the book, Barty admitted that his grandparents weren’t ready to discuss his father’s heritage with him.

“It was not a conversation his parents could have with him,” he wrote.

“For his parents, Aboriginal ancestry was something to be ashamed of and not something to be curious about.”

My Dream Time: A Memoir Of Tennis & Teamwork by Ash Barty will be published on November 2.

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