"It’s much easier today to admit you’re a Koori, there’s no barriers and no excuses. We want to see the kids get into better things. We want them to succeed in the white man’s world, but you’ve got to keep your identity otherwise you’re despised by everybody, black and white. If you’re Koori, never forget who you are. If you lose your identity, you’re in a make-believe situation and then you’re nothing." (Dennis Ingram 1987)