'All the teachers in primary school, who commented that ‘Of course you came second in cross country, Aboriginal people are really good at running fast!’. Then when I got to high school and all of my friends realised that putting in effort wasn’t cool, it was okay for them to walk the cross country without hassle but for me to do it was lazy because it’s really easy for black people to run fast, so why don’t I just do it.' (Introduction)