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Racism at work: a call to anti-racist action for Australian organisations
On March 21 2022 the world commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In Australia, we celebrated Harmony Day instead.
This is one of the greatest indicators of our continuing reluctance to talk about racism, and the silencing of meaningful conversations about it.
- Peter Anderson
- The Conversation
Instead, we prefer race-neutral language such as “harmony”, “cultural diversity” and “cohesion”, and speak in ways that are celebratory and tokenistic.
Not surprisingly, this silencing of discussions of racism is reflected in our workplaces.
Diversity Council Australia’s (DCA…