Multiculturalism
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Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the…
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The School That Tried to End Racism aims high, but risks reinforcing race’s power
Are we marked at birth, trapped in a world where colour seals our fate? The ABC tried to answer those…
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What it’s like growing up biracial when your family doesn’t look like you
The first time it happened was when I was seven. Hannah Laxton-Koonce ABC Everyday It was my first overseas trip…
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Montenegro police break up protest over new Orthodox leader
Police fired tear gas at the protesters gathered on the main square, about 100 meters from a 15th-century monastery where…
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‘Good people can do bad things unconsciously’: NFPs urged to reflect on racism and implicit bias
Phoebe Mwanza is the director of Hueman Equity Consulting and the manager of diversity, inclusion and wellbeing at Amnesty International…
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Wisconsin mosques prepare to welcome Afghan refugees into community
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – After two decades, the war in Afghanistan ended Monday as the final U-S flight left the…
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Hagia Sophia: Chronicle of a death foretold
In 2016, the reading of the Quran inside Hagia Sophia and the gathering of worshippers in the surrounding area was…
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Joséphine Baker to be first black woman to enter France’s Panthéon
The government says Baker will be inducted into the monument in November. BBC The Panthéon is a burial place for…
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Classical patricide
Should the formal study of Greece and Rome die—or be killed off? Victor Davis Hanson The New Criterion Some classicists…
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Polish law on property stolen by Nazis angers Israel
Israel has recalled its diplomatic envoy to Warsaw over the changes, branding the law “anti-Semitic”. BBC The legislation relates to…
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Racism and the lesson that is never learnt
We’re all so educated. We’re over-educated. Perhaps we’re over education. Greg Baum The Sydney Morning Herald Listen to Taylor Walker in…
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America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever
“Our analysis of the 2020 Census results show that the US population is much more multiracial, and more racially and…
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A Hindu married a Muslim for love. Her parents called the police
A Sikh by birth, Bali converted to Islam to marry a Muslim man, Shahid Nazir Bhat. Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall…
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Companies can ban headscarves at work, top EU court rules
Private companies can prohibit employees from wearing headscarves at work, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday. Liv Klingert Politico…
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Nyadol Nyuon uses National Press Club speech to denounce racism, launch survey on refugee women
The chair of Harmony Alliance, a women’s advocacy group, made the remarks at the launch of a new survey of…
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Refugees have fled to Australia seeking a better life, but many are in limbo
But instead, she says she’s been constantly treated like a number, not a person. Shamsiya Hussainpoor ABC News “I’ve been…
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