Racism
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: 5 things I’ve learned curating the MLK Collection at Morehouse College
Few archives of historical papers compare with the importance of the Morehouse King Collection. Vicki Crawford The Conversation Aside from…
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The late poet and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, becomes first African American woman to appear on a US quarter dollar coin
As an author and civil rights activist, Angelou is the first in a group of women who will appear on…
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” Aram Goudsouzian The Conversation “He has carved for himself an imperishable niche…
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Multiracism: why we need to pay attention to the world’s many racisms
The word “racism” has been taken up by Yazidis in Syria, Uyghurs in China, and Papuans in Indonesia and used…
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Obituary: South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, was one of South Africa’s most important Nobel Laureates and a tireless…
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Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people
There are estimates. In 2019, 8,162 Indigenous youth and 2,285 Indigenous adults were reported missing to the National Crime Information Center, or…
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New move by Australian sporting codes to combat spectator racism
Major Australian sporting codes have endorsed guidelines released by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to curb issues of spectator…
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The fight for Sarah Baartman
It took a president’s lobbying and the fight of her people to finally lay her to rest. Anna Kelsey –…
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No Room For Decency
It is as much about the frenzy that follows the gasping anticipation as a beautifully struck free-kick curls into the…
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As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the ‘two-ness’ of the African American experience
The former secretary of state – who died on Oct. 18, 2021 at 84 as a result of COVID-19 complications – was…
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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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Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence in Slovakia
September 9 is marked as Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence in the Slovak Republic. The date of…
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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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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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