Racism
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Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article may contain images of deceased people. The Conversation It contains…
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The crimson thread of racism festers in the darker interstices of Australian culture
In 1890 Henry Parkes spoke of “The crimson thread of kinship running through us all.” Allan Patience Pearls and Irritations…
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Kerr calling a cop a ‘white bastard’ isn’t reverse racism — precedent proves it
If anyone was going to pull off the world’s first reverse milkshake duck and stick the landing, it’d be Sam…
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Trump’s long fascination with ‘good genes’ and bloodlines gets fresh scrutiny
Towards the end, he wrapped up with standard lines from his stump speech and praise for the state’s pioneer lineage.…
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16-12-2023 – George Bizos ICON: Film Screening
Agora Dialogue presents a special tribute documentary on George Bizos, the highly esteemed lawyer of Nelson Mandela ‘George Bizos ICON’…
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As we mourn Benjamin Zephaniah’s death, learn this lesson from his brilliant life
Here are some things we know about the late, gone-too-soon Benjamin Zephaniah. Hugh Muir The Guardian He was a prominent Rastafarian…
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In the aftermath of the voice referendum, how can we unbork a polarised Australia? Here are three ways forward
Regardless of how Australians feel about the result of the referendum, it’s pretty clear the campaign was divisive and featured…
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Inside South Africa’s Operation Dudula vigilantes: ‘Why we hate foreigners’
BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country’s most-prominent anti-migrant street movement. Ayanda Charlie in Johannesburg…
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Dehumanisation, animalisation: inside the terrible world of Swiss human zoos
After a stay in Leukerbad, James Baldwin affirmed: Letizia Gaja Pinoja The Conversation “From all available evidence, no black man…
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Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination
A new local law aims to change that reality. Kshama Sawan The Nation Standing in the Seattle City Council chambers…
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Harvard University appoints Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president
Gay is the first person of color and the second woman to hold the role of Harvard University’s president. Amanda…
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Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago.
Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Noor…
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EU top court: Employers banning religious signs at work is not discrimination
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Thursday that internal legislation by an employer prohibiting the visible wearing of all…
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Police texts in Kumanjayi Walker case another sordid example of systemic racism in Australia’s legal system
During an attempted arrest, 19-year-old Warlpiri teenager Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot on November 9 2019 by Northern Territory police…
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‘Where is the evidence?’: critics take aim at NT judge who says antiracism is becoming ‘a religion’
Opponents say it is ‘surprising’ for Judith Kelly to claim that ‘on the whole, modern Australian society is not racist’,…
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5 years on, would an outspoken Australian-Muslim activist ‘get Yassmined?’ Abdel-Magied herself hopes change is happening
Or does it simply suffer from a diversity and inclusion problem at the level of governance and political representation? Fethi Mansouri…
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