Racism
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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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Juneteenth isn’t just a celebration of freedom.
The newest federal holiday observes the emancipation of enslaved people. Sean Collins Vox Let it also be a time to…
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The courage to feel uncomfortable: what Australians need to learn to achieve real reconciliation
This is a call urging all non-Indigenous Australians to be allies and take up unfinished reconciliation actions for a fairer…
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Anti-Semitism continues to rise across the world, according to new report
The new report, released on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, highlights that anti-Semitism continues to rise around the…
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Black people are often associated with deviance – but I never understood the true impact until I was racially profiled
The subsequent child safeguarding review into Child Q’s case has concluded that “racism (whether deliberate or not) was likely to have been…
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Teen climate activist subjected to sexist and racist abuse amid federal court climate case
Teenage climate crisis campaigner Anjali Sharma has revealed the torrent of sexist and racist abuse she has received while fronting…
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Brazil at work: Black and held back
Ms Genot does not have the fondest of memories of trying to break into the communications industry in Brazil. BBC…
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Racism at work: a call to anti-racist action for Australian organisations
This is one of the greatest indicators of our continuing reluctance to talk about racism, and the silencing of meaningful…
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