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Disturbing findings of a new report reveal the extent of racism in Scottish cricket.
A historian of the residential schools explains how religion played a key role in assimilationist systems for Indigenous children in Canada and the United States.
A scholar of literature sees striking parallels between contemporary book bans in the US and those that took place in South Africa during apartheid.
An analysis shows that Black students at more racially segregated schools have a greater tendency to turn to the bottle.
Tariq Ali’s scathing new book assessing Winston Churchill’s life and legacy paints him as a racist opportunist but overstates Churchill’s enduring influence on politics today.
Australian media have and do unfairly report on Indigenous affairs and toxic environments are leading to fewer First Nations journalists. Should universities put cultural safety in journalism courses?
As a political tool with a long history and dubious boundaries, whiteness – by its very fluidity – fosters violence.
This book succeeds well in describing and criticising, through many examples, how whiteness works.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied left Australia in 2017 after being hounded by right wing media and politicians. Has Australia changed since? In her new book of essays she believes a better way is possible.
Most rich white countries, including Australia, refuse to accept the climate debt they owe to poorer countries and communities.
Since rap music emerged in mainstream culture in the late 1980s, politicians have derided its lyrics and imagery as violent. Over the years, rap has become an easy target to blame for violence.
From mythical Moth people, who kidnapped children, to threatening desert fairies in loincloths, early Australian fairy tales helped sanitise white settlement, expressing colonial fears.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Fred Gray was her lawyer. Now he’s being honored for a lifetime of civil rights advocacy.
Sports can help prevent the involvement of youth in violent extremism.
The effort to give every student equal access to an education has lasted decades and may need even more time before the goal is reached.
Researchers found political partisanship is a significant factor in determining perceptions of discrimination against different racial groups.
The legacy of racism in both the United States and the United Kingdom has impacted the ability of Blacks and other ethnic groups to accumulate wealth.
Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the Episcopal Church, was an advocate for women’s rights and racial justice.
Ensuring visible minorities have equitable access to affordable housing is an important step in fulfilling the National Housing Strategy’s goal to make affordable housing available to all Canadians.
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, member of the Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network, and Co-convenor of the Olympic Research Network, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Indigenous Health; Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Columbus State University
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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor in Sociology (Race and Inclusion in sport and in education), University of Leicester
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Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
