Simple reminders of the growing diversity of the country and the political power of minorities can influence biases.
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Articles on Racial diversity
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Teachers need training and support to deal with increasing diversity in their classrooms.
The relationship between social science research and advocates and policymakers is undermined if they cherry-pick evidence that supports their goals, ignoring the wider field.
In 1942 a man called Walter White travelled to Hollywood to try and persuade filmmakers to cut the negative stereotypes of African Americans in movies.
No one is only their sex or only their race or only their sexual orientation. Social psychologists are starting to investigate how people of multiple minority groups are perceived.
Decolonising education should be about ensuring that students learn more about other fellow South Africans who might be different to them.
With vast numbers of people migrating around the world, understanding how racial tolerance is created – and encouraging more of it – is more important than ever.
What is the experience of white students when racial issues are being taught in classrooms? Are we missing engaging an essential part of diversity?
Ban on affirmative action across eight states has led to a drop in minority students at medical schools.
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Visiting Fellow, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS | Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney
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Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of Kent
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Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University
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Honarary Research Fellow in Psychology, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Education, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Religion, Drake University
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Distinguished Reserach Professor, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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