Not only did the Queensland law prohibit the freedom of religion of a small vulnerable minority, it did so deliberately.
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In their lawsuits against affirmative action, Students For Fair Admission claimed to want to protect Asian Americans. A law professor explains why the Supreme Court ruling doesn’t achieve that goal.
Racism in football is a reflection of prevailing societal attitudes. When a prominent footballer is racially abused, the impact reaches far beyond the individual.
The extent of the abuse suffered by Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior shows how enduringly unresponsive the country’s legal system, sporting officials and media have been.
Too often, in discussions about tropical modernism, what African architects working in Africa were doing is overlooked. Their work matters.
Like many large institutions, the Met remains in denial about the scale of its racism problem. The Casey review falls short in its recommendations for how to address it.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd murder, in 2020, Black social workers are finding they are alone in coping with their trauma.
Artificial Intelligence comes with a litany of ethical risks and dilemmas. Some are universal, but some are unique to particular countries, like South Africa.
Depression and anxiety often follow when teenagers see or experience racial hostilities online.
Scholars explain what affirmative action is – and isn’t – as well as what its effects are, and why, among others, the military has supported it for decades.
In 1972, justices handed down a decision that attacked discriminatory and capricious death sentences. But it left the door ajar for states to continue the practice.
A new paper discusses the causes of, and potential solutions to, the ethnic pay gap in British workplaces.
A political scientist speaks about the questions that have driven her research on disability rights and history.
Australia’s political economy was built on the primacy of (white) male labor, male power and male control, writes Julianne Schultz. Women have changed this culture - but still risk abuse when speaking out.
The west has long defined racism as a function of colonial domination and discrimination. But in a changing world this definition must be challenged.
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
The evidence is growing that experiencing both systemic and everyday race-based discrimination may lead some Black Americans to become depressed and think about suicide.
New research points to a biological way that racism can lead to health disparities.
A transnational movement for racial justice requires a sensitivity to the specific, local conditions in which race and racism touch the everyday lives of people.
Local power struggles and strong US interests have long shaped political leadership – and presidential assassinations – in Haiti, limiting nation-building projects on the Caribbean island.
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Pro Vice Chancellor Research, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Sessional Academic, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University
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Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
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Professor of Food and Beverage Management, Cornell University
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Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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