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Over the course of two years, a sociologist studied a group of affluent, white kids to see how they made sense of sensitive racial issues like privilege, unequal opportunity and police violence.
As an Asian-American myself, this joyful movie has an important message: being a member of a minority does not define who you are.
Many people dismiss the reality format as rubbish, but the shows and the social media discussion they promote are an important indicator of public opinion on vital issues.
The Herald Sun claims its cartoon of Serena Williams isn’t racist, but it draws on 200 years of caricaturing of African women.
A new study suggests perceptions of how strongly people of color identify with their race can have a big impact on their job prospects and how much money they earn.
Cartoonists have to compress their images, so they often use stereotypes. This objectifies the subject and is thus, inevitably, an othering process.
Detroit is Burning
In 1967 race riots nearly tore Detroit apart. The next year, the Kerner Commission, appointed by president Lyndon Johnson, placed the blame on the way the police and had handled the response.
Efforts to keep the city segregated led to one of the largest civil rights rebellions of the 1960s, and interactions between citizens and police turned deadly.
New research by sociologist Ted Thornhill shows that black students who indicate they plan to fight for racial justice are more likely to be ignored by white admissions counselors.
If the liberal international order is to survive, countries like Canada will need to defend international human rights law.
Many in the US believe that all people can gain riches and education simply by working hard. Here’s why that is not true for those have been denied rights and privileges for generations.
Enslaved workers used to grow cotton and mill flour. Now prisoners grind beef and crate eggs. Here, a historian explores Americans’ troubling habit of consuming the products of slave labor.
From solitary confinement, Moliere Dimanche started drawing on anything he could find. The result was a series of fantastical, allegorical images that depict abuse, racism and profound isolation.
What is interesting about the true story is what Lee doesn’t have the time, or perhaps the inclination, to show.
Speaking with: journalist David Neiwert on the rise of the alt-right in Trump’s America
With the election of Trump, these once marginalised groups now have a figurehead who promotes their conspiracy theories to the world.
The US president’s comments about South Africa’s land reform stem from his view that whites are under attack from blacks.
Whether it is racism, sexism or ageism, most of us face prejudice in some domain. And it turns out that damaging stereotypes can significantly affect our intellectual abilities.
A young black comedian just told the broadcasting community how it really is if you’re not part of the media establishment.
For the millions celebrating on the Champs-Elysées last month, Frenchness was not just an idea, it was an intense shared experience. But what happens to that identity when the celebrations end?
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Professor of Indigenous Health; Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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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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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Columbus State University
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Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Senior lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Leeds Beckett University
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Assistant Professor, Education, Concordia University of Edmonton
