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Research on how black people try to avoid racism in their daily lives shows that following white, mainstream standards can have mixed results.
… and that won’t make anyone safer in the long run.
Memorials to confederate generals are lightning rods today for the same racist views they fought for 150 years ago.
Research shows that people often become more tolerant.
The construction of a white Christian identity that is threatened by ‘outsiders’ has a long and troubling legacy.
Like many cities, Manchester can demonstrate strength through diversity, but must face down the forces that would see it divided.
The result of the 1967 referendum may well have made Australia appear less racist, but it did not address the inherently racist nature of the Constitution.
The United States is seeing an uptick in far-right extremist violence. It’s time to pay more attention to this scourge and its causes.
In the US and South Africa, “passing” as another race has a long and painful history. Controversial American Rachel Dolezal’s “passing” to justify her identity makes a mockery of such histories.
Implicit racial bias, measured across Europe.
Why is cycling such a white sport?
French Guineans are up in arms about the territory’s overcrowded hospitals. Why is no one talking about how racism and xenophobia also affect access to health care?
While contemporary Australia is proud of its multicultural status, the White Australia policy shows this wasn’t always the case.
Traditional economists cannot quantify or measure the effect of white male privilege in facilitating business dealings or obtaining employment in emerging market economies.
By providing a blanket approach to uniform policies, schools risk repressing cultural identity and diversity.
Hate crime hurts.
The search engine’s founders saw this one coming 20 years ago. So how should they react now?
Selective schools have never operated in isolation from broader historical forces — including Australia’s connected histories of racial exclusion and immigration.
Alie Fataar exemplifies the type of teacher South Africa sorely requires today if its classrooms are to be used to develop a new generation of critical, engaged students.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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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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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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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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Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
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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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Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University
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Associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of History, McGill University
