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Racism, xenophobia or insensitivity? The treatment of Africans in Guangzhou has sparked diplomatic anger.
How should Asian Americans respond to rising anti-Asian racist actions? History may offer some lessons during the pandemic.
How does racism impact the health of racialized communities when it comes to COVID-19? Will these social factors play an implicit role in health-care workers’ decisions?
If we are not careful, the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a rise in xenophobic attitudes.
Fear of COVID-19 has sparked some to react with violent racism towards Asian Americans and Canadians. This is not the first time fear of disease has led to outbreaks of violent anti-Asian racism.
Nova Scotia’s African Canadian communities have grappled with racism for decades. By looking at community green spaces, we can see how they serve the community’s unique needs.
Set in the army during apartheid, the South African film Moffie is a masterpiece. Oliver Hermanus, a black filmmaker, explores how toxic white masculinity breeds racism and homophobia.
Some graphic novels can spur teens’ engagement with social justice issues.
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
NASA scientist Katherine Johnson was instrumental in getting people to the moon. Here are some of the lessons one mathematics professor believes she taught us all.
In a sermon two weeks after MLK’s funeral, civil rights leader, Wyatt Tee Walker, urged young seminarians to be hopeful and take action for making change happen. His sermon has valuable lessons today.
Incidents of racism have risen sharply but football institutions are failing to address the issue properly
Becoming friends with classmates from different backgrounds can help people reject negative stereotypes. And teachers are able to help make that happen.
Minority patients do better when treated by doctors who share the same race or ethnicity But there’s a problem. Most doctors are white, and only 6% of doctors are black.
While segregation was a shameful period in baseball history, the Negro Leagues were a resounding success and an immense source of pride for black America.
The prevalence of racism and scapegoating in the face of catastrophes and disasters has a much longer history than the new coronavirus outbreak.
Scientific research can be a daunting career choice for women of colour, according to a recent survey which found they face a “barrage of brief, everyday racial slights” at work.
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and took part in lynchings. Sometimes, the victim was a preacher.
Systemic racism looks at the way racism operates over all of society, not just in one-on-one interactions.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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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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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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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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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 History, McGill University
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Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
