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Norm Sheehan

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Director, GNIBI College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University

Australian basketballer Alice Kunek (left) attracted the ire of a team-mate for this Instagram post where she had painted her face brown. Instagram

February 29, 2016

Blackface and blaming Indigenous health woes on culture are two sides of the same racist coin

Norm Sheehan, Southern Cross University

Debates around blackface and Indigenous health share similar characteristics that reveal aspects of Australian society when it comes to race.

Yolngu men at Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land, painted in a Sydney Swans jersey with a number 37 to support embattled AFL star Adam Goodes. AAP Image/Neda Vanovac

August 6, 2015

Racism defies logic – so don’t go searching for any

Norm Sheehan, Southern Cross University

There are no examples of evidence being put forward by race theorists that a race other than the one they belong to is superior. That’s worth bearing in mind when it comes to ‘understanding’ racists.

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