Social and economic inequality is a serious threat to the sustainability of liberal democracy. It cannot be addressed by declaring that identity claims are democratically suspect.
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Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s novel The Lebs is a realistic portrayal of teenage boys in Western Sydney.
Stigma about black or African hair reflects deep-seated politics around race and history.
Australia has had a large influx of skilled migrants in recent decades. Better educated and more highly paid than past generations of migrants, they are also creating a different sort of community.
Jihyun Park escaped North Korea and is now living in Manchester. But how to explain her scars to her children? Or why they can’t call their relatives still living in North Korea?
We need to educate ourselves daily if we aspire to live peacefully in a multicultural society.
There are more people of Middle Eastern heritage on Australian commercial TV than ever before - in drama, cooking, and Gogglebox.
A series of films made by Muslims shows how much confusion remains about the term.
Big Heart at Theatreworks questions Australia’s generosity through the tale of a woman who adopts a child from five continents.
Why language diversity should be celebrated in schools.
Two new laws have grappled with ideas of diversity and the traditional family in Germany.
Reasoned debates on sustainable migration intake levels are important. But transport and health infrastructure shortfalls in Western Sydney won’t be solved by reactive anti-immigration attitudes.
Local neighbourhoods where Asians and Muslims form a majority are almost entirely concentrated in Australia’s two major cities – Sydney and Melbourne.
Most psychology research that forms the basis of parenting advice might not apply to you. So, how do you know whether to trust it?
The 2016 Census reveals that Australia is becoming much more diverse – in terms of language, country of birth, Indigenous status, and religion.
‘We all have harmony in this area, and these people try to divide us, but we tell them that “we will not let you do that”.’
Hawaii was the last state to join the Union. It didn’t happen without a lot of political dealmaking.
Cultural diversity is an inescapable fact of modern life. How we should think about it is less obvious. Should we celebrate the multicultural rainbow, merge its colours into one – like a colour wheel spinning…
As Italy confirms its ban on Sikhs carrying holy daggers, should the judiciary be deciding what our societies look like or what defines our cultural values?
Must the aggressive, homogeneous global pattern of development take its course in Melbourne’s long-standing multicultural suburb of Footscray?
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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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Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI)
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Emeritus professor, Monash University
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Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia