The idea of Australia as an immigrant nation is deeply embedded in the country’s politics, culture and identity.
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Enslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved people from receiving an education.
Governing bodies treat racism as a public relations problem. Doing so lets the system perform action without real structural change.
Racialized communities are systematically over-represented in police use-of-force data across 17 cities and regions. And this is rooted in ongoing racism in policing.
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
A series of racist costume parties at Bowdoin shows the contradiction colleges have to navigate – encouraging open, reasoned debate, while creating a safe campus for all students.
The imagery of Europe’s history is often invoked to justify white supremacist violence around the world.
The mass shooting at an Islamic centre in San Diego is the latest in a self-replicating network of far-right violence in which each attack is designed to inspire the next.
Research is increasingly documenting how pervasive racial microaggressions are in the daily lives of racialized young people.
An AI accent manipulation tool may be “cool” technology, but it is arguably also a form of discrimination against workers whose voices are being altered.
Racism is not only a set of individual prejudices or isolated acts of violence. It is a multisensory, structural system that shapes how minorities experience the world, both enabled and reinforced by institutional failures.
Steven Soderbergh’s new film raises important questions about authenticity, creative ownership and racism in the art world.
The Supreme Court has barred considering race when crafting legislative districts. But race could remain embedded in political gerrymandering, despite vehement claims to the contrary.
Students guessed how their school would handle sexual misconduct based on how their university had previously responded to anti-LGBTQ+ incidents and other kinds of harm.
In December 2025, the statue of Barbara Rose Johns replaced that of Robert E. Lee as one of the two Virginians displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Here’s why.
The US comedian’s latest viral video has (predictably) offended many conservatives. Here’s why it can’t be considered ‘racist’ on any level.
Dennis Altman’s Righting my World tells the story of his long history in activism, over 50 years, beginning with the gay liberation movement of the 1960s.
Even when courts are provided with race-informed clinical assessments designed to contextualize trauma and systemic vulnerability, Black youth are still seen as a risk.
The backlash against DEI initiatives casts diversity itself as a threat. Here’s why that’s so dangerous in an era of rising authoritarianism.
We analysed 2,905 comments of praise given to footballers during 80 hours of coverage.
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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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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Canada Research Chair, Professor in 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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Associate Professor of History, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI)
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Associate Professor in Sociology (Race and Inclusion in sport and in education), University of Leicester
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney