There is a long history of sheriffs reinforcing social inequality − both informally and by using formal powers of their office
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In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Jones didn’t give rousing speeches or lead marches. Instead, he doubled down on his art.
Like hundreds of thousands of others, Paola Egonu only became an Italian citizen as a teenager despite being born there.
Trump’s baseless claims about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, reflect a long history of American prejudice against Haitians. In Washington, similar past falsehoods about Haitians have driven policy.
Trump’s display during the debate shows that his white male insecurity is a liability to his candidacy − and a threat to the country.
Politicians increasingly frame migrants as threats to national identity, security and economic stability. This dehumanizes immigrants and creates an environment of fear and hostility for everyone.
The history of scientific racism can help us to improve medical ethics.
Steve Biko married reason with proselytising in ways that made him an excellent organiser. He understood the importance of organising and the need for faith in action.
The name Africa was given to the continent by European explorers, exploiters, slavers and colonists. It ignores the indigenous people and their accomplishments.
If policing the audience during the play is necessary, perhaps the casting or the nudity needs reconsidering, otherwise both simply read as gimmicks.
New research suggests anti-Black racism plays a key role in conservative anti-DEI sentiment.
In surveying people both before and after the poll, we found the most decisive factors in determining the way people voted weren’t gender, politics, age or income.
Young Black people are over-represented through the whole justice system, from their interactions with the police to their presence in prisons.
Racist mobs attacked a 1949 concert in Peekskill, NY, helping raise anti-communist fervor after World War II and illustrating how hatred could gain legitimacy amid today’s political turmoil.
People are socially conditioned to think such heinous acts are committed by outsiders.
‘Flawed messenger’ Fred C. Trump III, Donald Trump’s nephew, illustrates his uncle’s cruel streak in his new memoir, with firsthand observations of a racist slur and dismissing people with disability.
The violent unrest is distinctly English rather than British.
With every new incident of racial violence, Black people tend to undergo a collective sense of racial grief.
A white Philadelphia police officer was killed during a 1978 confrontation with the radical group MOVE. Often overlooked was the brutality leveled against the group’s spokesman.
Researchers are trying to understand what makes this group so vulnerable to falling for fake news online.
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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