Racism

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Arts & Culture

Universities can change names without distancing themselves from troubling histories

Removing a person’s name from a building need not mean the University severs its relationship with its past, instead it is an opportunity to redefine our future

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Arts & Culture

‘The 1’: Something’s been forgotten in the Kanye-Taylor feud

There was more than one ‘victim’ from the infamous Kanye West 2009 VMA’s “I’mma let you finish” moment

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Politics & Society

Flying the flag for change?

Australian symbols have meaning for us collectively – highlighting the past and present impacts of settler colonialism, racism and the possibility for a different future

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Arts & Culture

Understanding modern attacks on Gandhi

Statues of Indian independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, have been vandalised or removed around the world – but why does his likeness face attacks today?

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Politics & Society

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Book extract

Racism in sport: So where to from here?

While we have made great steps forward, when the ‘rubber hits the road’ Australia is coming up short when it comes to racism in sport

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Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Is opera dead or can it redefine itself?

Caitlin Vincent, a lecturer in the creative industries, describes how we can interpret classical operas in a way that does not perpetuate harmful stereotypes or cultural appropriation

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Politics & Society

Real action needed on Aboriginal deaths in custody

It’s 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody but families continue to lose loved ones amid high incarceration rates, making the need for effective action ever more urgent

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Education

Getting racism out of the classroom

Schools are part of a system of colonial rule that is not easily overwritten; the education system and teachers must work to understand and challenge structural racism

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Politics & Society

Australia needs to embrace ‘Asianness’ as part of ‘Australianness’

COVID-19 has seen a surge of anti-Asian racism in Australia, but Australians need to update their national identity in line with the changing reality

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Health & Medicine

Collingwood’s challenge is everyone’s challenge

Make no mistake, Collingwood Football Club’s challenge to undo systemic racism is everyone’s challenge – together

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