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2 months, 1 week ago

Aboriginal politician Yingiya Guyula concerned racism is worsening towards First Nations people in Darwin

ABC

An Aboriginal Northern Territory politician says he believes racism is worsening in Darwin after he was asked to show identification before refuelling a rental car at a service station. Independent MP for Mulka and Yolŋu senior leader Yingiya Guyula said the interaction in inner-city Darwin last week made him feel "really angry and unwanted". "I was dressed up in uniform …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Human Rights Commission report says governments fail on racism — here are six recommendations

ABC

"You have to name the demon to slay it," Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman told the ABC. The "demon" in this case is racism, a term many in government were reluctant to use, a new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission found. 'Negatively racialised people don't have power' Commission Sivaraman said there's been a rise in hate towards …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Union to withdraw from Cabinet Office race review over ‘flawed’ process

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The union representing civil servants is set to …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Can A Book Club Fight Racism?

Huff Post

This summer, as Black Lives Matter protesters dodged rubber bullets fired by police and Black and brown communities were hit hard by COVID-19, book clubs sprang into being, and into action. Though “white anti-racists have a very important role to play in promoting anti-racist change,” she told HuffPost, “If your antiracist reading group or your antiracist initiative is not centering …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Black Lives Matter: Racial discrimination adversely impacts cognition in African Americans

Hindustan Times

Experiences of racism are associated with lower subjective cognitive function among African-American women, suggests the findings of a recent study. Using data from the Black Women’s Health Study researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center quantified the association between experiences of racism and SCF, based on six questions about memory and cognition. “Our findings of a positive association of experiences …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Jen Gotch resigns from role at L.A. brand Ban.do after racism accusations

LA Times

Jen Gotch, co-founder and former chief creative officer of L.A. lifestyle brand Ban.do. That day, Gabriella Sanchez, who had worked at Ban.do as a graphic designer from 2014 to 2016, publicized the company’s “overall toxic culture.” On her Instagram page, Sanchez alleged two racist incidents, including Gotch’s affectation of what Gotch dubbed a “plantation accent.” The other involved Ban.do’s then …

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5 years ago

Line between art and PSA blurs as Serie A's 'monkeying around' exposes glaring ignorance about racism

Firstpost

This could possibly be the most bizarre thing to emerge out of the Serie A since the 2006 corruption scandal dubbed Calciopoli At first glance, it’s not too difficult to imagine the triptych below having been dug out of some lost Andy Warhol collection. It’s only after a bit of context emerges that two points become clear: First, it’s that …

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5 years, 2 months ago

I traveled the American South looking for a way to solve racial divisions (Opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Mitch Landrieu, who served as mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018, and recently founded the E Pluribus Unum Fund to help break down barriers across race and class in the South, is a CNN political commentator. Many don’t understand history One of the major challenges is that many white people lack an understanding of the scale …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Black History Month should be a time where white people don’t just reflect, but also act