Transforming into a truly inclusive society is hard but not impossible Editors' Picks We humans are social beings. As such, feeling socially accepted and included forms part of our sense of security, along with access to food and
Sixty percent of women of colour in Australia experience workplace discrimination, survey finds June 25, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The majority of women of colour in Australia have experienced discrimination in the workplace, despite their workplace having a diversity and inclusion policy in place,
Not-for-profit calls for federally-funded anti-racism strategy May 20, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology New research has found that the comment sections on racialised opinion pieces in Australia’s mainstream media are further entrenching readers’ discriminatory views and perpetuating Islamophobia.
Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream April 12, 2021 By Apisalome Movono, Anna Carr, Emma Hughes, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Jeremy William Hapeta, Regina Scheyvens and Rochelle Stewart-Withers Australian Capital Territory In the world of research and scholarship, being published in academic journals is crucial to both the advancement of knowledge and the careers of those
The EC knows what it’s doing with social innovation April 6, 2021 By Tobias Andreasson Communications & Technology Social innovation is needed to change the policies and practices that sits behind many of the issues that have been featured in media lately, such
Prevention key to AHRC’s anti-racism framework, says NGO March 17, 2021 By Together For Humanity Community & Social Multicultural NGO Together For Humanity welcomes Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan’s call for a national anti-racism framework, but says that a focus on prevention is
Adopt anti-racism framework, urges Australian Human Rights Commission March 17, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling on the federal government to implement its new plan for a national anti-racism framework. The concept paper, released
Not a day passes without thinking about race: what African migrants told us about parenting in Australia November 9, 2020 By Kathomi Gatwiri and Leticia Anderson Culture Race informs how Black parents raise their children in Australia. Our study, published in the journal Child and Family Social Work, found it complicates parenting
Three cognitive biases perpetuating racism at work (and how to overcome them) August 30, 2020 By Adwoa Bagalini Career Advice Books about race and anti-racism have dominated bestseller lists in the past few months, bringing to prominence authors including Ibram Kendi, Ijeoma Oluo, Reni Eddo-Lodge,
Humans aren’t inherently selfish – we’re actually hardwired to work together August 21, 2020 By Steve Taylor Editors' Picks There has long been a general assumption that human beings are essentially selfish. We’re apparently ruthless, with strong impulses to compete against each other for
Opinion: ‘don’t be a dumbass’, indeed August 17, 2020 By Christopher Warren Communications & Technology Dolly Parton had great advice over the weekend for people like The Australian editors caught up in disputes over racist imagery and commentary: “Don’t be
The psychology of being a better ally in the office – and beyond July 1, 2020 By Andre Spicer Editors' Picks In recent interviews, the American soccer player Crystal Dunn expressed the joy and fear she felt when her teammate Megan Rapinoe decided to take a
Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink June 23, 2020 By George Rennie Editors' Picks After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a sense history had ended, and that the United States represented a supreme endpoint. Today, the
Know your place – poetry after the Black Death reflected fear of social change June 19, 2020 By Stephen Rigby Community & Social The sharp fall in population caused by the waves of plague which followed the arrival of the Black Death in 1348 led to one of
