One hundred and forty years after the firstAboriginal Protection Act, Indigenous peoples in Australia are still being subjected to regimes of surveillance, control and discrimination, says Dr Aron Paul.
Racial discrimination
Why would Canada grant refugee status to a white South African?
By granting a white South African refugee status, Canada fails to acknowledge that racial discrimination is outlawed in the South African constitution and that crime affects all colours.
Affirmative action: good if you’re white and female
Judging on US unemployment figures, white women are the real winners when it comes to the controversial issue of affirmative action.
Beer summit: Harvard professor responds
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes of his experience at Obama’s beer summit. However, Ruth Wisse questions if Gates really was the victim of racial profiling.
Mick Dodson: abuse is no solution to abuse
None of us is in any doubt that we have to intervene to make children safe. We have a responsibility to do this, so does government. But we must draw the line on responses that involve racial discrimination.
Defence contractors and racial discrimination exemptions
In states and territories across Australia, the political and legislative consensus has always been that discriminating against people on the basis of race and/or nationality in the context of employment is illegal.
