Bob Katter is a lot of things. But despite white supremacists trying to claim him in an email campaign, he’s not a racist. Anthony Galloway, a reporter at The Northern Miner, writes from Charters Towers.
Racism
Why more black men should call themselves feminists
Black men in the United States are usually more concerned with race issues than sex and gender debates, but feminism is the best way to help move these communities forward, says proud feminist and African-American man Byron Hurt.
GOP university cake stall: $2 cupcakes for whites, $1 for Latinos
A cake stall sponsored by the Republican Party, where customers were to pay different prices based on their skin colour, to help protest against a Senate bill of affirmative action, has caused a scandal at a university in California.
Guy Rundle: Kooks n crackpots … give ‘em publicity, own the consequences
The Right continues to whine and dine at an impressive rate.
An open letter to Andrew Bolt from a “half-caste” Kungarakan-Gurindji woman
Proud Aboriginal academic Sue Stanton writes about the recent Andrew Bolt case and how frustrating it is for someone who has spent their life fighting for Aboriginal rights.
Why does Obama call himself black?
In the last decade, the number of citizens in the US who identified themselves as multiracial grew by 32%. Yet president Obama, son of a black father and a white mother identifies himself in the national census as black. Why?
Crikey Says: Crikey says: data p-rn
As far as surveys go, the scope of this one is pretty breathtaking.
A racism scandal with a broader message
If you’ve been wondering why the Coalition, despite its heavy defeat in 2007 and poor standing in the polls, still seems to set the political agenda on topics ranging from refugees to insulation to global warming, a case this week from the United States might provide some hints.
Good blokes or not, let’s call sporting racists what they really are
I’m tired of reading about “good blokes” sports stars saying racist comments, says Ed Wyatt. Any form of racial slur is completely and utterly out of bounds.
White families are five times richer than black families
The gap between rich and poor is also a black and white issue in the States, where a quarter of black families have no assets at all and economic policies favour those better off.
How to stop Australia being racist
From Afghan refugees to Indian students, race issues have hit the headlines questioning Australia’s multiculturalism. But can a new official Cultural Diversity Statement, penned with the help of Don Watson, help address institutional racism?
Northumberland: where the racism and kebabs fly
I got into a fistfight in a kebab shop in Northumberland, says Rafiq Copeland, as he explains the racism and racial violence he encounters in Britain after a night at the Hairy Lemon.
Keane: In defence, kinda sorta, of Nick Sowden
Nick Sowden has become the scapegoat of the Twitterverse after calling Barack Obama a “monkey” online yesterday — but he claims he was just “paying out the crazy Right”. Doesn’t he deserve the benefit of the doubt? asks Bernard Keane.
Joe Hockey: The day I attended a white supremacist rally
Joe Hockey recounts his bizarre trip to South Africa in 1990 where race issues were at boiling point and Hockey played voyeur at a rally led by recently murdered white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’Blanche.
The racism pervading our police
When it comes to receiving justice in this country, it matters what colour your skin is, writes Suvendrini Perera. From aboriginal deaths in custody to violence against Indian students, institutional racism afflicts our police forces.
Barbie puts a price on skin colour
In a controversial move by Walmart, at least one store was selling black Barbie dolls for nearly half the price of the identical -white Barbie next to it. Perhaps not the best message to send in a country where ‘minority’ babies are now the majority.
Nylon: where white skin is the new black
It’s quite common to see a whitewash of models in the media, but is brightly coloured US It-girl mag Nylon the whitest of them all? Only one non-white cover model has been used in seven years.
Vindaloo a feel-good gesture, but the stigmas remain
Eating curry on a Wednesday night doesn’t mean you’re not a racist, and it doesn’t make Australia a safer place for international students, writes Bhakthi Puvanenthiran.
Suffering in silence: the plight of the international student
A quarter of Australia’s student population are international students. But our universities remain almost segregated, international students are seen to get preferential treatment because they are paying and yet they are often at threat of violence or mistreatment.
Big Ted steps into the race debate
Victoria’s opposition leader Ted Baillieu has accused the Brumby government of being “in denial” over violence against Indians in Melbourne. It’s garnered him some headlines, but how will it play with the electorate?
Crikey Says: Our relationship with India: a nasty problem and it could get worse
Australia’s global reputation is taking a battering over attacks on Indians in Melbourne. Is this a beat-up by the over-zealous Indian media, or is it a genuine foreign policy dilemma?
North Korea: a nation of racist dwarves
By keeping North Koreans in the dark — both literally and figuratively — Kim Jong Il has created a nation of hysterically nationalistic, xeonophobic, physically stunted slaves, says Christopher Hitchens.
Henderson: The myth of Australian racism
Gerard Henderson defends the wide brown land from recent accusations by an Indian magazine that we are a nation of racists: The Australia First Party and One Nation hardly make for credible sources.
