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.
Racism
Churches today, political parties tomorrow
Conflict is occurring in Victoria between freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination. What counts as a relevant ground for discrimination and what doesn’t? It’s the state that has to decide.
Ketchup and no Dijon: US turns Europhobic
Europeans are on average healthier, happier and more financially secure than Americans. So, why are the Yanks so terrified of turning Euro? asks Michael Freedman.
Why are 60% of NSW juvenile inmates Aboriginal? Anyone?
They make up only 2.2 per cent of the NSW population, but Aboriginals now make up almost 60 per cent of all juvenile inmates. Why is this being ignored?
Obama’s beer with the boys: Bud Light and racism
President Barack Obama is hosting a get-together for the Harvard professor and the policeman from last week’s racism scandal. Big question is, what beer will Obama drink?
An apology is not an excuse
California will apologise to the Chinese-American community for institutional racism that dates back to the Gold Rush. But an apology can leave far greater acts of racial discrimination unacknowledged, says Andrew Bartlett.
Lifting the hood of the KKK
LIFE features a confronting collection of photos documenting life inside the modern Klu Klux Klan.
India: we’re racist, too
Before pointing fingers at Australia, Indians should look at our own racial prejudices, says Debarshi Dasgupta.
How Sol scratched our racist underbelly
The commentariat may have vehemently disputed Sol Trujillo’s accusations that Australians are racist, but for Indigenous leaders, the outgoing Telstra head hit the nail on the head, says Stephen Hagan.
Your unpronounceable surname could cost you that job
A new study has found wide-spread labour market discrimination against people with foreign names when applying for jobs in Australia.
Racial discrimination in Oz: a tale of three experiments
An ANU study used three experiments — The Jobseeker study (picked up by nightly news programs), The Return to Sender Experiment and the Implicit Association Test — to test Australians’ racial biases. Result = depressing.
Resisting the stereotype of the meek Indian student
It’s just as racist to stereotype people as diffident and mild as it is to stereotype them as violent and dangerous, writes Shakira Hussein.
Australia’s racist underbelly
We may practise it politely, but, as recent attacks on Indian students show, Australia is still a racist country, says Bruce Haigh — and nothing will change until Rudd attempts to reverse some of the damage done by the Howard era.
Segregation on prom night
In Georgia, some prom nights are still segregated — one for blacks, one for whites. Even though schools were integrated in 1971, so-called traditions and unspoken rules are harder to change.
Of course Australia is racist
The recent attacks on Indian students have thrust the issue of racism in Australia into the mainstream news bulletins, writes Bruce Haigh. But it’s always there, whether hidden or blatant.
Indian student protests: perception vs. reality
The weekend’s demonstration by Indian students in Melbourne may have at last awakened the wider community to the violent problem — but it has risks too, says John Birmingham.
Racist, who, us? Si senor!
Ex Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Mexican immigrants. So why the sombero?
What adopting a white girl taught a black family
When the African-American Riding-Smith family adopted a white daughter, they found the idea of a post-racial America is still far from reality.
Why even invite Ahmadinejad to a conference on racism?
Were the UN really surprised when Ahmadinejad used their conference to accuse Israel of racism? Accusing Israel of being racist is what Ahmadinejad does, argues Will Self.
Australia to boycott anti-racism conference
The government will boycott the UN Durban Review conference in Geneva this week, due to concerns of anti-Semitism.
The Liberal Party’s long history of playing the race card
Despite Joe Hockey’s indignant posturing over the weekend, the fact is that the Liberal Party has used race over the past two decades for its own political advantage, writes Greg Barns.
Trujillo and Mexicans: a few words on racial stereotyping
I am worried by the apparent inability of some Australians to recognise racism when it’s in front of them and willingness to defend it when it’s not even their fight, writes Stephen Downes.
Poynter Online / Thursday, 16 April 2009
When you’re trying to foster a conversation about race, how do you choose who to include and who to exclude?