The Stolenwealth Games
By Tarneen Onus-WilliamsWhy did the Queensland police and government use excessive force against Indigenous Australians who were protesting the Commonwealth Games?
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Where identity and theatre collide
Simon Farley in conversation with Jean TongRight Now speaks to Jean Tong: writer, director, dramaturg and all-round theatrical powerhouse in the lead up to her show’s debut at MTC this May.
Vocabulary for migrants
By Sanam SharmaSanam Sharma considers the effect of everyday racism on the next generation.
An Indigenous voice can unite Australians
By Shireen MorrisShireen Morris responds to the government’s rejection of the proposal for a national Indigenous representative body.
Rohingya crisis ruled as genocide by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
By Ali MCAli MC takes us inside the Tribunal as witnesses retell the atrocities and human rights abuses suffered by the Rohingya people.
Not-so-model minority
By Vanessa HeadRacism, bullying and dangerous fetishisation. Vanessa Head shares a personal account of growing up Asian in Australia.
No More Boats
By Alyssia TennantFelicity Castagna’s novel ‘No More Boats’ is a statement about Australia’s paradoxical relationship with its migrant origins
Polite racism
By Alys JacksonWriter and poet Alys Jackson questions the more subtle forms of racism.
The abstraction of privilege
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez interrogates the pervasive but problematic essentialism of identity politics.
Celebrating the strength of South East Australia’s First Nations peoples and cultures
By Anika BasetSovereignty, the exhibition, explores self-determination, colonisation, identity and resistance of Aboriginal Australia.
Confessions of a privileged minority
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez dissects the complex ways in which privilege and disadvantage express themselves in our society.
Straight talk about toxic homonormativity
By Adolfo AranjuezColumnist Adolfo Aranjuez explains how cultural appropriation and rampant discrimination within gay communities have emerged from the phenomenon of homonormativity.