The African Australian Question Part I: Trying to form an identity on an anxious and isolated island
This is the first part in a two-part series on Australian identity and the African Australian Question.
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Australians can no longer look away from BLM
As the world learns of police brutality in the US, Australians are too ready to ignore the deaths of Bla(c)k people in their own country.
Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
“It is not enough to hear about justice, justice must be done,” writes Alison Whittaker in this piece for The Conversation.
Black Lives Matter: a generation-defining movement rooted in love
Anika Basset reviews Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist.