How to Create an Extremist with an Australian Accent
What motivates your average Australian to engage with an extreme cause?
Racism – Page 10
Islamophobia is racism
Yassir Morsi takes a look at the conversation surrounding Islamophobia.
Stepping Into Another Skin
Now there’s an app that can prevent you from being racist. Caroline O’Brien explains.
Racism and how to lose friends
Si Qi Wen discusses racial discrimination, morality, and whether racism can be fought with intolerance.
Extreme Multiculturalism: The Root of Evil?
Is “extreme multiculturalism” leading to cultural relativism and terrorism? Sayomi Ariyawansa critiques Kevin Donnelley’s theory.
Stories of a misunderstood, familiar tribe
Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s fictional The Tribe is an honest and widely relatable account of life as a young Arab-Australians, writes Maya Borom.
The AnyikÖÖl Project
Sara Maher on the AnyikÖÖl Project, which tells the life stories of South Sudanese women.
No singular revelation
Subtle forms of racism often go unnoticed, but they are no less harmful. Maxine Beneba Clarke on the insidiousness of everyday racism.
Friday chat: Amy Lamoin
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp chats to Amy Lamoin, Head of Advocacy for UNICEF Australia.
Redressing over-incarceration, addressing human rights: what can justice reinvestment do in Australia?
Melanie Schwartz and Prof Chris Cuneen discuss the advantages of Justice Reinvestment programs for reducing Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia.
Higher education and lower-end journalism: human rights in the media in August
Christopher Pyne’s higher education reform package and Tim Blair’s flash visit to Lakemba were two issues that sparked much media debate around rights and discrimination during August.
Stained
Sara El Sayed’s short fiction piece “Stained” is a reflection on difference, belonging and pride.