I was invited to talk on the Radio 3CR Thursday Breakfast Show by Priya Kunjan on June 24. You can listen here to what I had to say about what Critical Race Theory is and is not, why those attacking it have no idea, and neither…
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New article in Current Sociology
Dr Debbie Bargallie and I have published an article in the journal, Current Sociology in which we discuss the uses of critical race and critical Indigenous approaches to the theorisation of race, antiracism, and Indigenous sovereignty in colonial Australia. The article is titled, Beyond convergence and…
A little bit about Understanding Race
In the age of Black Lives Matter, we have become accustomed to hearing concepts like ‘institutional’ and ‘systemic racism’ openly discussed. On one side, there are calls to recognise the extent to which race shapes experience, access and opportunity even in so-called ‘successful multicultural’ societies like…
Understanding Race 2021
The Masters of Research course I run at Western Sydney University is back, beginning on July 23. As usual if you want to come along (face-to-face only) or are along with us, you are welcome. Usually, the course has a special theme. In 2019 that was…
Power Plagiarism
One of my many jobs is supervising maths homework. At the top of each exercise sheet is the command to ‘Show all working out’. I was thinking about this when reflecting about the common failure within academia to show the traces of our work, the lines…
All Solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance
‘As a Jew’ is a phrase I wish I never had to hear again in relation to Palestine. I don’t want to read anymore justifications that the Jewish tradition opposes violent settler colonialism. What is this Jewish tradition? There is no essence of Jewishness outside of…
We need more, not less, critical thinking about race in Australia
Debbie Bargallie and I wrote about the Australian right’s attack on Critical Race Theory as a signalled by Liberal senator and Assistant Attorney General, Amanda Stoker’s pressure on the Australian Human Rights’s Commission to drop a recent tender after it invoked ‘anti racism’ which she said…
Sydney Review of Books
Andrew Brooks has reviewed Why Race Still Matters for the Sydney Review of Books. I am very grateful for the care he took to relate to the book through a wide engagement with the politics of race in colonial Australia and what it means for his…
RACE.ED event series – ‘Antisemitism and the proxification of antiracism’- 17 February 2021
UPDATE: You can now watch a recording of this event here I will be speaking online about ‘Antisemitism and the Proxification of Antiracism’, the subject of the 4th chapter of Why Race Still Matters to the University of Edinburgh Race.Ed seminar series on February 17. The…
Challenging Antisemitism as Part of the Wider Struggle for Racial Justice
I was invited by Donna Nevel to participate in a panel organised by Jewish Voice for Peace, South Florida among some really great speakers, Barry Trachtenberg, Jamil Dakwar, Mark Tseng-Putterman, Meena Jagganath moderated by Martha Schoolman. The video of the event is below and the text…