A photograph of the March for Dignity in Paris. Marchers are holding up a placard that reads 'Justice and Dignity' and 'Stop Police Violence'

Charlie Hebdo: White Context and Black Analytics

I’m delighted that my article on the event of Charlie Hebdo and the negation of Black, Arab and Muslim activism advanced by those called…

Free Speech and Religious Freedom after Charlie Hebdo and Section 18C

On April 7, I was invited to participate in a round table on ‘Free Speech and Religious Freedom after Charlie Hebdo and Section 18C’…

Free Speech and Religious Freedom after Charlie Hebdo and Section 18C

I am speaking at this event at the University of Wollongong. My brief talk will be looking at racism denial as central to postracialism.…

Charlie Hebdo and the Appeal for French Context: Black and White Analytics

I have published a short piece on Charlie Hebdo and antiracism, based on a longer chapter co-written with Gavan Titley, in Public Seminar. The…

‘Je Suis Pas Charlie’: Talk at the CUNY Graduate Center

On April 23 I was invited to talk at the City University of New York Graduate Center by the European Union Studies Center, the…

Talking Charlie Hebdo, Race and Whiteness at the CUNY Graduate Center

Excerpts on French anti-racism

Given recent concerns with racism in France following the Charlie Hebdo attacks on January 2015, I revisited some of the segments on anti-racism in…
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