A graphic essay based on Chapter 2 of Why Race Still Matters has been published by The New Socialist. Visit the site for close ups! Take a tour on Prezi ‘I’m not racist but…’ Why is this conversation starter always followed up with the most egregious…
Courageous Conversations
I was honoured to be invited to participate in the Courageous Conversations series of talks organised by Professor Malinda Smith. The talk addressed the argument in the second chapter of my book on how those who set themselves up as ‘contarian academics’ make the definition of…
The weaponized anxieties of the racially illiterate
I was invited by Max Haiven to speak to him and Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou on the podcast they host, The Order of Unmanageable Risks, an occasional research podcast about the crisis of anxiety in our society today and its links to the system of capitalism presented by the Common Anxieties Research Project.…
Coronavirus is the ultimate demonstration of the real-world impact of racism
I have published an article in The Guardian in which I discuss the ways in which the media’s treatment of racism as a topic for debate has allowed eugenics in through the back door as just another talking point on the ‘marketplace of ideas’. Unfortunately, the…
The Dangers of Refusing to See Race: ‘Not Racism’ in the times of Covid-19
In this video, I discuss how decades of refusing to have a serious public discussion about race, grounded in the lived-experience of people targeted by the operations of racial rule, and instead turning racism into a matter of debate, has dangerous implications for racism in the…
The racist violence of “not racism” and the role of “contrarian” academics
On February 21 I was invited to speak at the Center for European Studies Conference on ‘Racism and White Supremacy in Europe’ The audio of my talk is available here: And the accompanying slides:
‘I’m Not Racist, but …’: How Denying Racism Reproduces Its Violence
I was invited to write an article for the ABC Religion and Ethics website. On 12 August 2017, a white supremacist rally at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville resulted in the death of Heather Heyer and nineteen injuries, as “white nationalist” James Alex Fields, Jr. ploughed…