I was really honoured to have been asked by David Rutledge to talk about Why Race Still Matters on the ABC Radio National The Philosopher’s Zone show. The interview was broadcast on February 28, 2021. You can listen to the recording here.
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Why are anticolonial academics being accused of antisemitism?
An article I wrote for the left Jewish publication, Vashti Media looking at the accusations of antisemitism against major anticolonial thinkers, Houria Bouteldja and Achille Mbembe. I conclude, For white Jews, such as myself, we must also recognise the ways in which we benefit from racial…
Interview in QG Décolonial
I was so delighted to have been interviewed by Selim Nadi for the brand new online journal QG Décolonial about my book Why Race Still Matters. This is in French. An English version will be published in the coming weeks. Dans cet entretien avec le « QG…
Race and Covid-19 Web Series
Season 1 of the Race in Society web series I co-produced with the critical race scholar, Dr Zuleyka Zevallos, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel. All seven episodes are now available and feature a range of the most important Indigenous and race critical…
RACE.ED event series – ‘Antisemitism and the proxification of antiracism’- 17 February 2021
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 political utility of antisemitism today is not to illuminate the operations…
Open Letter: the threat of academic authoritarianism – international solidarity with antiracist academics in France
In response to attacks on academic freedom against French educators working on race and decolonial issues, I drafted an open letter along with my friend and colleague Gavan Titley, and with the help of Professor Philippe Marliere, signed by over 500 people, and published in Open…
Improving racial literacy: what will it take?
Debbie Bargallie and myself wrote an article for Croakey magazine on the need for racial literacy in Australian schools. Against the backdrop of a relentless pandemic and Black protest around the Global North, racial literacy is urgent. Bestseller lists and bookshop display tables are stacked high…
Why Race Still Matters and Racial Illiteracy
A short blog post I wrote for the Polity Books website about my new book Why Race Still Matters. The dominant approach to race after the Holocaust, particularly for most of the European states that positioned themselves as anti-fascist, has been to treat it as a…
Interrogating Race: Exploring Racism and Anti-Racism
The video of an event I did for the Belongg Online Literature Festival in June is available. A rich conversation with the authors Camille Acker and Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl, chaired by Jessica Breakey. A truly transnational dialogue!
Surviving Society
I was interviewed about my book, Why Race Still Matters, for my favourite podcast Surviving Society, by the brilliant Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis. You can listen to the interview here. Also, make sure you support these amazing scholars by subscribing or sponsoring them on Patreon.…