On Race and Racial Literacy with Surviving Society

I recently had a wonderful trip to Europe after not leaving ‘Australia’ for two and a half years. During the protracted covid-induced border closures…

Reflecting on Why Race Still Matters 1 year on with Surviving Society

Everyone knows how much I love the Surviving Society podcast with Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis, produced by George Ofori-Addo. So I was absolutely…

Talking CRT Moral Panics on Radio 3CR

I was invited to talk on the Radio 3CR Thursday Breakfast Show by Priya Kunjan on June 24. You can listen here to what…

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…

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…

Mark Knight’s racist cartoon & the lack of racial literacy in Australia

I was asked to write an article for The Guardian about the horrendous racist cartoon of Serena Williams drawn by Australian cartoonist Mark Knight.…
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