Tag: racism

Atlassian boss voices "solidarity in the fight against the oppression of Black people" in blog calling out insitutionalised racism.

OPINION AND ANALYSIS: The weekend rally on St Kilda beach, organised by far-right activist Neil Erikson, reminds us nationalism is the territory of fringe groups who hold bigoted views, particularly towards people who aren’t “white”.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Racist caricatures began appearing in the US as slavery was coming to an end. It’s time that 21st century media outlets such as Australia's Herald Sun let them go.

A drawing of tennis player Serena Williams by Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight has been denounced as sexist and racist, with some critics likening it to segregation era 'Jim Crow' caricatures.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: An appallingly racist diatribe, by a senator who not one in a thousand Australians would have heard of, on Wednesday brought almost all the parliament together to reassert some core values of Australia’s policy.

Trevor Noah is a comedian used to being in the firing line, but an old joke about Indigenous Australian women has come back to haunt him.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: What does it mean to be partly Asian and partly white in a country that, in various ways, reinforces the idea that white people belong and Asian people don’t?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: If struggles unique to black people were as easy to get rid of as using Dove lotion, it would be flying off the shelves, wouldn’t it?

VIDEO: George Brandis received a standing ovation from his political rivals across the chamber for his devastating condemnation of Pauline Hanson wearing a full burqa in the Senate.

Another racist rant on Australian public transport. And Stacy stands up to say "enough".

Teenager accused of shocking racist rant attack against train guard in Australia has apologised after video of the incident went viral.

Australian grocery giant Woolworths has been forced to apologise for stocking racist clothing following social media outrage.

A video showing shocking racial slurs filmed on a Sydney train this month and uploaded to YouTube has had over 395,000 views prompting more than 1,300 comments. Unfortunately it is not an isolated incident in Australia.

Following an online furore where Aldi were accused of racism, the supermarket chain has apologised and removed the “Australia Est 1788” T-shirt range from stores.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | In the aftermath of the Woolwich attack, our sleuth confronts an uncomfortable truth about his adopted homeland, one that has parallels to Australia.

OPINION | In the wake of yet another racist incident in Australia involving Eddie McGuire and Adam Goodes, PAUL BLEAKLEY asks, is our jokey larrikinism masking a serious cultural problem of casual racism?

The AFL has backed Collingwood’s refusal to stand down president Eddie McGuire for his racial comment directed at Sydney player Adam Goodes.

Media personality Eddie McGuire has apologised to Sydney AFL player Adam Goodes for suggesting he should promote the King Kong musical.

Aussie comedian Asher Treleaven describes his new show Matador, as a "socially responsible comedy with cock jokes". But he won’t hold back when he takes to London stages this week and bluntly asks the question: why are Australians a little bit racist?