Creative Equity Toolkit

Talking about Race

Resources and links for anti-racism, self-reflection on racial identity and systems of oppression

Tara June Winch wins 2020 Miles Franklin award for her book The Yield: ‘It broke my heart to write'

Wiradjuri writer Tara June Winch talks about winning Australia's prestigious Miles Franklin literary award for her book The Yield.

"This is true, every historical violence was word for word. So the language is true, the history of the language was true, what colonisation did to that part of Australia is true. So there’s a lot of historical fact in it, that’s more my point of truth. You can learn a lot from it; I learned a lot from writing it.”

The costs of code switching

Code-switching is a conscious or unconscious adjusting of one’s style of speech, appearance or behavior in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in the hope of fair treatment and employment opportunities. But how does it affect an employee's wellbeing?