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Film

Explaining privilege to children through a race

Host Marc Fennell demonstrates the concept of privilege to the students through a race with the help of Olympian, Bendere Oboya. The ground-breaking school program is designed to provide a class of primary school students with the tools to identify racial bias and make positive change.

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  • 3 minute
    watch

  • Published: 2023
    Country: Australia

  • Author: ABC iView, Marc Fennell, Bendere Oboya

Audio

Reflections on the publication of The Racial Politics of Australian Multiculturalism

Ghassan Hage and Randa Abdel-Fattah reflect on the publication of The Racial Politics of Australian Multiculturalism - a combined work celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ghassan's White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society and the 20th anniversary of his Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society.

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  • 26 minute
    listen

  • Published: 2023
    Country: Australia

  • Author: The Garrett, Ghassan Hage, Randa Abdel-Fattah

Article

Impact of racism

This article explains the impact racism has on the wellbeing of victims.

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  • 4 minute
    read

  • Published: 2024
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR)

Library

Racial Equity Tools - Core Concepts section

Overview and resources unpacking the core concepts of racial equity race theory:

* Racial Equity
* Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity
* Racism
* Structural Racism
* Whiteness and White Privilege
* Internalized Racism
* Theory

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  • 1 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Racial Equity Tools

Toolkit

Racism and Mental Health | How To Deal With Racism

Some advice on mental health support after you've experienced racism.

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2025
    Country: UK

  • Author: Young Minds

Article

Racism in the art world: A problem we can’t ignore

This article explores all the ways artists from culturally and racially marginalised communities suffer racism in the arts sector.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2025
    Country: USA

  • Author: Teresa Cowley