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How can we belong together despite our differences?

An interview with the director of 'Ends of Worlds,' a science-fiction dance production presented at Kaaitheater Brussels on how “we are longer part of one interpretable world.” Explores Vandevelde’s approach to the contemporary impasse of trying to create universality through difference.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Belgium

  • Author: Michiel Vandevelde and Esther Severi, Kaaitheater

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How Capitalism Drives Cancel Culture

UK-based writer calls for us to view 'cancel culture' through both social and economic lenses.

"When the British Labour leader, Keir Starmer, caused offense by referring to Black Lives Matter as a “moment” rather than a movement, he announced that he would undergo implicit-bias training. It is an approach that sees bias as a moral flaw among individuals, rather than a product of systems. It encourages personal repentance, rather than institutional reform."

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  • 12 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Helen Lewis, The Atlantic

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How did rock music get so white?

Professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and Slate music critic Jack Hamilton interviewed on how rock and roll changed from an inter-racial expression to the soundtrack of whiteness.

‘Pat Boone covering Little Richard is probably the most egregious example of this. “But he was able to get his music played on radio stations that wouldn't play the black originators of that music and he was someone who almost objectively made much worse versions of that than the originals.”’

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2016
    Country: NZ

  • Author: Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Radio NZ

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SBS Australian Census Explorer

SBS's interactive tool is a quick and easy way to find out the cultural composition of an Australian suburb by ancestry, age, religion and birthplace.

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  • 9 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Australia

  • Author: SBS

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How effective are police training reforms? "We're totally fooling ourselves," expert says

Article looking at the effectiveness of racial bias training in the police in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police.

'At least 69% of survey responses said officers are given racial bias training, including in Minneapolis where Floyd was killed.'

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: CBS News

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How publishing diversity numbers helps companies

Article on the benefits of publishing diversity data.

"It affects people's perception of the workplace and their job satisfaction...You start seeing more women and ethnic minorities applying for promotion, for example, whereas before they may not have bothered because they thought there was no point." - Carol A. Adams, professor of accounting at Durham University Business School in England.

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  • 2 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: USA

  • Author: Julia Carpenter, CNN Business