Creative Equity Toolkit

What do terms like systemic racism, microaggression and white fragility mean?

A glossary for anti-racism, including 'systemic racism', 'structural racism', 'institutional racism', 'white privilege', 'white fragility', 'microagressions' and 'white-splaining'.

'white fragility supports racism because it shifts the power dynamic in an insidious way...All of a sudden, the conversation becomes less about what the person of color experienced, but the white person's reaction, and, in so doing, is an attempt to undercut the validity of the person of color's experience.'

What I do as a sensitivity reader

A discussion of the work of a sensitivity reader, and the way it fits into the broader context of editing for accuracy.

'For example, I might explain that putting a space in ‘Chinese Australian’ and ‘trans man’ helps affirm those identities as part, not whole, of someone’s character, compared to ‘Chinese-Australian’ and ‘transman’. I might notice that the portrayal of a cultural activity is off: Australians talk about going ‘to the footy’ but not ‘to the ball game’.

What is a justice funder? Could it possibly be me?

This blog post shares an open reflection on how the American philanthropic sector can think differently about who they’re funding, who their peers and partners are, and how they can be most useful as a funder, convener, connector, and general resource.

What is Pay the Rent? And how do we do it?

Article outlining the pay the rent concept.

'Without a treaty, non-Indigenous people continue to live and meet on stolen land, and, in recognition of this, we ought to pay our rent. The money goes...preferably to the traditional owner group whose land we live or work on. First developed as a policy by the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation (NAIHO) in Fitzroy in the 1970s, its devisers were clear: it is not charity – it is paying what is owed.'

What is Privilege?

Video on a group of people from different backgrounds undertaking the privilege walk exercise.