Creative Equity Toolkit

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."

How intersectionality can help storytellers

Pearl Tan and Priya A Roy give a useful primer on intersectionality and explain how intersectional approaches can make for better stories and a more diverse industry.

While it deals primarily with the screen industry, it breaks down the concept of intersectionality into its historical roots and explores structural, political, and representational intersectionality - and what this means.

How to be a good Indigenous ally

Checklist of seven actions that non-Indigenous people can take to support Australian First Nations communities, including 'preference our voices' and 'be ok with not always being part of the conversation'.

'We need good allies. We are only three per cent of the Australian population. We can’t raise the profile of issues affecting us without our allies. But what does a good ally look like?'

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Video in which Ibram X. Kendi introduces his ground-breaking book 'How to be an Antiracist'.

How to be Anti-Racist in the Arts

What does it mean to be an ally to people of colour? What does it mean to remove blackface from our streaming services? And what can the creative sector do to advance racial equity?

Diversity Arts Australia and the British Council launched the Creative Equity Toolkit with this timely conversation in partnership with Sydney Opera House.

'I have never stopped': Aileen Moreton-Robinson on 20 years of Talkin' Up to the White Woman

Interview with Goenpul author Aileen Moreton-Robinson on the re-release of her book that critiques feminist constructions of Indigenous women and Indigenous women's constructions of white feminism. The new edition looks at her book's initial reception. The reviews were “playing chicken at the intersection … [their] understanding of how power works limited to subjective and individual choices about being ‘good’ or ‘bad’.”