Creative Equity Toolkit

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Article

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The Great White Social Justice Novel

Review of reviews of US work American Dirt and Australian novelist Anna Krien's Act of Grace.

'The white standpoint of the writer, her appropriation of the stories and voices of non-white characters, have mostly gone unacknowledged in this literary reception.'

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  • 23 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Sujatha Fernandes, Sydney Review of Books

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The Hashtag That Changed the Oscars: An Oral History

An article reflecting on the #OscarsSoWhite rewriting of the Hollywood film industry’s equity narrative, contrasted with its public identity crisis today; where the multicultural image it aspires to – eg. Oscars’ 2020 co-hosts, is undermined by the observable evidence – eg. 2020 nominees.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Reggie Ugwu, New York Times

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The Herald Sun’s Serena Williams cartoon draws on a long and damaging history of racist caricature

Coverage of a controversial cartoon of tennis player Serena Williams in an Australian newspaper.

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Clare Corbould, The Conversation

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‘The idea that it’s good business is a myth’ – why Hollywood whitewashing has become toxic

Analysis and examples of whitewashing in Hollywood, from Jake Gyllenhaal playing the lead in Prince of Persia to Tilda Swinton as a Himalayan mystic in Doctor Strange.

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: UK

  • Author: Steve Rose, The Guardian

Report

Screenshot of the title page of the report, has an adult and children close to mid shot of them holding a remote, they all look cosy and expectant, possibly about to watch something on a screen. The words 'The Inclusion Imperative: Why Media Representation Matters For Kids' Ethnic-Racial Development' is on the image.

The Inclusion Imperative: Why Media Representation Matters For Kids' Ethnic-Racial Development

A common sense media report authored by four academics with findings on how children make sense of, think about, and evaluate their own ethnicity-race (and the ethnicity-race of others) - and the effect of negative and positive media representations and depictions.

It uses evidence to chart a path towards understanding these influences - and concludes with general considerations for parents, media content developers and researchers.

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  • 30 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: USA

  • Author: Onnie Rogers, Dana Mastro, Michael B. Robb, Alanna Peebles, Commonsensemedia.org

Article

A image still from The Unusual Suspects, where a Filipino woman with an expensive-looking bag, looking at an Anglo woman under a desk.

The Unusual Suspects: damaging for Filipino stories

Gloria Demillo writes about how not all representation is productive, and how damaging the impact of bad representation can be to a vulnerable group. The Unusual Suspects and its portrayal of Filipino domestic workers are harmful to ongoing work against worker abuse and exploitation.

Demillo argues that representation should come from community engagement, imploring creatives to consider: who is their real audience, and who should be telling the story?

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Gloria Demillo