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Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions and hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany.
Prof. Ibram X. Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices whose book inspired more people to Google “how to be anti-racist” than “how to be a millionaire” in 2020.
A Goenpul woman and an academic, Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson takes us through a compelling analysis of the whiteness of Australian feminism and its effects on Indigenous women.
New York Times best-selling author Robin DiAngelo considers why it is so hard for white people to talk about racism.
White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. The book posits that anyone with white privilege is complicit in upholding that harm and asks what are you going to do about it?
In 2018, Sydney journalist Ruby Hamad wrote an article for the Guardian that touched a nerve with readers around the world. The article, ‘How white women use strategic tears to silence women of colour,’ was extended into the book ‘White Tears, Brown Scars’.
What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question.
What happens when an immigrant believes the lies they're told about their own racial identity? For Cathy Park Hong, they experience the shame and difficulty of "minor feelings".
An anthology of personal accounts, essays, short stories and poetry spanning several generations of Asian-Australians.
An autobiographical account of Behrouz Boochani's perilous journey to Christmas Island and his subsequent incarceration in an Australian govt immigration detention facility on Manus Island.
Renowned inspirational speaker and author, Simon Sinkey talks about why empathy is the most critical took for leaders today.
Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.
We hear a lot about how to speak well in public, but very little about how to learn the equally important art of listening properly to others.
Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in the 1940 movie ‘The Great Dictator’ has an eerie and sad resonance today, over 80yrs later.
The real reason we may destroy ourselves isn’t really to do with politics or economics or even warfare. It has to do with our minds.
Three-quarters of Earth’s land surface is under pressure from human activity. In this short film, spoken word artist Prince Ea makes a powerful case for protecting the planet and challenges the human race to create a sustainable future.
26 billionaires own the same wealth as 3.8 billion people. Let that sink in.
Having friends across cultures is good for us. Period. Not only does it improve our CQ and capacity for empathy.
People with disabilities people speak candidly about some of the common misconceptions able bodied people have about them, what they wish they knew and how proud they are of themselves just as they are, as they should be.
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
In a refreshingly honest talk, he explores how the attention-driven model of big tech companies impacts our creativity and shares a more powerful feeling than getting attention: paying attention.
Dean Parkin | CEO, Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition & Project Director, Uluru Education Project spoke at TEDxCanberra about the importance of an enshrined voice in Australian government for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town they grew up, the city they live and maybe another place or two.
Sheila Humphries was taken from her parents and placed in an orphanage by authorities as a child. One voice of the stolen Generation, Sheila, with many others suffered cruelty and neglect that has shaped her as an adult and a part of Australian history we mustn’t forget.
Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. She calls for more authentic representation of different cultures in media -- and a shift in how we tell our stories.
Dylan Marron explains how sometimes the most subversive thing you can do is actually speak with people you disagree with, not simply at them.
To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.
Social entrepreneur Julie Cordua works on a problem that isn't easy to talk about: the sexual abuse of children in images and videos on the internet. At Thorn, she's building techn to connect the dots between the tech industry, the law and government to swiftly end the viral distribution of abuse material and rescue children faster.
Indigenous peoples are uniting to protect the world's water, lands and history while trying to heal from genocide and ongoing inequality. Tribal attorney and Couchiching First Nation citizen Tara Houska chronicles the history of attempts by government and industry to eradicate the legitimacy of indigenous peoples' land and culture.
Writer, musician and community organiser Jonathan Sri talks about how Australia's white supremacist history continues to influence present-day political, legal and cultural institutions.