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Preface to Orientalism....
The terrible conflicts that herd people under falsely unifying rubrics like "America", "The West" or "Islam" must be opposed, writes Edward Said. In this 2003 article he revists the thesis of his 1975 book Orientalism.

From anti-racism to interracial trust: A cultural perspective...What kind of initiatives do we need to reduce racism from Australian society, if not eliminate it? In previous contributions to this conference we have heard about some of the historical, institutional and political dimensions of this problem. In my talk I will concentrate on its cultural dimensions, especially as it is related to the so-called 'mainstream' of civil society.

The Australian Dream: Indigenous Peoples in an Australian Republic...Larissa Behrendt's National Republican Lecture: I have argued in my book, Achieving Social Justice that the proper measure as to whether laws and institutions work is to test them by how well they work for the poor, the marginalised and the culturally distinct. It is not enough that they only work well for the middle-class members of the dominant culture

 

 

Resources: Race

Media Awareness Network: Media Stereotypes

MNet is a Canadian non-profit organization that has been pioneering the development of media literacy programs these reports look at media stereotypes across a range of groups including women, men, gays and lesbians, and ethnic and racial groups.

Race for the Headlines: racism and media discourse

In Race for the headlines, the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board examines the ways in which issues and discourses relating to race have manifested in the media in New South Wales, in particular 2001-2003. This study focuses primarily on print and radio with some reference to television.We trace the ways that race has been understood, reported and represented throughout Australia’s history since colonisation.

All-Media Guide to Fair and Cross-Cultural Reporting

A guide prepared by Stephen Stockwell and Paul Scott from Griffith University.

ABC Message Stick Cultural Protocol

Message Stick has produced this Indigenous Protocol site hoping to assist journalists, filmmakers, producers and documentary makers to understand the importance of abiding by Indigenous Protocols.

Getting it Right

A Journalist's Guide to working with Indigenous Communities produced by the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Face the Facts

Face the Facts remains the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's most requested publication. It was first published in 1997 and updated in 2001 and again in 2003. The demand for clear factual information about immigrants, refugees and Indigenous peoples continues.

Listen

Report of a 2003 Consultation by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission with Arab and Muslim communities throughout Australia.

 

 

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