Racism in Australia – August 2013
A collection of stories from Australia about racism, curated by All Together Now
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Racism, anti-racism and multiculturalism as reported in the media in general (…)
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Online petition slams American DVD cover of The Sapphires as racist bit.ly/1c1yQBp
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Backlash over ‘sexist and racist’ DVD cover of The Sapphires …
Aug 6, 2013 … The DVD front cover of Australian film The Sapphires has triggered a backlash after exaggerating the role of the Irish … -
‘The Sapphires’ DVD Distributors Apologize For ‘Racist, Sexist’ Cover
Aug 6, 2013 … The American distributor of a celebrated Australian movie about racial equality, ” The Sapphires,” is backtrac… -
A lifetime of racial abuse still haunts injured Goodes
Adam Goodes’ voice softens as he recalls the incident in May when a 13-year-old girl called him an ape. In fact, he vividly recalls many … -
Photo: Pool/Getty Images The verdict in George Zimmerman’s trial caused in me the kind of existential crisis that my optimistic nature is…
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Australians turned to Google for answers on refugees and asylum seekers but overall sentiment remained negative bit.ly/150soqi
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Australians turn to Google for real answers on refugees and asylum seekers
WANT to know what your fellow everyday Australians really think about refugees, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants? Search engine Goog… -
Police re-examine raid after teenagers claim officers racially abused them
Victoria police will reopen an internal investigation into a raid that allegedly resulted in several African-born people being racially a… -
After Sikh temple attack, former white supremacist forms alliance with son of victim bit.ly/194a7HV #EraseRacism
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Son of Victim in Sikh Temple Attack Unites With Former White …
Aug 9, 2013 … We speak with two guests whose unlikely alliance was born out of this … Arno Michaelis is a former white supremacist … -
Pauline Hanson’s Ipswich fish and chip shop now run by Vietnamese immigrants shar.es/yAqeP via @dailytelegraph
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Pauline Hanson’s Ipswich fish and chip shop now … – The Courier-Mail
Aug 12, 2013 … IT WAS once the most famous fish and chip shop in Queensland. -
TIME Magazine Cover: We Are Australia – Aug. 19, 2013 – Australia …
Aug 19, 2013 … Cover Credit: PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREW QUILTY / OCULI FOR TIME. Tweet · Pin It · Inside this Issue · Email this Cover … -
Aboriginal men sue Qantas for false imprisonment
Aug 12, 2013 … Qantas says eight young indigenous men who boarded QF2178 from Sydney to Port Macquarie during Reconciliation Week in … -
‘No place’ for sexism, racism in Australia: PM Kevin Rudd
(Rudd has vowed to introduce…) SYDNEY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday said there was ‘no place’ for sexism, racism or homophobi… -
Three hurt as bomb thrown at Aboriginal community in Broome – ABC
4 days ago … Three people have been injured in what appears to be a bomb attack at an Aboriginal community in Broome. -
Broome bombing: where is the outrage? | Celeste Liddle | Comment …
3 days ago … Celeste Liddle: If the attack had happened in an affluent part of … from a car into a small Aboriginal community near … -
Actions, research, art and ideas to promote the prevention of racism
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Here’s a sneak peak of my show Legally Brown to air on @SBS very soon!
Would Australians stop a people smuggler? youtu.be/QKMC9K-ZZ1c -
Would YOU help a people smuggler? (Legally Brown)
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Dark is Beautiful – great campaign from India @disbcampaign via theguardian.com/world/shortcut…
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Dark Is Beautiful – Beauty Beyond Color
Support The Dark Is Beautiful Campaign. #disbcampaign. Sign our petition urging Emami to take down their discriminatory advertisement f… -
@alltognow We’re funding a project to fight racism, where #1GoodDollar will make a BIG difference ow.ly/o4XHA Pls RT
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DID U KNOW a 2011 study by @LowitjaInstitut found 97% Aboriginal Victorians experienced racism in the previous year? lowitja.org.au/racism-driver-…
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Racism a major risk factor for Aboriginal Victorians … – Lowitja Institute
Dec 18, 2012 … Some 97 per cent of recently surveyed Aboriginal Victorians had experienced racism in the previous 12 months, with rep… -
50 Years Ago Today Martin Luther King Jr Told Us About His Dream ow.ly/ohQD9 @alltognow @TFHFoundation @saintfrankly @nikolaos4
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@alltognow @aasrn @GroundswellCTCS heads up about our new MINORITY BOX video featuring Indian actors. 🙂 youtu.be/XHwvnxku5h8
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Asian Female 25-35 Actors – MINORITY BOX
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Experiment shows that we all have racial preconceived notions: when facing a white guy, or a black guy or a girl, we don’t react the same…
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What Would You Do? Bike Theft (White Guy, Black Guy, Pretty Girl)
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People thinking, writing, talking about racism…
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How best to tackle racism, Australian style
Whenever I’m asked about my cultural identity, I answer that I’m a first-generation Australian, of Chinese and Lao heritage. It’s a mouth… -
Sol Bellear, chairperson of the Aboriginal Medical Service, slams …
Aug 17, 2013 … EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: SOL Bellear, the long-serving chairperson of the Aboriginal … It makes everyone who is the target … -
Nova Peris: I have been subjected to racist abuse | World news …
Aug 20, 2013 … Nova Peris, the Labor Senate candidate for the Northern Territory, has said she has suffered a series of racist and de… -
Untrue blue: myths a obscure beautiful diversity
Smiles all round: There is strength in diversity. Photo: Ken Robertson It is almost a law of nature. From single species to whole ecosyst… -
“Families, children and communities are forging their own unique “Aussie” way of life” – how do you? ow.ly/21Oq75
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Is Australia racist? Not in my experience
One of the most common questions I am asked as an Australian abroad is, “why is your country so racist?” I answer by acknowledging that A… -
We came by boat: How refugees changed Australian business
4 days ago … Asylum seekers are just one part of a necessary debate on immigration that Australia is not having. -
Special All Together Now’s activities… A new ambassador and 2 awards!
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Welcome to Bruce Djite, our new ambassador
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Welcome Bruce Djite – our new ambassador – All Together Now
Aug 22, 2013 … Welcome to our new ambassador, Bruce Djite, Australian professional footballer who currently plays for Hyundai A-Leagu… -
Great news having a great leader like @BDjite helping to erase racism alltogethernow.org.au/news/welcome-b… @ALeague @adelutd_fc @thepfa @alltognow
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Very happy & proud to be an @alltognow ambassador! A fantastic organization & i look forward to working with them to eradicate racism.
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Is there something wrong with this photo? | Mamamia
4 days ago … So this show, supposedly based in Coogee, doesn’t seem to ring true. …. All we need is diverse casting based on re… -
We won two awards: Building Inclusive Communities Award 2013 and Jim Samios Memorial Award 2013 for our One Parramatta project
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Big congrats to all @alltognow on winning these two awards, keep up the great work!
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Newsroom Building Inclusive Communities Awards: winners …
3 days ago … The Ethnic Communities Council of NSW (ECC) and Macquarie University yesterday announced the winners of the 2013 Buildin… -
Congratulations to all 2013 Building Inclusive Communities Awards recipients, including overall winner @alltognow! ow.ly/ooMMD
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So proud to have worked on @alltognow‘s award-winning #OneParramatta project! mq.edu.au/newsroom/2013/…
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So proud to have worked on @alltognow‘s award-winning #OneParramatta project! mq.edu.au/newsroom/2013/…
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Proud 2 be part of #OneParramatta held by @alltognow overall winners of Building Inclusive Communities awards! mq.edu.au/newsroom/2013/… …
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A big congrats! RT@alltognow: we won TWO Building Inclusive Communities awards yesterday for #OneParramatta project! oneparramatta.com
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One Parramatta is a project to address racism in the Parramatta area.
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People who behave in a racist manner are in minority. Let’s keep it that way and please support All Together Now to promote the prevention of racism in Australia.