Australia’s Islamophobia Problem
It’s a scary time to be Muslim in Australia. On 18 September, anti-terrorism raids in connection with IS were conducted in Sydney and Brisbane. Australia’s terror alert has also been raised from...
Category: Racism
The New World of Digital Prison Visits
When I heard that Genesee County Jail (located in Southeast Michigan, servicing Flint, among other cities) would be offering video chatting for people visiting inmates, I was at first intrigued. I am...
Militarization Isn’t the Problem In Ferguson – It’s Racism.
We are not all Michael Brown. Or John Crawford III, Rekia Boyd or Aiyana Stanley Jones. Nor are we all Cliven Bundy, Steve Loehner, or any of the dozens of Open Carry advocates whose images have...
Cancelling Hieroglyph: Is 2014 a Turning Point for TV’s Handling of Race?
With a rise in interest in sweeping historical dramas filled with intrigue, betrayal, amazing frocks, and sensuality, it’s not surprising to see almost every US network vying to produce some...
Solidarity for Muslimahs: An American Girls Soccer Team Dons Hijab
Observant Muslimah Samah Aidah, a high school student in Colorado, wears her hijab or head covering as a component of her religious faith wherever she goes in public, like many other Muslim women....
The Australian Aboriginal People With Disabilities Being Held In Prison Without Trial
Last week, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlighted the circumstances of Western Australia resident Rosie Anne Fulton, who has been incarcerated without being convicted of a crime or...
Gays Not Welcome: America’s New Wave of “Religious Freedom” Laws
If Arizona legislators have their way, business owners will soon be able to deny services to people on the grounds that they’re wearing mixed fibers—a Biblical no-no—along with others who...
Light the Dark: Australians Gather to Protest Asylum Seeker Policy
Last night, as the Australian summer sun finally dipped over the horizon, 15000 Australians gathered by candelight in 750 locations around the country, in a night dubbed Light the Dark by activist...
Fresh Romance: China’s New Dating Show “If You Are the One”
I have never been one for dating shows, but I do not seem to be able to stop watching China’s extremely popular If You Are the One. I am hardly alone in this amongst Australians, which is unusual...
Review: 12 Years a Slave
Just look at Edwin Epps’ eyes. Shimmering blue hatred ringed with red and sunk into black pits dug out of his cheekbones. The sweat of corruption clings to his sickly yellow skin, he is odious and...