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Ethic of Discomfort: Is Asking for Nude Lipstick Racist?
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Burns, Edgar A. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2019
Teaching about culturally embedded racism can be difficult. Developing concepts to reframe deeply inscribed racial beliefs and attitudes is one necessary step, but illustrating cultural racism can be even more important. Effective examples invite behavioural change and significantly improved understanding. Lipstick and nail polish practices are…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Racial Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Affective Behavior
Is There a Case for Mandatory Reporting of Racism in Schools?
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Auld, Glenn – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2018
This paper explores how the colonial hegemony of racism in Australia could be disrupted in schools by introducing mandatory reporting of racism by teachers in Australia, and addresses the benefits and risks of mandatory reporting of racism. Using Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as a case study, the ongoing prevalence of racism in schools is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Bias, Teacher Role, Disclosure
Refugee Immigrants' Experiences of Racism and Racial Discrimination at Australian TAFE Institutes: A Transformative Psychosocial Approach
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Onsando, Gerald; Billett, Stephen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
This paper discusses experiences of racism and racial discrimination of seven refugee immigrants attending different courses at two Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes in South East Queensland, Australia. In doing so, the paper draws from two studies that focused on resettlement of refugee immigrants in Australia. A transformative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Immigrants, Racial Bias
International Perspectives on Alternative Education. Policy and Practice
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Mills, Martin, Ed.; McCluskey, Gillean, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2018
'Alternative education' encompasses a diversity of schooling types and organizations. "International Perspectives on Alternative Education" explores alternative forms of schooling from the position of academics, policy workers, and those working and studying in such schools across the world. The first-hand accounts by those working and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Academic Achievement
Cultural Diversity, Racialisation and the Experience of Racism in Rural Australia: The South Australian Case
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Forrest, James; Dunn, Kevin – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
Rural spaces in settler nations like Australia are commonly perceived as "white", with low numbers of "non-white" ethnic minorities. Perhaps because of this, although ethnic diversity is a feature of some rural communities, there is a paucity of research into issues of cultural exclusion. This is surprising in view of recent…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Immigrants, Minority Groups, Rural Areas
Lessons from the Past: Education and Racism in Australia.
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Dunn, Myra – Education in Rural Australia, 2001
The history of racism in Australia is inextricably linked with prevailing ideologies of rural Australia, supported strongly by educational discourses of deficit and disadvantage. A challenge for the Reconciliation Movement will be to make an effective contribution to the development of anti-racist and non-racist practices in rural schooling.…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Acculturation, Colonialism, Educational Policy