Racism
Paapa Essiedu received the role of a lifetime in the Harry Potter series. Then the death threats began
The actor’s casting triggered a race-fuelled backlash online, with some arguing a black actor should not play a character originally written as white.
- Nell Geraets
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- Opinion
- Antisemitism
Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril
Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.
- David Leser
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
The AFL usually loves pushing a social cause. So why is it ignoring this one?
The AFL would never admit it, but some around football say it has turned its back when Australia most needs it because it’s nervous about a public backlash.
- Neil Mitchell
- Opinion
- One Nation
Hanson’s surge is just a protest vote? The one notion that imperils Liberals
At the last two elections, the Coalition parties have remained largely immovable. Their voters, on the other hand, have been willing to shift.
- Sean Kelly
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Australia, don’t demonise immigrants. Just thank them
The contribution of immigration to this country is not just positive, it is formative. Migrants are who we are.
- Aruna Sathanapally
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
Why Mark Zuckerberg should be dragged in front of this royal commission
The most successful royal commissions name names and result in systemic change. Can we get that kind of accountability when it comes to antisemitism?
- Jenna Price
- Opinion
- Angus Taylor
Migrants already sign on to Australian values, so what exactly is Angus Taylor proposing?
The new Liberal Party leader wants to test how committed immigrants are to Australian values. But policing the values of freedom and tolerance can be precarious.
- Jacqueline Maley
‘Significant hostility’: Scale of racism on university campuses revealed
Racism is “pervasive” across the country’s 43 universities and has worsened with “external events”.
- Sally Rawsthorne
Obama breaks silence after racist video shared by Trump account
The former US president says most Americans find the current level of political discourse “deeply troubling”.
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
How ‘Zionist’ became a safe word for hate
Some of the Israeli government’s fiercest critics are Israelis who nonetheless consider themselves proudly Zionist. The true meaning of the word has been hijacked and distorted, and used against Jews.
- Danny Berkovic