Author: Simon Theobald Most of us will have seen over the past few days images of refugees, green card holders, and travellers, arriving in US airports only to be told that they have been denied entry on the basis of President Trump’s executive order banning entry to citizens of Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia … Continue reading Getting Iran right: The myopia of Trump’s Muslim visa ban
Month: January 2017
A Choice To Care (about social inequity)?
Author: Julia Brown Over time, we learn what to care about and what not to, and who to care about and who not to. Much of this comes down to the social circles in which we move, and wider cultural norms that drive our sense of what we want (from work ideals, material and consumable … Continue reading A Choice To Care (about social inequity)?
Experiencing Multiculturalism: When is Diversity, Diverse?
Growing up in middle class Australia, concepts of tolerance, respect, and the abstract celebration of diversity were part and parcel of my family’s commitment to multiculturalism as a social principle. People were different – and that was A Good Thing. After all, if we were all the same it would be well, pretty boring. In … Continue reading Experiencing Multiculturalism: When is Diversity, Diverse?
The Familiar Strange 