‘What Happens Next?’: Tackling Racism, Part II
The 2020 murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked the embers of a long-smouldering conflict centred around racial injustice. The issues of systemic and institutionalised racism that have been brought to light in the wake of the movements that followed this incident can seem overwhelming. As an individual, it’s difficult to know where to start, and to believe it’s possible to make a difference.
The Monash University Migration and Inclusion Centre, in collaboration with Welcoming Australia, recently hosted a panel discussion entitled “Racism: It Stops With…?”. Comprised of some of the foremost leaders working for equality in Australia and moderated by What Happens Next? podcast host Dr Susan Carland, the panel focused on progressive, inclusive ways to eliminate racism within the community and the workplace, in the education sector, and in society at large.
Listen: Racism: It Stops With...? (Part I)
In part two of the discussion, which was recorded live for What Happens Next?, panellists Nyadol Nyuon, Div Pillay, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) Professor Jacinta Elston and Emeritus Professor Andrew Markus identified steps each of us can take to stop racism in its tracks. They also shared the initiatives and developments they’ve come across in their work that are giving them hope for the future.
Listen now to the second half of the conversation and learn how you can join the fight against racism.
“There is a proportion of Australian society that is intolerant of diversity, doesn't want to have change as they understand it. Then there's a proportion of the population who embraces and welcomes diversity and multiculturalism...
Five to 10 percent is in one camp, the intolerant camp... They're not going to define me. And they shouldn't define us.”
Andrew Markus
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