LibGuides: Indigenisation resources: Discrimination and racism

About The Ripple Effect

Centering around Nicky Winmar, the film delves into the ongoing impacts of racism through some of Australia's most prominent and inspiring athletes of colour.

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About One Plus One: Miranda Tapsell

Miranda Tapsell is an award-winning indigenous actor who uses her own experience of discrimination to agitate for more diversity in the arts.

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How do light-skinned Aboriginal Australians experience racism?: Implications for social work by Bindi Bennett
Publication Date: 2014 in AlterNative: Int J of Indigenous Peoples

The author uses the concept of lateral violence to show how many light- skinned Aboriginal people experience racism both from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Highlights the extensive social and psychological consequences of racism and lateral violence and discusses what this means for Australia.
Bias against Indigenous Australians: Implicit association test results for Australia by Siddharth Shirodkar
Publication Date: 2019

Reported experiences of discrimination amongst Indigenous Australians may reflect an implicit bias inherent in Australian society. This paper explores previously unpublished data from the internationally renowned Implicit Association Test that attempts to measure the implicit biases that Australians may hold against Indigenous peoples.
Mitigating the impacts of racism on Indigenous wellbeing through human rights, legislative and health policy reform by Abigail Bray, Roz Walker
Publication Date: 2023 in Medical Journal of Australia

Indigenous people's health and health rights have been harmed and undermined by racism globally. There is substantial evidence that interpersonal and structural racism contributes to Indigenous people's physical and mental ill health and reduces access to health services.

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Films and TV shows

Web links

Racism. It stops with me. (Reconciliation Australia) - A fact sheet by Reconciliation Australia, providing an overview on the racism faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders face everyday.
Aussie Educator: Indigenous Education - The Barometer is a biennial, national research study, undertaken by Reconciliation Australia since 2008. It is the only survey undertaken in Australia that measures the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians.
Cultural responsiveness in action (Indigenous Allied Health Australia) - Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) is a national member-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health organisation.
Systemic Racism in Health (NACCHO) - Speech by NACCHO Chair Ms Donnella Mills at FECCA 2022 Conference, Melbourne.
Indigenous perspectives on workplace racism (Diversity Council Australia) - A look at the effect of institutional and interpersonal racism.

Specialist databases

Informit Indigenous Collection - Contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
Australian Public Affairs Full Text (Informit) - Articles from Australian journals and newspapers.
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) - Access to articles on film, media, journalism, cultural studies and communication.
Sociology Source Ultimate - Subjects include gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology.

Indigenisation resources: Discrimination and racism

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