A poem by Aboriginal writer and performer Steven Oliver which confronts Australian racism, hypocrisy, fragility and privilege has climbed to almost two million views on Facebook.
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There’s ‘box ticking’, and then there’s BOX TICKING!!!! See if you can guess what the West Australian police will be doing for the next two months.
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The rising New Zealand star is determined to help keep racism alive. And you can help too.
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One of the great myths of the mainstream media is the notion of impartiality… that is, journalists not just conducting themselves in public without bias, but being seen to conduct themselves without bias.
Social media has done away with all that. And it turns out we can also thank US president Donald Trump for shining a light on it.
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If, like New Matilda, you believe some of the best journalism on the planet is currently being done by a show that has no links to journalism, then you’ll be interested to know that ‘journalist’ is being sued for defamation, in what’s set to be a closely watched trial.
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