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I’ve felt this before. I have felt like the outsider, the “diversity card” and constantly having to prove myself to level with my white colleagues. I was once told by an editor ( not at ABC) that my English was always going to be bad because my migrant parents taught it to me.
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.@neryssaazlan, a social media producer for #QandA, powerfully unpacks casual and structural racism in a must-read opinion piece that was published today 👇🏽
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If you’re a progressive and oppose racism, please read this. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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I decided to share my experience as the social media producer for @QandA After Stan’s departure, I’ve seen a lot of finger-pointing by individuals and media organisations. I wrote this article as a reminder of how we could all be complicit. abc.net.au/news/2023-05-2
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🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊 Attention Journalists & media professionals of First Nations and culturally diverse backgrounds Reach out to us
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if you’re feeling particularly vulnerable at this time. You are not alone. We can offer confidential support.
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"Sometimes the people who commit acts of racism are people you love — and isn't it a true testimony of how much you care for a person when you support them to become better people instead of enabling or ignoring bad behaviour?" A must-read from
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I decided to share my experience as the social media producer for @QandA After Stan’s departure, I’ve seen a lot of finger-pointing by individuals and media organisations. I wrote this article as a reminder of how we could all be complicit. abc.net.au/news/2023-05-2
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You MUST read this by QandA’s Social Media Producer
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Especially those of us who regard ourselves as progressive, non-racists! #stangrant #istandwithgrant
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I decided to share my experience as the social media producer for @QandA After Stan’s departure, I’ve seen a lot of finger-pointing by individuals and media organisations. I wrote this article as a reminder of how we could all be complicit. abc.net.au/news/2023-05-2
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"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." MDA proudly supports diverse youth media initiatives, especially when it comes to learning media literacy in today's digital world.
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The @nembc_official Youth Media Conference is on. We have an awesome group of media shakers here today!! As always a pleasure to listen to @MariamVeiszadeh 🎙️ from @MediaDiverseAU.
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“It is a bit of a reckoning,” said ⁦
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⁩, Mr. Grant’s absence was being felt so acutely because “there is no one of his caliber, of a First Nations background, of his experience, that can fill the void,” she said via
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Australia Reckons With TV Host’s Exit Over Racist Abuse
Stan Grant, an Indigenous journalist, was attacked on social media after talking during coronation coverage about the brutality of colonialism.
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Would have been most appropriate to have a First Nations panelist and /or Host on tonight
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Joining @johnbarronusa: - @MariamVeiszadeh, CEO of @MediaDiverseAU and Lawyer - @chrisgambian, Executive Director of @au4mentalhealth and former federal Labor Party candidate - @parnellpalme, Managing Director at @agendacampaigns - Kudzai Kanhutu, infectious diseases expert
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