Confident Conversations About Race and Racism

Racism remains one of the greatest scourges on society, here in Australia and globally. Yet, many of us are not confident in our abilities to recognise, understand, and take appropriate action against racism. This course will guide us to a better understanding of these complex issues and importantly provide a way to navigate through to take an anti-racist stance. With expert contributions from a range of people with diverse lived experiences and theoretical understandings, the course will equip people to gain greater insight into how race and racism are constructed and how they are experienced in different contexts. The course will also provide guidance on what it means to be anti-racist and what that looks like in action. Importantly, the MOOC has been designed to recognise and value diverse cultural, historical, and contemporary experiences of race and racism. It will guide people through the crucial work of critical self-reflection to understand how each of us are racialized; and how our own cultures, identities, histories, and assumptions inform and impact the ability to engage in productive conversations about race and racism.