Racial & Cultural Analysis
January 23rd, 2006
I was reading the new posts over at GapingVoid, where I found this link to the Thora Institute. I have only read the first couple of posts, but it deals with issues affecting the black population of the USA, and seems to do so in a calm, fair and informed manner.
I found it interesting, but to be completely honest not very interesting, as I don’t live in the USA, and therefore its impact upon me is going to be fairly minimal.
However it got me thinking: Is there a similar website or online resource that address in a similar manner issues affecting the aboriginal people of Australia, or any of the migrant minorities that live in Australia, such as the Southern European, North African, Middle Eastern or Asian peoples?
As evidenced by one of my previous posts, there is still a lot of cultural differences and racial hatred that exists in this country. I thought an online resource in a similar vein to that of the Thora Institute that addresses these perceptions of different peoples could be useful. If you know of one, let me know in the comments below.
[…] I’ve been watching a really interesting documentary series called Race: The Power Of An Illusion on the ABC recently. As the issue of race relations is something I’ve written about here and here already (funnily enough, it wasn’t a subject I was planning to write about when launching this site), I thought I’d share this gem of a documentary with you. […]