What Made the West Great: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis
Advances in the Western thought and culture are threatened by the insecurity of authoritarianism and populism.
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April 20, 2025
Guardians of Free Thought: Institutions and the Defence of Liberty in a Mature Democracy
Institutions independent of government that provide perspective in times of crisis are crucial to democracy.
April 19, 2025
A composite image created by BlakandBlack of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price Gina Rinehart, emphasising the relationship between them.
Accountability / Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Culture / Education / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Propaganda
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: Suitability for Government Efficiency Leadership
A close look at Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's credentials and experience as the opposition posit her role in a Liberal-National led government.
April 13, 2025
Corruption / Education / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / International Law / United Nations
The Significance of Human Rights: A Review of the UN Declaration
The UN Declaration of Human Rights sets standards for the protection and advancement of people, but the reality is more challenged.
February 7, 2025
Hate Speech: Impact on Society, Individuals and Democracy
Hate speech in modern society refreshes societal tensions that lead to intolerance and violence, but there are strategies to combat it.
January 31, 2025
The Crumbling Foundations of Trust: Consequences of Misinformation on Democracy
The promotion of conspiracies and misinformation by political leaders and "experts" feeds societal polarisation and undermines democracy.
January 21, 2025
The Role of Imagination in Dialectical Thinking: A Double-Seeing Approach
We must acknowledge the vital role that imagination plays in shaping our understanding of the world.
December 22, 2024
Introducing Religion in Public Education: A Critical Examination
The incorporation of the Bible into school curricula raises ethical, educational and constitutional concerns in Oklahoma.
November 19, 2024
Australian Aborigines / Culture / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Education / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Racism / Respect / Shared humanity
A mile in his shoes – learning from Monet
Chocolate is the panacea of woe, but in more recent years, I’ve found my palette appreciating much more of the citrus tones that cleanse and refresh, even if some do…
September 28, 2013
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Primary/Secondary / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity
The blind juggler: Aboriginal offending and sentencing
Jim Jim where is our party? where all members’re held equal an’vow t’infiltrate that thought among the people it hopes t’serve an’sets a respected road for all those like me.…
May 24, 2013
Accountability / Corruption / Education / Equality / Hypocrisy / Propaganda / Rule of Law / Tertiary
OUA and Australia’s culture of corruption
Before I launch into today’s topic I’d like to offer an apology for my long absence from Blak and Black. I have been helping a friend restore a 19th Century…
September 15, 2012
Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law / Tertiary
The Hunger Games, contemporary spin on ancient tale
My mind has been drawn to another of Rilke’s poems – Dreaming: This my labour: crowned by desire to wander the paths of days. Then sturdied, strong, send rootlet streamers…
April 22, 2012
Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / Law Enforcement / Police / Respect / Tertiary
Anti-Aboriginal racism rife in the Australian Community
The National Tertiary Education Union ("NTEU") has released the findings from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander member survey ‘I’m Not Racist But … Report on Cultural Respect, Racial Discrimination,…
November 30, 2011
Corporate profit / Corruption / Education / Environment / Globalisation / Hypocrisy / Mining / Tertiary
Not everyone is lucky in the Lucky Country
“Australia is different. Australia is a country with universal subsidised healthcare, subsidised tertiary education with an efficient and fair loans scheme which is paid at an acceptable rate only out…
October 22, 2011
ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Education / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / India / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Tertiary / White Australia
No amount of education will ever make us white
The following is a letter I received from a reader of Blak and Black and the Fiji Sun, talking about his experiences as a Pakistani/Australian living in Australia’s Capital, Canberra: Dear…
July 31, 2011
Modern Racism by Paulo Flores
Bakchos has asked me to write a post for Blak and Black about what has come to be known in the United States as Modern Racism a concept which I…
June 1, 2011
Wilcannia Central School & ICAC
Today’s on-line edition of the Sydney Morning Herald includes an article titled No fish too small, says Greiner in defence of ICAC, in which the former Premier of NSW Mr. Nick…
December 9, 2010
The educational haves vs. Wilcannia Central School.
Desmond Webster, an Aboriginal student from Wilcannia Central School in NSW's far west, was suspended in July for leaving school at lunch-time to buy food for younger children who had…
December 8, 2010