Not the Only One

The film, which was written, designed, and narrated by Ben Passmore and is based on his mini-comic of the same name, is a brilliant, refreshing way to examine whiteness and racism. The comic and animated short are an open-letter from "your black friend" to you, their well-meaning white friend, about bias, alienation, and what it means to be a good ally and friend. It's funny, honest, and heartbreaking in equal measure. And speaking from personal experience, it captures the experience of bein...

@sandyosullivan I still insist that I had the best Ph.D. Supervisor ever. Super supportive & nothing but love. The university itself? Not so much. I was told that I was admitted as the “diversity” candidate in an all-white SOCIOLOGY department…which tells me there were no “good old days.” / X

Why is it that when we, the blind community, give honest feedback on tech, it's often seen as ingratitude? We're not just users; we're experts by experience. Our voices matter in shaping truly useful tech. #FeedbackMatters #Accessibility #Blind #Disability

Australia’s population is more diverse than ever. The latest ABS Census data shows just 54% of Australians now claim an Anglo-Celtic background. Around 25% have a non-European background, 18% have a European background, and 3% have an Indigenous background. Yet new research from the University of Sydney, UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, and Media Diversity Australia confirms the journalist workforce remains overwhelmingly Anglo-Celtic and white. The research foun...

#payequity via @danziffer: “Some of the most popular brands in Australia, which sell goods largely to women, have substantial gender pay gaps.” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-27/the-companies-that-take-money-from-women-but-dont-give-much-back/103504884

Systemic racism is a scientifically tractable phenomenon, urgent for cognitive scientists to address. This tutorial reviews the built-in systems that undermine life opportunities and outcomes by racial category, with a focus on challenges to Black Americans. From American colonial history, explicit practices and policies reinforced disadvantage across all domains of life, beginning with slavery, and continuing with vastly subordinated status. Racially segregated housing creates racial isolati...

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-1-built-for-control-but-not-for-people/ »Linux “just works”—if you can see. If you’re blind? You boot into a live image and get nothing. No speech. No braille. No login prompt feedback. Maybe Orca starts, maybe not. Maybe you know the shortcut (Alt+Super+S?) but does that even work in this session type? Is it Wayland? Is it X11? Is the screen reader bound to a key combo that doesn’t exist on your keyboard? ...

Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment