IBARW links roundup thing

[dreamer_easy]

Get Up! Action for Australia - send an email right now to oppose the government's hasty, ill-conceived new law on Aboriginal child abuse. Parliament votes this Tuesday! (More information about the proposed law here.)

As it's the last day of International Blog Against Racism Week, I thought I'd collect up all the links I've bookmarked. Thanks to everyone who's left comments, shared resources, and debated with me!

Firstly, places to visit on LJ:
ibarw (and the indexed collection of IBARW postings)
debunkingwhite
anti_racism
deadbrowalking
sex_and_race
And my own humble wall of scrawl, cluelessch1x0r.

General
+ Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned

Australia
+ Put Our First People First - Australian Democrats campaign
+ Close The Gap - Oxfam campaign on Indigenous health
+ Deep listening: working with Indigenous mental distress - transcript of a recent ABC Radio broadcast
+ The First Wave: Beyond a White Australia - online exhibition about immigration
+ Different treatment based on race can fuel prejudice: "The federal Government’s announcement this week that it would introduce special requirements for people of Arabic descent seeking permanent residency is an example of differential treatment based on race, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tom Calma said today."
+ Stolen Generation compensation long overdue: "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has warmly congratulated Bruce Trevorrow on being the first person from the Stolen Generations to secure compensation after a long hard struggle through the courts."
+ gillpolack tells the story of her mother's family, Jewish immigrants to Australia.

USA
+ snopes.com, the Urban Legends Web site, debunks numerous racial rumours and is generally an invaluable resource.
+ An Introduction to American Indian Tribal Sovereignty
+ Friends Committee on National Legislation Wants Native American Lives Saved: "Nearly 25 percent of Native Americans live in poverty compared to 12 percent of the general public. Health care has not been updated and is underfunded both in actual and comparative terms. Every other individual receiving federal funding for health care, such as veterans or those on Medicare, receives far more. Only half as much is spent on health care for the average Native American who relies on the Indian Health Service as for the average poor person who relies on Medicaid."
+ A powerful posting from karnythia: "The next person to say Barack Obama isn't black enough...": "And yes, every black kid that grew up in the hood and made it to middle class has a story about black folks teasing them about being too proper, or acting white. Know why? Because racism has permeated our culture to the extent that some black folks are starting to believe the bullshit."
+ And from minisinoo: Quick-and-Dirty Tutorial on (North) American Indian Magic for HP fanfic authors (and interested others)
+ Arabs and the Racial Lessons of 9/11 from www.seeingblack.com
+ kita0610 posts about her Jewish identity.

United Kingdom
+ wolfinthewood relates a fascinating historical story of Restoration racism.
+ George Orwell's 1945 essay, Antisemitism in Britain

Comments

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

And... here's another fun filled link for you to gape at!

http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/59019/

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

[the-cockfighter.livejournal.com]

I sympathise with the Get-Up action and in fact I'll participate, but I don't think this is where the resources should be directed to.

The insanity of the federal governemnt is breathtaking, but I think the focus of political action needs to be directed to the people who voted them into both houses, and without being patronising.