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Team : Social Geographers (Dunn & Forrest) Social Epidemiologist (Paradies)

Pedersen, A., & Dunn, K. (2009, September). The Challenging Racism Project. Amnesty International. Team : Social Geographers (Dunn & Forrest) Social Epidemiologist (Paradies) Community Psychologist (Pedersen) Social Scientist (Guerin) Social Worker (Babacan)

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Team : Social Geographers (Dunn & Forrest) Social Epidemiologist (Paradies)

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  1. Pedersen, A., & Dunn, K. (2009, September). The Challenging Racism Project. Amnesty International Team: Social Geographers (Dunn & Forrest) Social Epidemiologist (Paradies) Community Psychologist (Pedersen) Social Scientist (Guerin) Social Worker (Babacan) Thanks to James Forrest and Therese Kenna for providing the map and graphs

  2. Racism in Australia ‘Everyday’ experiences of racism [1= high incidence; 8= low]

  3. What to do? • Prejudice and racism are multi-faceted: structural, cultural, inter-personal, and personal • An anti-prejudice intervention is one personal/inter-personal way forward. The Challenging Racism Project looks at the individual within his or her context. The geographical data tells us what is happening within each location; psychology tells us what strategies might be appropriate within that location • Three lots of strategies: • Strategies that should be used as a matter of course; e.g., accurate information. Strategists may attempt to address false beliefs such as “being Indigenous entitles you to more social security benefits”. • Strategies that need to be tailored on location; e.g., white privilege. • Strategies for background use only (e.g., personality)

  4. Conclusions/Recommendations • Context matters • This type of work needs to be nationally endorsed • Structural, cultural, inter-personal, and personal factors all need to be addressed • Different disciplines can, and should, work together • Individuals can – and often do - create a critical mass forcing structural change “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever does” (Margaret Mead)

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