Race and Education

US Focus

How the US education system perpetuates inequality and racism (20 min)

Opening segment, 15 min., of Is This Working? ​4:20 - 23:16 
This American Life. Planting the seeds of hierarchy. The entire podcast recording is very useful if you have time.

Nice White Parents New NYT Podcast series
(Also addresses issues of “white saviorism” in philanthropy in the first episode)

UK Focus

I heard what you said by Jeffrey Boakye

Aotearoa/NZ Focus

The Haka Party Incident, RNZ feature documentary, 2024 (stream NZ only)

Documentary lays bare history of the haka party incident

Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland website, 2024

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/08/16/documentary-lays-bare-history-of-the-haka-party-incident.html

Australia Focus

Taunts, harassment and assaults: landmark report finds racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’ (article)

The Guardian 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/17/australian-university-racism-study-report 

Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne (website)

https://www.unimelb.edu.au/dhoombak-goobgoowana 

We welcome submissions relevant to other countries on this issue. Get in touch!