In this episode, Chelsea & David ask: what can we learn from paying attention to the work that Blackfullas are doing across diverse frontlines in the war on race? From racial complaints processes, to suing the racists; working to redistribute their resources, or refusing to participate in their systems: Kevin Yow Yeh, Dr. Steven Hagan, Angela Barney-Leitch, and Senator Lidia Thorpe each offer unique insights into the scale of the war on race in the colony, and the many frontlines that Blackfullas and other racialised people are fighting on. 

Reading list

Watego, Chelsea. ‘Always Bet on Black (Power): The Fight against Race’. Meanjin (Melbourne, Vic) 80, no. 3 (2021): 22–33.

Macoun, Alissa, Chelsea Watego, David Singh, Elizabeth Strakosch, and Kevin Yow Yeh. ‘The Human Rights Commission Has Handed down a Report on Racism at Australian Universities. Here’s Why It Fails’. The Conversation, 16 January 2025. http://theconversation.com/the-human-rights-commission-has-handed-down-a-report-on-racism-at-australian-universities-heres-why-it-fails-246422.

Singh, David, Chelsea Bond, and Helena Kajlich. ‘Racial Complaint and Sovereign Divergence: The Case of Australia’s First Indigenous Ophthalmologist’. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (Cambridge, UK) 49, no. 2 (2020): 145–52.

Ahmed, Sara. Complaint! Duke University Press, 2021.

Hagan, Stephen. ‘The Nexus between Judicial Bias against Indigenous Australians and Community Xenophobia’. Phd, University of Southern Queensland, 2016.

Credits

Recordings and Production: Some of the podcast materials are drawn from Triple A Murri Country’s Let’s Talk Black Politics and Black Knowing, recorded in the studio between 2023-2024, hosted by Professor Chelsea Watego and Dr David Singh in addition to excerpts from QUT Carumba Institute’s National Symposium Unifying Anti-racism Research and Practice, all of which were produced by Anna Carlson.

Music: We wish to sincerely thank Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra for granting permission for free use of ‘Live, Laugh, Decolonise’ and ‘Eat the World’  

Production & Sound Design: BlakCast Productions

Artwork: graphic by Rachel Apelt, Artbalm.

This podcast was supported (partially) by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Discovery Indigenous Projects funding scheme (project IN210100008). The views expressed herein are those of the presenters and are not necessarily those of the Australian Government or Australian Research Council.

In this episode, Chelsea &amp; David ask: what can we learn from paying attention to the work that Blackfullas are doing across diverse frontlines in the war on race? From racial complaints processes, to suing the racists; working to redistribute their resources, or refusing to participate in their systems: Kevin Yow Yeh, Dr. Steven Hagan, Angela Barney-Leitch, and Senator Lidia Thorpe each offer unique insights into the scale of the war on race in the colony, and the many frontlines that Blackfullas and other racialised people are fighting on.&nbsp;
Reading list
Watego, Chelsea. &lsquo;Always Bet on Black (Power): The Fight against Race&rsquo;. Meanjin (Melbourne, Vic) 80, no. 3 (2021): 22&ndash;33.
Macoun, Alissa, Chelsea Watego, David Singh, Elizabeth Strakosch, and Kevin Yow Yeh. &lsquo;The Human Rights Commission Has Handed down a Report on Racism at Australian Universities. Here&rsquo;s Why It Fails&rsquo;. The Conversation, 16 January 2025. <a href="http://theconversation.com/the-human-rights-commission-has-handed-down-a-report-on-racism-at-australian-universities-heres-why-it-fails-246422.">http://theconversation.com/the-human-rights-commission-has-handed-down-a-report-on-racism-at-australian-universities-heres-why-it-fails-246422.</a>
Singh, David, Chelsea Bond, and Helena Kajlich. &lsquo;Racial Complaint and Sovereign Divergence: The Case of Australia&rsquo;s First Indigenous Ophthalmologist&rsquo;. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (Cambridge, UK) 49, no. 2 (2020): 145&ndash;52.
Ahmed, Sara. Complaint! Duke University Press, 2021.
Hagan, Stephen. &lsquo;The Nexus between Judicial Bias against Indigenous Australians and Community Xenophobia&rsquo;. Phd, University of Southern Queensland, 2016.
Credits
Recordings and Production: Some of the podcast materials are drawn from Triple A Murri Country&rsquo;s Let&rsquo;s Talk Black Politics and Black Knowing, recorded in the studio between 2023-2024, hosted by Professor Chelsea Watego and Dr David Singh in addition to excerpts from QUT Carumba Institute&rsquo;s National Symposium Unifying Anti-racism Research and Practice, all of which were produced by Anna Carlson.
Music: We wish to sincerely thank Matt Hsu&rsquo;s Obscure Orchestra for granting permission for free use of &lsquo;Live, Laugh, Decolonise&rsquo; and &lsquo;Eat the World&rsquo; &nbsp;
Production &amp; Sound Design: BlakCast Productions
Artwork: graphic by Rachel Apelt, Artbalm.
This podcast was supported&nbsp;(partially) by the Australian Government through the&nbsp;Australian Research Council's&nbsp;Discovery Indigenous Projects&nbsp;funding scheme (project IN210100008). The views expressed herein are those of the presenters and are not necessarily those of the&nbsp;Australian Government&nbsp;or Australian Research Council.

Join your favourite “nerds on the frontline” Professor Chelsea Watego & Dr. David Singh as they embark on an ambitious new podcast to showcase the power and possibility of Indigenous critical race theory. 

Over 13 jam-packed episodes, Chelsea & David examine key concepts and ideas in Indigenous critical race theory to help listeners learn to “read the play” in the ongoing war on race. They dig into big questions about the ethics of anti-racist research and practice. They foreground the importance of working from Aboriginal terms of reference, and the power and joy of building intellectual collectives grounded in Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty. 

Expect incisive interviews, gut-punch analysis, and the occasional belly laugh as Chelsea & David grapple with the life and death stakes of race in the colony and the work that mob across the continent are doing to fight back.

Join your favourite &ldquo;nerds on the frontline&rdquo; Professor Chelsea Watego &amp; Dr. David Singh as they embark on an ambitious new podcast to showcase the power and possibility of Indigenous critical race theory.&nbsp;
Over 13 jam-packed episodes, Chelsea &amp; David examine key concepts and ideas in Indigenous critical race theory to help listeners learn to &ldquo;read the play&rdquo; in the ongoing war on race. They dig into big questions about the ethics of anti-racist research and practice. They foreground the importance of working from Aboriginal terms of reference, and the power and joy of building intellectual collectives grounded in Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty.&nbsp;
Expect incisive interviews, gut-punch analysis, and the occasional belly laugh as Chelsea &amp; David grapple with the life and death stakes of race in the colony and the work that mob across the continent are doing to fight back.

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