193 - Dr. Chelsea Bond

Dr. Chelsea Bond is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman and a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland. She's worked and researched extensively in the area of Aboriginal health and regularly writes and speaks about race and racism in Australia today. In this conversation, Chelsea reflects on how the recent Black Lives Matter uprising has played out in Australia, her personal experiences with the police, the fierceness of Black women in this struggle and the intersection of racial power structures and class. If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you I’m performing at Easey Comedy this Thursday night, you can stream it via Zoom @drcbond Chelsea's radio show Wild Black Women on Brisbane's 989FM  ARTICLE: In Australia, black lives do matter by Aaron Patrick [$] ARTICLE: Dr. Chelsea Bond delivers a masterclass in Indigenous excellence by Nat Cromb & Luke Pearson ARTICLE: How to learn from Indigenous people about the Black Lives Matter movement in Australia by Tahnee Jash ARTICLE: 'Anger has the hour': How long must Indigenous Australia wait for change by Stan Grant ARTICLE: White skin, black squares by Sam Kriss  ARTICLE: Class is the new black: The dangers of an obsession with the 'Aboriginal middle class' by Dr. Chelsea Bond ARTICLE: If Black men could talk: why we need an accurate portrayal of urban Indigenous masculinity by Dr. Chelsea Bond Cause of the Week: Inala Wangarra (inalawangarra.com.au)