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Racism is more than simple prejudice in thought and action – it occurs when that prejudice is accompanied by real and actual power, writes <strong>Sisonke Msimang</strong>
Focus on how different your orchestra might sound rather than look, writes <strong>Sisonke Msimang</strong>, so get out there and connect with musicians from multiple communities
Your nine-year-old has a right to be nurtured but her dreams are being stifled by a system that underestimates Indigenous people. It is deeply unfair
Having an own-race bias in perception is more about habituation than racism, but it can certainly have highly problematic effects
We all see colour, writes Sisonke Msimang. But instead of being seduced by the superficiality of exoticism, why not look for points of familiarity instead?