Yassir MorsiFraming Racism: Why SBS’s #FU2Racism Doesn’t Get Race RightAt the end of SBS’s Is Australia Racist? a marketeer tells host Ray Martin about the “framing effect.”Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017
Yassir MorsiThe word ‘Muslim’ belongs to the ‘war on terror’. It has little to do with me | Yassir MorsiThe word ‘Muslim’ has come to symbolise a thing beyond being Australian, a thing of chaotic violence. So is it any surprise Australians…Sep 29, 2016Sep 29, 2016
Yassir MorsiThe Forgotten Geography of Racism: A Response to Tim SoutphommasaneThe response to the question Is Australia a racist country? from no less a figure than Australia’s Race Commissioner is typical of the way…Apr 19, 2016Apr 19, 2016
Yassir MorsiNo, Isis are not ‘punishing’ us because we don’t love each other enoughAppeals to universal fraternity and tolerance, such as those made by Waleed Aly, have more to do with public performances of ethics than…Nov 24, 2015Nov 24, 2015
Yassir MorsiChristian refugees are fine, Muslims aren’t. In a post-racist world, of course that’s not racistOf course Australia is a compassionate country, and that entitles us to a return on our generosity: the right to decide who is suitable to…Sep 15, 2015Sep 15, 2015
Yassir MorsiCalling Dylann Roof a ‘terrorist’ doesn’t erase the privilege of his raceYou can call a white man a terrorist, but will he then be treated to the racial and religious scrutiny normally reserved for Muslims? Of…Jun 24, 2015Jun 24, 2015
Yassir MorsiThe Walking Dead: Fact and Fiction in the West’s anti-Muslim FantasiesTerrorists, it was reported, were planning to infect themselves with Ebola and travel to the West to spread the disease.Apr 10, 2015Apr 10, 2015
Yassir Morsi‘Reclaiming Australia’ from Islam is really about reclaiming whitenessReclaim Australia’s rallies weren’t a reaction to a real ‘threat’ from Islam. On the contrary, Islamism gives racists a convenient…Apr 7, 2015Apr 7, 2015
Yassir MorsiBefore he flew the black flag, Monis was just a desperate man with a violent pastModern Islam is a potent grammar for capturing and expressing grievance. Lone wolves like Sydney Siege gunman Man Haron Monis must tap into…Dec 16, 2014Dec 16, 2014
Yassir MorsiIslamophobia is racismIn his 1999 essay on Reconsidering “Islamophobia”, the late academic Fred Halliday argued that “no subject confuses us” more than that of…Oct 30, 2014Oct 30, 2014