A Declaration of Dignity

“To live a life of dignity is every person’s fundamental human right. Every human being, regardless of their background, is born free and has equal inherent, immutable and indivisible right to dignity.”

“To be dignified is to be affirmed in one’s humanity and personhood and to be seen as, thought of and treated as a person”

What is the Racial Dignity Framework?

The Racial Dignity Framework (RDF) explores how race intersects with (in)dignity (or indignity). The RDF asserts that positions racism as an assault on dignity, which can be experienced on various personal, ideological, social, political, cultural and institutional levels. 

This framework can be used to understand experiences of exclusion for most marginalised groups.

The Frameworks

Piloting the Frameworks

  • “The sessions were very insightful, providing us with a shared language to describe the 'micro-practices of racial dignity' within Pola's therapeutic environment”

    Pola Practice

  • “Participating in the pilot has been a really welcome time to stop and reflect on the bigger picture of our work at Respect Victoria. Our team found the them to be an almost calming way to reflect in very disquieting times.”

    Respect Victoria

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    Our Race Community

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    Welcoming Australia

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    Jute Theatre Company (Ubuntu Theatre Project)

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    Australian Childhood Foundation

  • Participating in the pilot assisted us to start asking ourselves challenging but important questions that have been and continue to be overlooked or ignored in educational systems in Australia. It also assisted us by providing us with a “starter’s toolkit” to begin the work of answering these questions.

    Southern Cross University, Faculty of Education

INDIGNITY

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