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Building an antiracist organisation requires an understanding of how racism is perpetuated and entrenched, in both individual behaviours and through the culture of the organisation, an Australian diversity expert says.

Amerasekeram, who has worked with Australian and US Olympic teams, BHP Billiton, Westpac, and a range of other organisations, says in his experience, the vast majority of people are "kind, considerate, and well-intentioned".

However, he writes in his book The Antiracist Organisation, attitudes and behaviours that have a racist element to them usually arise out of the need for more awareness of their own unconscious biases and beliefs...