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Australian racism targeting Black Lives Matter
In this briefing we look at an Australian who has jumping on the bandwagon repeating racism from overseas about the Black Lives Matter Movement. While we won’t identify the poster, according to their profile they are from Queensland and hold a university degree from a South African University. The poster is male and of an…
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More Racist and Anti-Chinese Sentiments on Twitter During COVID-19
Racism & xenophobia continue to be pervasive and omnipresent forms of hate across all social media platforms. Aroused by the unprecedented toll of the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to a surge in social media use, anti-Chinese sentiments have been especially rampant in an effort to placate the anger, confusion, and sadness induced by the pandemic.…
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BLM and Online Hate
The Black Lives Matter protests around the world have been the topic of social media, mainstream media and in person conversations around the Australia and the world. Over the weekend we published an article on the Australian Black Lives Matter rallies. Our article supported anti-racism activism, and in particular action on systemic and institutional racism…
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Framing China: Different Names for COVID-19
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the rise of abhorrent attacks against Asian Australians is ever increasing. The vilification and blaming of the Chinese people has led to race-motivated violence and abuse of Asians all around Australia. The COVID-19 Coronavirus Racism Incident Report launched by Asian Australian Alliance has reported over 300 cases of…
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Coronavirus Incident Sparks Islamophobia
A single incident sparked a large number of Xenophobic and Islamophobic responses following a viral video captured in early April. The video showed a 25-year old Australian-Muslim woman spitting in a policeman’s face, later coughing on him, and claiming she was due for Coronavirus testing. Counter Jihad and anti-Muslim groups used the video as an…
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Using Twitter for Hate
This briefing looks at examples of fake news, Islamophobia, racism, xenophobia and hate from a single Twitter user based in New Zealand. This user regularly comments on Australian news and from their language they may be an Australian citizen. The profile was created in October 2019. It is prolific having made 9550 Tweets but has…
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From Food to Hate during COVID-19
In the midst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) there is a particular strand of anti-Chinese sentiment based around food. This is not a new phenomena, we’ve seen it in anti-Asian racism since we started operating in 2012. With Coronavirus, it’s taken on a new twist. Example 1 An anti-Chinese post on Facebook say “if the Chinese…
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January 26, 2020 message
January 26th is Australia’s national day. The name “Australia Day” was adopted nationally in 1935, and it wasn’t until 1994 that the date became a national public holiday. It is controversial and there is growing public support for change. The Background to January 26th Celebrating Australia’s national day on January 26th carries on an older…
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Instagram needs help
UPDATE: Within a few days of publication of this briefing all three accounts listed below had been closed by Instagram Instagram has been growing rapidly since its launched in October 2010. By late 2014 the number of active monthly users on Instagram surpassed the number of active monthly users on Twitter. Instagram has largely been…
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Will.i.am and sunlight
On Saturday American musician William Adams, better known as Will.i.am, the frontman for the Black Eyed Peas, was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. The plane was waiting to take off, William who was wearing noise cancelling headphones had missed the instruction to put electronic devices away. He and others were approached by a…