racism
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Online hate has surged during the pandemic and solutions are not being funded
Our CEO Andre Oboler speaks to The Advocate about online hate during the coronavirus outbreak. Oboler argued that online hate proliferated during the pandemic, and explained that the […]
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Xenophobia 2020: COVID-19 Anti-Asian Attitudes
Xenophobia has existed throughout history. From earliest times, humans have experienced fear and hatred towards those outside of their own social group, nation or country. Xenophobia – Fear […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Indigenous Australians face sexual racism on dating apps: ‘The second he found out about my heritage, he was gone’
ABC news spoke to our CEO Andre Oboler about racism against Indigenous Australians on social media apps. Oboler commented on the (lack of) legal responsibilities for social media […]
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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 […]
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Calls for a new anti-racism strategy
SBS discusses rising cases of attacks on asian people and the proposed need for a new anti-racism strategy. They talk to our CEO Andre Oboler about the different […]
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COVID-19’s Impact on our Multicultural Community
NOTE: An online talk on this topic, with our CEO, Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner and the Asia Centre’s Dr James Gomez, is taking place a few hours from […]
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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 […]
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COVID-19 has prompted a spike in racist attacks. We need to start tracking them better
ABC news cites The Online Hate Prevention Institute’s work tracking data on online hate-speech when discussing the spike in racist attacks since the COVID-19 outbreak.