racism
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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 companies to stop racist abuse.
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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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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 forms that racism can take, and the extent to which our biases can be unconscious or accidental. Oboler emphases the need for more education on the subject.
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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 now (7:30pm, Melbourne time, May 27th). You can register to participate for free. Our response to COVID-19 has created both benefits and problems which will impact society…
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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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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.
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Dymocks removal from sale of editions of Mein Kampf
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry discuss Dymocks’ decision to remove non-academic copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf from its stores, and cites the Online Hate Prevention Institute as first raising this issue.
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A Yom Hashoah gift from Dymocks
jwire.com discusses the national bookseller Dymocks decision to remove non-academic versions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf from its stores, and cites the Online Hate Prevention Institute as first raising the issue.
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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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Victims of coronavirus-fuelled racism in Australia are speaking out about its impact
SBS News discusses The Online Hate Prevention’s work with the Human Rights Commission in trying to establish a more centralised approach to reporting racial hatred.