Current Events > More than 8 in 10 Asian Australians report discrimination during corona pandemic

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-02/asian-australians-suffer-covid-19-discrimination-anu-survey/12834324

Playing cricket earlier this year, Anthony was standing at the crease waiting for a bowl when he heard a member of the opposite team repeatedly call out "coronavirus". "I was trying to concentrate and so I thought it would be better to just ignore him," Anthony, who is of mixed Chinese and English heritage, told the ABC. "At no time did any of his teammates pull him up, nor did the captain of my own team say anything." A new study from the Australian National University (ANU) has found Anthony's experience of discrimination is a troublingly typical one for someone of Asian descent in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ANU survey of more than 3,000 people found 84.5 per cent of Asian Australians reported at least one instance of discrimination between January and October this year. "I have copped racism all my life and it is up and down dependent on political rhetoric or negative media coverage focusing on minority groups," Anthony said. "It just happens it's China's turn again." Earlier this year, the ABC was contacted by hundreds of people who shared their experiences of discrimination during the pandemic. Asian Australians, particularly of Chinese heritage, reported an increase in abuse and racist attacks because the coronavirus was first detected in China.

Some have expressed concern about Liberal senator Eric Abetz questioning three Chinese Australians about their view of the Chinese Communist Party during a recent Senate committee hearing focused on diversity in Australian politics. Last week, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Frances Adamson warned "robust" debates about China in Australia could easily be used by Beijing to portray Australia as "intolerant". China has repeatedly accused Australia of being racist and in July, amid escalating tensions, warned its citizens against travelling there.



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Australia is racist af.

That said, Eric Abetzs great uncle was a literal Nazi war criminal, and zee apfel did not fall far from zee tree.

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How is this still happening when Asia has got it under control. It is Europe and America that is the problem right now.

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