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you know that's why I like talking to you. half the time you are swearing and ranting, but the other half actually very interesting!
have a chance to talk about this I will. You know how you mentioned before we are diaspora -- seeds cast aside / into the wind? the mainlanders are even worse off. all their traditions and cultures all replaced by chow ang moh communist shit. Families not even loyal to each other anymore. Even I say confucius lousy also replaced by even worse communist mind control. Now thanks to half communism and half capitalism all they know how to do is climb on top of each other. With the way how mainlander government behave, I have never been so disadvantaged to be Chinese. First, all mainlanders treat me like fake Chinese. Then all the others treat me like rude, cheating mainlander. Lose, lose.
I long ago accepted how races treat each other and got used to it, but with this coronavirus, my life is getting worse. you see my post about that woman buying up all the masks? Even Korean come out and curse at Chinese. Wah liao this kind of behaviour make us look real bad. My suggestion is that you yourself act well and act with good integrity such that they are forced to respect you instead of looking at your race. It worked for Japanese, it will work for sinkies.
good luck! we all going to need it.
Coronavirus has fuelled racism against Asian-Australians, but why isn't official data showing it?
You view a woman of Asian ethnicity holding a white card that reads #Iamnotavirus
PHOTO UNESCO has urged people to denounce xenophobia around COVID-19 by using the hashtag #IAmNotaVirus. ABC NEWS VIA PEXELS/COTTON BRO
The Federal Government has urged Australians to report and call out racist attacks when they see them and to not retaliate against Chinese Australians for any feelings they may have towards Beijing.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Asian-Australians have been verbally and physically assaulted, refused service, received death threats and had their properties damaged.
Acting Minister for Immigration Alan Tudge condemned the recent vandalism of a Chinese-Australian family home in his Melbourne electorate as "disgraceful" and "cowardly" but reassured the Asian community "99.9 per cent of Australians" were on their side.
"I also ask and advise individuals to report those cases to the police if it's a serious threat of violence or property damage, or to the Human Rights Commission for any other racist attack," he told the ABC.
"I say to the broader Australian public, call out the racist attacks when you see it.
"Ask them not to do it. Don't stand by and let it happen because we all have a responsibility to call it out."
Several politicians have echoed Mr Tudge's advice, including the ACT's Minister for Justice and Mental Health, Shane Rattenbury, who recently encouraged Canberrans to "speak up if it's safe".
Last month, ACT Discrimination Commissioner Karen Toohey noted reports to the ACT Human Rights Commission of racist incidents had increased in March, including against health workers and retail staff.
Victorian Multicultural Commission chair Vivienne Nguyen told the ABC there was "no doubt that there is a significant increase in incidents of racism against the Asian community".
"What you see is not something that sometimes is spoken, but the glance, the rolling of eyes, and the whispers here or there," she said.
"That certainly is noticeable, there is no doubt about that."
Ms Nguyen said it was widely known racist incidents were well under-reported, either because people didn't know about legal avenues, or the "onus of proof is way too high above for anyone to be charged".
In Victoria, victims can either lodge a complaint under the state's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act, or with the Human Rights Commission under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
"The lack of understanding and lack of awareness of the legislation means that we find ourselves in a situation … now with under-reporting," she said.
"Members of the Asian communities feel that there's really not a lot that can be done and therefore they don't do anything about that, other than perhaps sharing it with their friends and networks, and using social media as a way to convey their feelings and experience."
'Chinese people need to be clean'
Chinese flags fly high outside the Australian Parliament House in Canberra
PHOTO Chinese migrants have been a part of Australia since the 19th-century. AAP: LUKAS COCH
Since the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus was recorded in Australia on January 25, many people from Asian backgrounds in Australia say they have experienced both subtle and not-so-subtle racism.
The Australian Human Rights Commission recently revealed to the ABC that about one in four people who lodged racial discrimination complaints in February and March said they were targeted due to coronavirus.
Sydneysider Katie, an Australian permanent resident, said she ended a relationship with a man she had been dating since last October due to his prejudices about her Chinese ethnicity.
The 27-year-old, who doesn't want to disclose her last name, told the ABC that after visiting her family in Shanghai in January, the man suggested they should stop seeing each other.
"He said to me: 'I don't want to catch coronavirus, I don't want to die'," she said.
"I was in complete shock."
The conversation quickly got heated after she called him out as being "racist", according to Katie.
"Then he said: 'Chinese people need to be clean'. That was absolutely disrespectful and disheartening," she said.
"Even though Shanghai had a relatively low infection rate at the time, I was in quarantine at home with my family for most of the time.
"It's ridiculous, what he said. It took me a long time to come to terms with it myself.
"It kind of changed how I view my future partners."
She said she had never confronted racism at such a personal level having lived in Australia for almost 10 years.
Separating Chinese-Australians from Beijing
There are also concerns the Chinese community in Australia — whether they're citizens, permanent residents or international students — could become collateral damage in the extraordinary diplomatic dispute between Australia and China over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Tudge told the ABC he hoped the tensions between the two countries would not further escalate racism in the country.
"We've also got to be very clear in separating people's views about the Chinese Government, the Communist Party of China, and Australians or permanent residents here who may be ethnically Chinese," he said.
"They're two completely different things.
"People can rightly have a view about the Chinese Government or the British Government or the American Government or the Australian Government, but that's very different to how you treat fellow Australians."
Chinese-Australian Liberal MP Gladys Liu said there was bipartisan support from Parliament to tackle racism and urged people against misdirecting their anger towards the Chinese-Australian community.
Gladys Liu smiles as she pats a koala chewing on a gum leaf
PHOTO Gladys Liu is the first Chinese-Australian woman to be an elected to the Lower House. ABC NEWS: ADAM KENNEDY
"I want these people to know: do not confuse what has happened in the world with Australian Chinese," she said.
"Australian-Chinese did not cause COVID-19, did not have anything to do with it. In fact, Australian-Chinese are just like all Australians, we are in it together.
"What we need is to encourage more recognition and appreciation of [what] different people bring to this country … and I really encourage better understanding between the multicultural communities and the rest of our country."
Calls to reinstate a national anti-racism campaign
A graphic with the words, "Racism, it stops with me" in red and white capital letters on a black background
PHOTO The Human Rights Commission had a national campaign targeting racism in the community. SUPPLIED: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Last week, Mr Tudge said during a press conference the Government would be placing advertisements in multicultural media in the weeks ahead to denounce racism and to provide some guidance on how to report it.
But Mary Patetsos, chairperson of the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA), said the Council was calling for an anti-racism campaign targeted at the entire country.
"I think these are very difficult times," she told the ABC.
"I think it will need to be a call of unity, a call of respect, and a call to the entire Australian community to refrain from poor behaviour and to exhibit leadership and quality we are known for, which is to care for each other."
The Federal Opposition is calling for the Morrison Government to reinstate a national campaign which could be modelled on the campaign, "Racism. It stops with me", launched by the Gillard government in 2012, as well as establish a national strategy that confronts systemic racism.
According to the website of the previous campaign — which ended in 2018 — it encourages and coordinates efforts by those who are already working to reduce and prevent racism.
Premier Daniel Andrews, Opposition leader Bill Shorten, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison attend Chinese New Year.
PHOTO The Coalition government discontinued the Gillard government's national anti-racism campaign in 2018. AAP: ELLEN SMITH
Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles said the Prime Minister's remarks to condemn racism needed to be "backed by action".
"We need something more than just words, we need a campaign that makes it clear that Australia has a zero-tolerance approach to racism," he said.
"By looking at the adequacy of the laws, starting off a campaign to send clear signals to the entire Australian community, particularly those who are bearing the brunt of racism right now that we stand together, and looking at a broader strategy to see the consequences of racism on individuals and communities."
Ms Patetsos added Government action was "critical" and that they must own the national anti-racism strategy.
"If COVID-19 teaches us nothing, it teaches us that governments can take the lead and can actually role model what we need to do," she said.
"And also the importance of bipartisan support at a time of crisis. It is not about dividing us.
"It is about uniting us. It is not about who came up with the idea first. It is really about activating what works."
Freedom of speech is important but 'words can kill'
Graffiti in yellow letters reads: 'Shame on China, Go home yellow dog'.
PHOTO Racist graffiti was scrawled at a construction site in Hawthorn, Melbourne, in March. WECHAT
Ms Nguyen said ongoing awareness and education — whether that was in schools or in the community — about the ramifications racist behaviour had on people was also important.
"[As] someone who came from a war-torn country [Vietnam] and a single-regime government, I absolutely believe the basic human rights of individuals are absolutely crucial," she said.
"But that freedom of speech needs to be balanced with responsibility … every one of us, not just … constrained to our leaders, because words can kill, words can affect people in … much deeper and more profound [ways]than we think.
"And those are the aspects, I believe, need to form part of the solution."
Australian police have also reiterated that racism will not be tolerated, after a string of racially motivated incidents reported since the pandemic began.
In Queensland, police say there have been at least 22 reported cases of racially motivated incidents since March, including physical assaults and racist slurs.
Police charged a 15-year-old girl with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm after she allegedly accused a woman, 26, of having coronavirus before punching her in the face several times at Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on March 8.
The words 'COVID-19 CHINA DIE' are spray painted in red on a garage door in a Melbourne suburb.
PHOTO A rock was thrown through the window of this Chinese-Australian family's home in addition to this graffiti. SUPPLIED
A spokeswoman for the Tasmanian Police said there were three racism-related incidents in March, including two assaults.
This includes an incident where a Hong Kong student studying in Hobart was allegedly taunted and punched in the face for wearing a medical face mask at a local supermarket.
"We encourage members of the community to be mindful and considerate of others, particularly during this current time of emergency," the spokeswoman said.
In NSW, police charged a 55-year-old man last month after he allegedly harassed and threatened people with a whip outside the Chinese consulate in Sydney.
And in Victoria, two female international students were assaulted on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne's CBD last month in an alleged racist attack, while a Chinese-Australian family's home in Knoxfield was graffitied with the words "COVID-19 China die".
A Victoria Police spokesperson told the ABC it took all incidents of racism, discrimination or vilification based on religion, culture or ethnicity seriously.
"Victoria Police understands the impact that these incidents can have on individuals. They can leave our communities feeling vulnerable, threatened and isolated," they said.
"Anyone who experiences or witnesses these crimes is encouraged to report them to your local police station."
You view a woman of Asian ethnicity holding a white card that reads #Iamnotavirus
PHOTO UNESCO has urged people to denounce xenophobia around COVID-19 by using the hashtag #IAmNotaVirus. ABC NEWS VIA PEXELS/COTTON BRO
The Federal Government has urged Australians to report and call out racist attacks when they see them and to not retaliate against Chinese Australians for any feelings they may have towards Beijing.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Asian-Australians have been verbally and physically assaulted, refused service, received death threats and had their properties damaged.
Acting Minister for Immigration Alan Tudge condemned the recent vandalism of a Chinese-Australian family home in his Melbourne electorate as "disgraceful" and "cowardly" but reassured the Asian community "99.9 per cent of Australians" were on their side.
"I also ask and advise individuals to report those cases to the police if it's a serious threat of violence or property damage, or to the Human Rights Commission for any other racist attack," he told the ABC.
"I say to the broader Australian public, call out the racist attacks when you see it.
"Ask them not to do it. Don't stand by and let it happen because we all have a responsibility to call it out."
Several politicians have echoed Mr Tudge's advice, including the ACT's Minister for Justice and Mental Health, Shane Rattenbury, who recently encouraged Canberrans to "speak up if it's safe".
Last month, ACT Discrimination Commissioner Karen Toohey noted reports to the ACT Human Rights Commission of racist incidents had increased in March, including against health workers and retail staff.
Victorian Multicultural Commission chair Vivienne Nguyen told the ABC there was "no doubt that there is a significant increase in incidents of racism against the Asian community".
"What you see is not something that sometimes is spoken, but the glance, the rolling of eyes, and the whispers here or there," she said.
"That certainly is noticeable, there is no doubt about that."
Ms Nguyen said it was widely known racist incidents were well under-reported, either because people didn't know about legal avenues, or the "onus of proof is way too high above for anyone to be charged".
In Victoria, victims can either lodge a complaint under the state's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act, or with the Human Rights Commission under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
"The lack of understanding and lack of awareness of the legislation means that we find ourselves in a situation … now with under-reporting," she said.
"Members of the Asian communities feel that there's really not a lot that can be done and therefore they don't do anything about that, other than perhaps sharing it with their friends and networks, and using social media as a way to convey their feelings and experience."
'Chinese people need to be clean'
Chinese flags fly high outside the Australian Parliament House in Canberra
PHOTO Chinese migrants have been a part of Australia since the 19th-century. AAP: LUKAS COCH
Since the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus was recorded in Australia on January 25, many people from Asian backgrounds in Australia say they have experienced both subtle and not-so-subtle racism.
The Australian Human Rights Commission recently revealed to the ABC that about one in four people who lodged racial discrimination complaints in February and March said they were targeted due to coronavirus.
Sydneysider Katie, an Australian permanent resident, said she ended a relationship with a man she had been dating since last October due to his prejudices about her Chinese ethnicity.
The 27-year-old, who doesn't want to disclose her last name, told the ABC that after visiting her family in Shanghai in January, the man suggested they should stop seeing each other.
"He said to me: 'I don't want to catch coronavirus, I don't want to die'," she said.
"I was in complete shock."
The conversation quickly got heated after she called him out as being "racist", according to Katie.
"Then he said: 'Chinese people need to be clean'. That was absolutely disrespectful and disheartening," she said.
"Even though Shanghai had a relatively low infection rate at the time, I was in quarantine at home with my family for most of the time.
"It's ridiculous, what he said. It took me a long time to come to terms with it myself.
"It kind of changed how I view my future partners."
She said she had never confronted racism at such a personal level having lived in Australia for almost 10 years.
Separating Chinese-Australians from Beijing
There are also concerns the Chinese community in Australia — whether they're citizens, permanent residents or international students — could become collateral damage in the extraordinary diplomatic dispute between Australia and China over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Tudge told the ABC he hoped the tensions between the two countries would not further escalate racism in the country.
"We've also got to be very clear in separating people's views about the Chinese Government, the Communist Party of China, and Australians or permanent residents here who may be ethnically Chinese," he said.
"They're two completely different things.
"People can rightly have a view about the Chinese Government or the British Government or the American Government or the Australian Government, but that's very different to how you treat fellow Australians."
Chinese-Australian Liberal MP Gladys Liu said there was bipartisan support from Parliament to tackle racism and urged people against misdirecting their anger towards the Chinese-Australian community.
Gladys Liu smiles as she pats a koala chewing on a gum leaf
PHOTO Gladys Liu is the first Chinese-Australian woman to be an elected to the Lower House. ABC NEWS: ADAM KENNEDY
"I want these people to know: do not confuse what has happened in the world with Australian Chinese," she said.
"Australian-Chinese did not cause COVID-19, did not have anything to do with it. In fact, Australian-Chinese are just like all Australians, we are in it together.
"What we need is to encourage more recognition and appreciation of [what] different people bring to this country … and I really encourage better understanding between the multicultural communities and the rest of our country."
Calls to reinstate a national anti-racism campaign
A graphic with the words, "Racism, it stops with me" in red and white capital letters on a black background
PHOTO The Human Rights Commission had a national campaign targeting racism in the community. SUPPLIED: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Last week, Mr Tudge said during a press conference the Government would be placing advertisements in multicultural media in the weeks ahead to denounce racism and to provide some guidance on how to report it.
But Mary Patetsos, chairperson of the Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA), said the Council was calling for an anti-racism campaign targeted at the entire country.
"I think these are very difficult times," she told the ABC.
"I think it will need to be a call of unity, a call of respect, and a call to the entire Australian community to refrain from poor behaviour and to exhibit leadership and quality we are known for, which is to care for each other."
The Federal Opposition is calling for the Morrison Government to reinstate a national campaign which could be modelled on the campaign, "Racism. It stops with me", launched by the Gillard government in 2012, as well as establish a national strategy that confronts systemic racism.
According to the website of the previous campaign — which ended in 2018 — it encourages and coordinates efforts by those who are already working to reduce and prevent racism.
Premier Daniel Andrews, Opposition leader Bill Shorten, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison attend Chinese New Year.
PHOTO The Coalition government discontinued the Gillard government's national anti-racism campaign in 2018. AAP: ELLEN SMITH
Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles said the Prime Minister's remarks to condemn racism needed to be "backed by action".
"We need something more than just words, we need a campaign that makes it clear that Australia has a zero-tolerance approach to racism," he said.
"By looking at the adequacy of the laws, starting off a campaign to send clear signals to the entire Australian community, particularly those who are bearing the brunt of racism right now that we stand together, and looking at a broader strategy to see the consequences of racism on individuals and communities."
Ms Patetsos added Government action was "critical" and that they must own the national anti-racism strategy.
"If COVID-19 teaches us nothing, it teaches us that governments can take the lead and can actually role model what we need to do," she said.
"And also the importance of bipartisan support at a time of crisis. It is not about dividing us.
"It is about uniting us. It is not about who came up with the idea first. It is really about activating what works."
Freedom of speech is important but 'words can kill'
Graffiti in yellow letters reads: 'Shame on China, Go home yellow dog'.
PHOTO Racist graffiti was scrawled at a construction site in Hawthorn, Melbourne, in March. WECHAT
Ms Nguyen said ongoing awareness and education — whether that was in schools or in the community — about the ramifications racist behaviour had on people was also important.
"[As] someone who came from a war-torn country [Vietnam] and a single-regime government, I absolutely believe the basic human rights of individuals are absolutely crucial," she said.
"But that freedom of speech needs to be balanced with responsibility … every one of us, not just … constrained to our leaders, because words can kill, words can affect people in … much deeper and more profound [ways]than we think.
"And those are the aspects, I believe, need to form part of the solution."
Australian police have also reiterated that racism will not be tolerated, after a string of racially motivated incidents reported since the pandemic began.
In Queensland, police say there have been at least 22 reported cases of racially motivated incidents since March, including physical assaults and racist slurs.
Police charged a 15-year-old girl with two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm after she allegedly accused a woman, 26, of having coronavirus before punching her in the face several times at Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on March 8.
The words 'COVID-19 CHINA DIE' are spray painted in red on a garage door in a Melbourne suburb.
PHOTO A rock was thrown through the window of this Chinese-Australian family's home in addition to this graffiti. SUPPLIED
A spokeswoman for the Tasmanian Police said there were three racism-related incidents in March, including two assaults.
This includes an incident where a Hong Kong student studying in Hobart was allegedly taunted and punched in the face for wearing a medical face mask at a local supermarket.
"We encourage members of the community to be mindful and considerate of others, particularly during this current time of emergency," the spokeswoman said.
In NSW, police charged a 55-year-old man last month after he allegedly harassed and threatened people with a whip outside the Chinese consulate in Sydney.
And in Victoria, two female international students were assaulted on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne's CBD last month in an alleged racist attack, while a Chinese-Australian family's home in Knoxfield was graffitied with the words "COVID-19 China die".
A Victoria Police spokesperson told the ABC it took all incidents of racism, discrimination or vilification based on religion, culture or ethnicity seriously.
"Victoria Police understands the impact that these incidents can have on individuals. They can leave our communities feeling vulnerable, threatened and isolated," they said.
"Anyone who experiences or witnesses these crimes is encouraged to report them to your local police station."
Why can't Australians just have a bit of fun punching Chinese and tormenting them. It's part of theur culture!
he is ah neh.... his #1 lust is Chinese, #2 Japanese. Or maybe I've got my order mixed up, you should ask him...
He lust on all yellow skin gals! Yellow skin gals are much more adorable and fuckable than his own ah neh/m&d shit kind! You go around see your ah neh/m&d friend whether they lust on our chinese chio bu ornot lo!
When one put up a degratory video buying up all masks wld attract negative comments, doesnt matter the cat is black or white.
She will regreted it later. Like if she showed her boobs, nen loved it women hate it.
As such why wld u put up this video. You r the spreader and invite me to throw shit at you the spreader.
Turn out u are the sick man, agree?
She will regreted it later. Like if she showed her boobs, nen loved it women hate it.
As such why wld u put up this video. You r the spreader and invite me to throw shit at you the spreader.
Turn out u are the sick man, agree?
you know that's why I like talking to you. half the time you are swearing and ranting, but the other half actually very interesting!
have a chance to talk about this I will. You know how you mentioned before we are diaspora -- seeds cast aside / into the wind? the mainlanders are even worse off. all their traditions and cultures all replaced by chow ang moh communist shit. Families not even loyal to each other anymore. Even I say confucius lousy also replaced by even worse communist mind control. Now thanks to half communism and half capitalism all they know how to do is climb on top of each other. With the way how mainlander government behave, I have never been so disadvantaged to be Chinese. First, all mainlanders treat me like fake Chinese. Then all the others treat me like rude, cheating mainlander. Lose, lose.
I long ago accepted how races treat each other and got used to it, but with this coronavirus, my life is getting worse. you see my post about that woman buying up all the masks? Even Korean come out and curse at Chinese. Wah liao this kind of behaviour make us look real bad. My suggestion is that you yourself act well and act with good integrity such that they are forced to respect you instead of looking at your race. It worked for Japanese, it will work for sinkies.
good luck! we all going to need it.
Dont be violence! Does violence taught in quran? I know u all can kill peo in the name of your god!
Nonsense. Killing is prohibited to those who believe.ask Mohamed ali. But its ok to punch your opponent silly in a sporting match.
Video shows Chinese woman being racially attacked in Melbourne over coronavirus
Jennifer Li was serving her customers at a Chinese beverage shop in Melbourne's South-East last month when she overheard a woman talking loudly about the "Chinese virus".
Ms Li said the middle-aged woman, who was sitting on a bench across from her bubble tea shop in Carnegie with a beer in one hand, told passers-by that people who wore face masks were "virus carriers".
Feeling offended by the comments, as both she and her customers were wearing face masks, she told the woman to "stay at home".
At the same time, Ms Li started recording the incident with the intention of reporting the woman for breaching Victoria's stage-three lockdown restrictions.
Racism and the pandemic
In the video footage supplied to the ABC, the woman is seen hurling racially charged taunts at Ms Li after she told the woman to stay at home.
"Why don't you f***ing go back to China and keep your disease over there, you f***ing idiot," the woman said.
"[You] ate live meat, blood-covered blood, bats. Good on youse, and you f***ing come here."
"F***ing germ, f*** off."
In the video, a man then walks into view before shoving Ms Li and grabbing the phone from her.
Ms Li said the man told her she should go back to her country, and threatened to smash her windows.
A man wearing a grey jumper walking along the pedestrian path.
PHOTO A man later grabbed the phone from Ms Li as she was recording the incident. SUPPLIED
A bystander called triple-0 to report the incident and her staff helped her retrieve her phone.
In the following days, Ms Li said she started receiving anonymous phone calls, harassing text messages and threatening voicemails.
Ms Li also reported those incidents to the police and told them she was concerned about her safety.
A Victoria Police spokesman confirmed reports of a verbal altercation between two women and a man in the afternoon on April 1.
He said police conducted a patrol of the area but were unable to locate the offenders, adding that the investigation was ongoing and witnesses should contact Crime Stoppers.
"Regarding the other incidents, police have received a report of a number of abusive voicemails made to a business on Koornang Road, Carnegie in early April," he said.
"As the investigation is ongoing it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time."
COVID-19 gives some Australians 'an excuse' to be racist
A woman sits in front of a table with her right hand holding her chin.
PHOTO Chinese-Australian Jennifer Li says racism is "too frequent" in Australia. SUPPLIED: JENNIFER LI
Ms Li, who emigrated to Australia from China when she was 15, said although she was grateful fellow Australians helped her during the incident, she was "disappointed" to experience coronavirus-fuelled racism in a country she now called home.
"It's too frequent. You used to feel a very minor kind of racism," she said.
"[You don't] constantly … hear, see or experience things like this in one week, [it] never happened like this before.
"It's very hard to say if I feel safer now, because every time when I leave the shop, I still need to look around and make sure there are no suspicious things happening."
Ms Li is just one of many Asian-Australians who say they have been verbally and physically assaulted since the start of the pandemic.
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A survey launched by community group Asian-Australians Alliance has since collected some 300 racist incidents against Asian-Australians since it was launched on April 2.
Most of the respondents said these incidents were linked to COVID-19, according to the survey.
"What concerns me the most is that [the number of incidents] keeps growing, and it is sad there are already that many reports," Erin Wen Ai Chew, the national convener of the Asian-Australian Alliance, told the ABC.
Ms Chew said COVID-19 had "given an excuse to Australians" who might have racist intentions or were ignorant, to racially discriminate against people with Asian backgrounds.
A woman stands in front of a purple wall.
PHOTO Erin Chew is running a survey tracking anti-Asian racism. SUPPLIED: ERIN WEN AI CHEW
She added the current situation was "a symptom" of the broader issue of "anti-Chinese sentiment" in Australia, fuelled by public discussions about China's growth and influence in recent years.
"[It] shows the 'yellow peril' — when the Chinese first came to Australia [during] the Goldrush — never left, and it has only transformed into something else to adapt to modern-day racism," she said.
Of those who reported a racist incident in the survey, more than 40 per cent of incidents occurred on a public street, 22 per cent occurred in supermarkets or grocery stores, 15 per cent on public transport and 12 per cent in shopping centres.
"Many have stated … in the survey that they or their parents are fearful to go outside to take a walk or to walk to their local supermarkets to pick up some items because of the racism," Ms Chew said.
The survey also revealed two-thirds of the incidents involved verbal or written racial slurs, 17 per cent involved verbal threats and 13 per cent involved physical intimidation such as being pushed or punched.
However, only 5 per cent of those surveyed reported their incidents to police.
'You guys brought in the virus'
You view a woman of Asian ethnicity holding a white card that reads #Iamnotavirus
PHOTO Numerous Australians of all backgrounds have denounced racist attacks on the Asian-Australian community. ABC NEWS VIA PEXELS/COTTON BRO
Melburnian Alan You is among what is believed to be the silent majority of Asian-Australians who have experienced a racist incident but have chosen not to report it.
Mr You told the ABC of an incident in February when a staff member at a pharmacy in Melbourne's northern suburbs treated him differently to other customers.
He said he approached staff member because he couldn't find the vitamins he was after, but he said she was reluctant to check the stock for him.
"[The staff member] was providing excellent customer service to other Caucasian customers, smiling and chatting to them, but once I approached her, she was very reluctant and impatient," he said.
"She told me there's no more [vitamins] for me, there's a low supply, so they only sell them to people who need [them].
"I was very upset and told her she was being racist against me, and then she said, 'you guys brought in the virus'."
Mr You said while he didn't report the incident to authorities at the time, he had now decided to speak out after seeing the recent spike of racist incidents in the media.
Earlier this week, Acting-Immigration Minister Alan Tudge spoke to the ABC, urging individuals to report those cases to police if it was a serious threat of violence or property damage, or to the Human Rights Commission for any other racist attack.
"I say to the broader Australian public: call out the racist attacks when you see it," he said.
"Ask them not to do it. Don't stand by and let it happen because we all have a responsibility to call it out."
Ms Li said she believed most Asian-Australians did not feel their racist experience was serious enough to warrant a police report.
She said Asian-Australians were also less likely to report or speak up due to their cultural upbringing.
"The way that we've been educated, is that you don't provoke things … If you can let it go, just let it go. This is a very cultural thing. I think it's the mentality that we have," she said.
"I think that's why we have been taken advantage of … some people will think that we are very easy-going with all these issues — even if you say something back to me, or even if you do something really ridiculous to us, we won't really do anything or say anything.
"[But] if we don't put the message out, it's just going to keep happening."
Jennifer Li was serving her customers at a Chinese beverage shop in Melbourne's South-East last month when she overheard a woman talking loudly about the "Chinese virus".
Ms Li said the middle-aged woman, who was sitting on a bench across from her bubble tea shop in Carnegie with a beer in one hand, told passers-by that people who wore face masks were "virus carriers".
Feeling offended by the comments, as both she and her customers were wearing face masks, she told the woman to "stay at home".
At the same time, Ms Li started recording the incident with the intention of reporting the woman for breaching Victoria's stage-three lockdown restrictions.
Racism and the pandemic
In the video footage supplied to the ABC, the woman is seen hurling racially charged taunts at Ms Li after she told the woman to stay at home.
"Why don't you f***ing go back to China and keep your disease over there, you f***ing idiot," the woman said.
"[You] ate live meat, blood-covered blood, bats. Good on youse, and you f***ing come here."
"F***ing germ, f*** off."
In the video, a man then walks into view before shoving Ms Li and grabbing the phone from her.
Ms Li said the man told her she should go back to her country, and threatened to smash her windows.
A man wearing a grey jumper walking along the pedestrian path.
PHOTO A man later grabbed the phone from Ms Li as she was recording the incident. SUPPLIED
A bystander called triple-0 to report the incident and her staff helped her retrieve her phone.
In the following days, Ms Li said she started receiving anonymous phone calls, harassing text messages and threatening voicemails.
Ms Li also reported those incidents to the police and told them she was concerned about her safety.
A Victoria Police spokesman confirmed reports of a verbal altercation between two women and a man in the afternoon on April 1.
He said police conducted a patrol of the area but were unable to locate the offenders, adding that the investigation was ongoing and witnesses should contact Crime Stoppers.
"Regarding the other incidents, police have received a report of a number of abusive voicemails made to a business on Koornang Road, Carnegie in early April," he said.
"As the investigation is ongoing it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time."
COVID-19 gives some Australians 'an excuse' to be racist
A woman sits in front of a table with her right hand holding her chin.
PHOTO Chinese-Australian Jennifer Li says racism is "too frequent" in Australia. SUPPLIED: JENNIFER LI
Ms Li, who emigrated to Australia from China when she was 15, said although she was grateful fellow Australians helped her during the incident, she was "disappointed" to experience coronavirus-fuelled racism in a country she now called home.
"It's too frequent. You used to feel a very minor kind of racism," she said.
"[You don't] constantly … hear, see or experience things like this in one week, [it] never happened like this before.
"It's very hard to say if I feel safer now, because every time when I leave the shop, I still need to look around and make sure there are no suspicious things happening."
Ms Li is just one of many Asian-Australians who say they have been verbally and physically assaulted since the start of the pandemic.
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A survey launched by community group Asian-Australians Alliance has since collected some 300 racist incidents against Asian-Australians since it was launched on April 2.
Most of the respondents said these incidents were linked to COVID-19, according to the survey.
"What concerns me the most is that [the number of incidents] keeps growing, and it is sad there are already that many reports," Erin Wen Ai Chew, the national convener of the Asian-Australian Alliance, told the ABC.
Ms Chew said COVID-19 had "given an excuse to Australians" who might have racist intentions or were ignorant, to racially discriminate against people with Asian backgrounds.
A woman stands in front of a purple wall.
PHOTO Erin Chew is running a survey tracking anti-Asian racism. SUPPLIED: ERIN WEN AI CHEW
She added the current situation was "a symptom" of the broader issue of "anti-Chinese sentiment" in Australia, fuelled by public discussions about China's growth and influence in recent years.
"[It] shows the 'yellow peril' — when the Chinese first came to Australia [during] the Goldrush — never left, and it has only transformed into something else to adapt to modern-day racism," she said.
Of those who reported a racist incident in the survey, more than 40 per cent of incidents occurred on a public street, 22 per cent occurred in supermarkets or grocery stores, 15 per cent on public transport and 12 per cent in shopping centres.
"Many have stated … in the survey that they or their parents are fearful to go outside to take a walk or to walk to their local supermarkets to pick up some items because of the racism," Ms Chew said.
The survey also revealed two-thirds of the incidents involved verbal or written racial slurs, 17 per cent involved verbal threats and 13 per cent involved physical intimidation such as being pushed or punched.
However, only 5 per cent of those surveyed reported their incidents to police.
'You guys brought in the virus'
You view a woman of Asian ethnicity holding a white card that reads #Iamnotavirus
PHOTO Numerous Australians of all backgrounds have denounced racist attacks on the Asian-Australian community. ABC NEWS VIA PEXELS/COTTON BRO
Melburnian Alan You is among what is believed to be the silent majority of Asian-Australians who have experienced a racist incident but have chosen not to report it.
Mr You told the ABC of an incident in February when a staff member at a pharmacy in Melbourne's northern suburbs treated him differently to other customers.
He said he approached staff member because he couldn't find the vitamins he was after, but he said she was reluctant to check the stock for him.
"[The staff member] was providing excellent customer service to other Caucasian customers, smiling and chatting to them, but once I approached her, she was very reluctant and impatient," he said.
"She told me there's no more [vitamins] for me, there's a low supply, so they only sell them to people who need [them].
"I was very upset and told her she was being racist against me, and then she said, 'you guys brought in the virus'."
Mr You said while he didn't report the incident to authorities at the time, he had now decided to speak out after seeing the recent spike of racist incidents in the media.
Earlier this week, Acting-Immigration Minister Alan Tudge spoke to the ABC, urging individuals to report those cases to police if it was a serious threat of violence or property damage, or to the Human Rights Commission for any other racist attack.
"I say to the broader Australian public: call out the racist attacks when you see it," he said.
"Ask them not to do it. Don't stand by and let it happen because we all have a responsibility to call it out."
Ms Li said she believed most Asian-Australians did not feel their racist experience was serious enough to warrant a police report.
She said Asian-Australians were also less likely to report or speak up due to their cultural upbringing.
"The way that we've been educated, is that you don't provoke things … If you can let it go, just let it go. This is a very cultural thing. I think it's the mentality that we have," she said.
"I think that's why we have been taken advantage of … some people will think that we are very easy-going with all these issues — even if you say something back to me, or even if you do something really ridiculous to us, we won't really do anything or say anything.
"[But] if we don't put the message out, it's just going to keep happening."
Not surprise. 5 eye are crime infected country... plenty of beer belly white arseholes got into fights in bars. Now bars and club need hire security guards.
Guess what, security guards are Asian Muslim ME people. Muslim guards check on White drunks.... what a game changer...
Guess what, security guards are Asian Muslim ME people. Muslim guards check on White drunks.... what a game changer...
i don't agree. she made the video with such pride. how is it derogatory? In fact she is the only one in this episode that said anything derogatory.
so why do you think I put this video? fact is, I put it up to see what people are thinking. You are free to vote either way. No one forced you to vote one way or another. You are also free to voice your opinions. Some people support her, do I shut them up?
Now everyone put up their opinions, I will put mine. How do you ever expect to be respected by anyone of any race if this is the kind of behaviour that is considered acceptable? This kind of behaviour makes ALL OF US look like shit. Of course you are free to disagree.
this one up to you and everybody else reading this to judge. but rather than calling me names, I prefer you to offer up a suggestion whether this is how Chinese should / should not act and why. I'm interested in hearing it. you on boh?
Final point. You and others get mad at ang moh for treating us poorly. Why get mad and sit here kpkb? Fix the problem. Either be someone they can happily attack or be someone they can't. Up to you. maybe you consider this madness on my part? The very last post I replied, I believed I offered ways of dealing with abusive ang mohs. This is part of that solution.
it's under-reported for a reason. because most times, the police will make it difficult for the report to go through so no action need be taken.
Chinese should just take whatever humiliation as the drunk woman spoke the truth.
There are ways to take this matter vertical upwards. You may hv instigate anger among us and cause anti-AMDK...
Jus wait... this will start brewing and happen anytime anywhere in one of the 5 eye places....
Jus wait... this will start brewing and happen anytime anywhere in one of the 5 eye places....
me cause anti-AMDK?
I think I'm not one of the best here.hmmm... you can certainly see it that way. Fact is, what you and other say that some AM give us bad treatment is not wrong. Racism is a trait I've encountered everywhere from all angles. What I hope for is instead, we can choose to be better people 1st. Whether ang moh or m&d or neh want to be asshole or not is not within my control. As far as I have seen, it's not easy to change other's opinions. Far easier to change your own substandard behaviour. Then they can change their opinions if they wish. If your behaviour is already better than theirs and they still attack, state your point firmly and nicely but no need to keep arguing if they won't see it. I can easily tell them off and walk away from them with pride. If my behaviour like shit, bo wei kong.
that is what I am worried will happen but hope will not.
Gunboats the way to settle sores.
China did the Budhha way, a ahneh shit person sit under banyan tree all day long, and failed.
Then China started the 得罪天上 way grew own opium, good type, to compete with Pommie arbiturates toxic industrial revolution chemicals mixed with 10% opium, to win the market shares of the opium trade in own homesoil.
Gunboats the way to go... when dealing with gunboats BE...
China did the Budhha way, a ahneh shit person sit under banyan tree all day long, and failed.
Then China started the 得罪天上 way grew own opium, good type, to compete with Pommie arbiturates toxic industrial revolution chemicals mixed with 10% opium, to win the market shares of the opium trade in own homesoil.
Gunboats the way to go... when dealing with gunboats BE...
me cause anti-AMDK?
hmmm... you can certainly see it that way. Fact is, what you and other say that some AM give us bad treatment is not wrong. Racism is a trait I've encountered everywhere from all angles. What I hope for is instead, we can choose to be better people 1st. Whether ang moh or m&d or neh want to be asshole or not is not within my control. As far as I have seen, it's not easy to change other's opinions. Far easier to change your own substandard behaviour. Then they can change their opinions if they wish. If your behaviour is already better than theirs and they still attack, state your point firmly and nicely but no need to keep arguing if they won't see it. I can easily tell them off and walk away from them with pride. If my behaviour like shit, bo wei kong.
that is what I am worried will happen but hope will not.
The Chinese could hire jihadists to protect them.
WE DUN TELL CAMELFUCKER TO GO BACK yemen
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