Reporting Racism Against Asians in Australia coming out of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

Since January 2020, there has been an increase of incidents of racism coming out of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic in Australia. This racism is targeted at those who have Chinese origins/East Asian origins but any person in Australia who is of Asian background is susceptible to this racism. A number of these incidents have been reported to the police or featured on Australian/global news/media outlets. However,it is most likely that a large portion of these incidents would go unreported, and the purpose of this reporting mechanism is to capture enough data to understand the frequencies of these attacks that are related to the pandemic.

This reporting mechanism is a project by activist and writer Erin Chew, media outlet "Being Asian Australian" (www.beingasianaustralian.net) and advocacy network the "Asian Australian Alliance" (www.asianaustralianalliance.net). It is a project collaborated with Research Fellow at the Per Capita thinktank and policy analyst/writer Osmond Chiu. Partners to this project include Democracy in Colour and Diversity Arts Australia.

Responses to this reporting mechanism will be used for analytical purposes as well as help in creating campaigns in raising the voices for Asians and Asian Australians in Australia. The only way we will be able to speak up against this racism is by reporting it and putting it out in the mainstream.

Please Note: All responses will be kept confidential, and if follow up or usage of the incident is required, we will contact you directly to seek further information and/or follow up.

If you have any questions, please contact Erin Chew by email on info@asianaustralianalliance.net . 

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* 1. Name of the person reporting ( you can use an alias if you are not comfortable using your own name)

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* 2. Your age and or the age of the person you know who experienced this racism? (Optional)

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* 3. Gender ( who experienced the racism - click all that apply)

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* 4. Are you an international student?

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* 5. Approximately what date did this incident of racism occur?

Date

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* 6. Approximately what time did this incident of racism occur?

Time

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* 7. Is this racism something you have personally experienced or is it about someone else you know? (Click all that apply)

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* 8. Did you and/or someone you know experience this racism in person ( in public or private areas)?

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* 9. Was the person/people who committed the racism known to you? If yes, please answer question 9.

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* 10. Who was/were the person/people who committed the racism (Click all that apply)

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* 11. If this incident/incidents of racism happened in person, please tell us what STATE/TERRITORY it happened in?

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* 12. City and/or Suburb

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* 13. Your cultural background or the cultural background of the person you know who experienced the racism?

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* 14. If this incident/incidents of racism happened in person and in a public or private space please select where it happened (Click all that apply)

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* 15. If you and/or someone you know experienced the racism NOT in person, how did this experience of racism happen? (Click all that apply)

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* 16. Do you think the incident of racism was a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic?

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* 17. In what form was this racism incident experienced? ( Click all that apply)

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* 18. Did you report this to the police?

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* 19. Please provide as many details as you can of what happened in the incident of racism.

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* 20. Was the incident/incidents of racism picked up by any news/media outlet? If so please provide URLs.

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* 21. Please upload any screenshots, related news/media articles, images, email files, documents etc to further explain what happened in the incident of racism.

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* 22. Is there anything else about this incident/incidents of racism you would like to add?

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* 23. Please provide your contact details here if follow up is required ( all contact details provided will be kept confidentially, and we will contact you to seek consent if any of your information is to be used, or if your response should be referred to the authorities or a complaint lodged to the Human Rights Commission)

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