Racism part of Asian Australians’ COVID-normal
Around the world, people of Asian background say hate crimes against them and their businesses have risen because of the pandemic.
In Australia, a shocking 84.5 per cent of people of Asian background say they saw or experienced discrimination in the first ten months of 2020 according to a survey by ANU.
Twenty three year old student Sussan Kittikhoun says she doesn’t even want to leave her home, as she is more afraid of such attacks than getting coronavirus.
Sophia Ocon reports.
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