Infectious discrimination: schools must fight off Coronavirus-fuelled racism

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published March 3, 2020

Experts agree – racism and xenophobia feast on the shoots of fear and anxiety.

“People are understandably worried and concerned about their health – what we’ve got to be careful about is unfairly singling out groups or members of our society in a way that leads to discrimination,” Tim Soutphommasane, former Race Discrimination Commissioner for Australia, says.

And as this mask-dotted world scurries to both comprehend and contain the coronavirus outbreak, our schools can unwittingly transform into ...

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