The Asian Australia Alliance together with Osmond Chiu, Research Fellow of Per Capita Thinktank Research launched their COVID-19 Racism Incident Preliminary Report today.

"The COVID-19 Racism Incident Report Survey was launched on April 2nd 2020 and, to date, has collected over 410 reports of COVID-19-related racism. There were 377 reports over this period... The collection of this data on individual experiences has cumulatively shown that there has been a clear pattern of racist attacks against Asians and Asian Australians as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and that they are not isolated incidents. "

The report analyses both quantitative and qualitative data that has been captured since April including recounts like this one:

“ My friend is Vietnamese background and I am Malaysian Chinese background. I ordered an Uber one night whilst out in Newtown. When our Uber arrived, the driver who was of European background (could tell by accent), refused us and said he didn’t want to catch COVID-19 because we were all Asian”

Download and read the report here.

It is most likely that a large portion of these incidents 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. Anyone who has experienced COVID-19 related racism is encouraged to use the reporting tool. All responses are kept confidential. 

To make a report go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AsianAustralian