Human Rights Commission report says governments fail on racism — here are six recommendations
ABC"You have to name the demon to slay it," Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman told the ABC. The "demon" in this case is racism, a term many in government were reluctant to use, a new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission found. 'Negatively racialised people don't have power' Commission Sivaraman said there's been a rise in hate towards First Nations peoples, Muslims, Jews, Asians, and other culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Reconciliation Victoria acting co-chair, Emily Poelina-Hunter, a Nyikina woman, was not surprised by the findings of the report after the "devastating year of racism" last year following the Voice referendum results. Mr Sivaraman said the commission had seen a dramatic rise in racism and hate towards First Nations peoples, Muslims, Jews, Asians, and other culturally and linguistically diverse communities, which showed "systemic failures" in dealing with racism.
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