Report
Confronting Racism in Communities Project: A final report on the nature and extent of racism in Queensland
Centre for Multicultural Pastoral Care
2009
Abstract
The Confronting Racism in Communities project was designed to identify and address the variety of racisms experienced by Queenslanders from CALD backgrounds. The project arose in response to state and Commonwealth anti-discrimination agencies (ADCQ and HREOC) awareness of under-reporting of racist incidents. The project therefore attempted to encourage reporting of a more representative range of incidents and to develop appropriate training to support those working with people who have experienced racisms. A training needs survey of workers was conducted and, along with a literature review, formed the basis for design of a reporting instrument and training for seventy selected people (Data Collection Points) who assisted those who have experienced racism to complete the questionnaire. Data collection was undertaken from January 1 2006 to December 31 2007, resulting in a total of 398 reports of incidents occurring in the last five years that were perceived as racism by those who experienced them. Reported incidents involved a wide range of ethnic backgrounds and took diverse forms including physical violence, threats of physical violence, property damage, verbal, written and non-verbal harassment, social exclusion, discrimination and institutional racism. Racist incidents occurred most often in public places including the street, work, real estate agents, public transport, shops and educational institutions. Most of the reported instances involved total strangers with no prior warning. Other relationships to perpetrators included employers and work colleagues, public transport officials, real estate agents, government agencies, police and educational staff as well as neighbours. Perpetrators were reported as disproportionately male with more females involved in mixed groups rather than as single-sex offenders.
Details
- Title
- Confronting Racism in Communities Project: A final report on the nature and extent of racism in Queensland
- Authors
- Hurriyet Babacan (Author)David Hollinsworth (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Additional notes
- This is an independent report funded through the Department of Communities’ Multicultural Affairs Queensland.
- Publication details
- 89 pages
- Publisher
- Centre for Multicultural Pastoral Care
- Date published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9780646516967
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Social Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449755802621
- Output Type
- Report
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