In 2021, theScanlon reportfound an unprecedented rise in respondents’ answers to the question “how big a problem is racism in Australia?”. Some 60% of survey respondents indicated it was a “very big” or “fairly big problem” as opposed to 40% in 2020.
Meanwhile in March 2022, aDiversity Council reportfound 43% of non-white Australian employees commonly experience racism at work, while only 18% of “racially priviliged” workers reported racism as a problem. This not only highlights how widespread racism remains but how often often dismissed by those benefiting from white privilege.
Racism also plagues Australia’s key institutions, including ASX 200 companies, universities, the public service and federal parliament.
In 2018, the Australian Human Rights Commissionfoundof those who occupy 2,490 of the most senior posts in Australia, 76% per cent have an Anglo-Celtic background, 19% have a European background, less than 5% have a non-European background and 0.4% have an Indigenous background.
from the Conversation link
HARD evidence.
