Asians around the world speak out on workplace discrimination
Published June 7, 2021
It’s not just in the streets, and it’s not just in the United States.
In Australia, 66.4% of Asian Australian respondents to a survey last October reported experiencing workplace discrimination, which represented an increase of almost 15% in six months. The pandemic worsened dramatically in the country during that time, with coronavirus cases surging from 4,862 to 27,109 between last April and October, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University.
Asian Australians also suffered a disproportionate drop in working hours last…