Annnnd I forgot @becstrating , sorry! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😖" title="VerblĂŒfftes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: VerblĂŒfftes Gesicht">

Starting off with mention of COVID-19 being termed the & #39;Chinese virus& #39;. @timsout mentioning that the Asian-Australian community has mentioned a spike of racial discrimination as a result.
Alice Pung suggests that latent anti-Asian racism was always there, and is now exacerbated by current events.

@mrbenjaminlaw brings up how in Italy, Chinese restaurants were being avoided before COVID-19 became a pandemic.
Some great points made by @mrbenjaminlaw regarding pressure on current media to diversify e.g. their Insiders panel, and how Asian:Australian population ratio is similar to that of black people in America (?).

(Also I& #39;m very curious about his colour-coordinated bookshelf https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">)
In his time as Race Discrimination Connosieur, @timsout mentions the nuances between discrimination faced by e.g. Asian-Australians as opposed to Aboriginals, so it& #39;s important to acknowledge how different forms of racism occurs.
In terms of reading that can help educate others, @mrbenjaminlaw mentions "Why I& #39;m No Longer Talking to White People About Race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge as an eye-opener, giving him a better understanding of structural racism.
"Racism is as much about impact as it is about intention" @timsout on the ongoing efforts to educate others, mentioning that it can be exhausting as people tend to deflect in a variety of ways to avoid addressing core issues.
Ooooh @mrbenjaminlaw did his PhD thesis on Asian-Australian representation on TV (at QUT), someone linked it in the Q&A chat: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29272/2/Benjamin_Law_Thesis.pdf

Some">https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29272/2/B... interesting questions in the Q&A chat, will be interested to hear their responses.
While my brain is busy churning what& #39;s being said (because being hard-of-hearing is hard >_>), turns out I& #39;m not the only one livetweeting! Thanks to @tseenster for touching on parts I& #39;ve missed, and including useful links as well! https://twitter.com/tseenster/status/1280766187568156672">https://twitter.com/tseenster...
First Q&A question asked about values & aspects of Asian-Australian culture to be proud of. I understood the panel& #39;s answers, just can& #39;t summarise them well while listening.

2nd Q: How can we educate children about racism? @mrbenjaminlaw mentions the Amy Cooper incident...
...and points out how she& #39;s not a generic Trump supporter, which ended up being a significant talking point.

"It& #39;s not enough to tell your kids that racism is bad...that diversity is great...not to see race... we want to see differences and not have a problem with it."
Ben bringing the question back to including how do we educate about structural racism, backgrounds, history, the whole lot. @becstrating passes the question to Alice Pung and whether Alice has spoken to her children about it (they& #39;re a bit too young, unfortunately!)
. @timsout points out that children /will/ see colour, races, differences, and as such it& #39;s important to talk about and fundamentally recognise these differences. Mentions conversations in classrooms where students are encouraged to talk about their families/backgrounds.
Paraphrased: If you say to a child: "This kid& #39;s Sudanese, this girl& #39;s Chinese, but you& #39;re normal" - what kind of message does this communicate to the child? What are the implications?
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