“A Year of Racist Attacks: Anti-Asian Racism Across Canada One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic,” published by the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice, addresses the prevalence of Anti-Asian racist attacks based on data gathered from Mar. 10, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020. The report recommends anti-racist community education, attention to intersectionality and upholding the rights of Asian-Canadian frontline workers.
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Recommendation 1:
The severity and pervasiveness of anti-Asian racism reported requires immediate attention from all levels of government. Federal, provincial and municipal governments and all political parties must recognize anti-Asian racism as a distinct area of discrimination that requires immediate action. In particular, the government must:
- Recognize the importance of anti-racism education by committing financial and other resources to community-led organizations to carry out anti-racism education.
- Provide comprehensive, community-based, culturally specific, collective and individual social supports that would be accessible for those from diverse backgrounds and of all language abilities to ensure that victims and survivors of racist attacks and anti-Asian racism can receive the support they need so that our communities can recover holistically.
- Implement comprehensive policies to prevent the spread of misinformation in media and social media which incites negative public discourse and further provokes racism (for example, policies proposed by CCNC-SJ).
- Fund more educational initiatives about the long history of Chinese Canadians and Asian Canadians in Canada, their historical experiences with racism and their contributions to Canada.
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