Chinese-Australians have felt the full force of discrimination. The last thing I want is for another group to experience this
When news about the Liberal party’s usage of Chinese social media platform WeChat to spread misleading information about marriage equality and the Safe School program within the Chinese-Australian community came to light during the 2016 federal election campaign, I remember speaking to some of my LGBT friends explaining the misrepresentation of Chinese culture, traditions and values characterised by certain individuals within the Chinese-Australian community.
My first response to them was not all Chinese-Australians share these views – we are not a monolithic community but diverse in views and opinions. To give the Australian community a clearer picture: according to the 2016 ABS census, more than 1.2 million Australians (5.6% of the overall Australian population) have Chinese ancestry.
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