‘You Chinese virus spreader’: after coronavirus, Australia has an anti-Asian racism outbreak to deal with

After a knife-wielding white woman spewing racial abuse attacked them in their own hometown at the end of March, it took weeks for the Vietnamese-Australian sisters Rosa and Sophie Do to once more feel comfortable crossing the street.The pair had been waiting to cross Petersham Road in the suburb of Marrickville when two white Australian teenagers launched into an unprovoked attack, calling them “Asian whores”, “Asian dogs” and “Asian sluts”.One threatened the sisters with a knife and tried to…

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