Reporting racism: what you say matters

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has conducted research to learn more about the experiences of racism and racial and religious vilification in Victoria. Through this research, the Commission has received responses from the community on the types of actions and solutions that we can all take to help address racism and vilification. These ideas have been included in the Commission\u27s anti hate campaign that can be found at www.antihate.vic.gov.au. Reporting racism report Racism takes many different forms, ranging from discriminatory treatment, property damage or offensive materials to abusive language and even violence. Racism reduces people to stereotypes and reinforces social prejudice and inequality – this behaviour can also be against the law.    Reporting racism: what you say matters, completes the first stage of a multi-tiered project to raise awareness of racism in the community and to build capacity for victims and bystanders to report racism and vilification when they experience it.   The report sets out eight key actions the Commission will undertake in partnership with other agencies to respond to the issues raised. These range from working with community groups to deliver targeted community information sessions about rights; supporting bystanders on public transport who observe instances of racist behaviour, and partnering with schools, youth groups, sporting organisations, local governments, employers and other agencies to promote and implement the Anti-Hate campaign messages (see below for more information about this campaign) into existing programs and curriculum. Read the report: (PDF, 252KB)  |  (DOC, 738KB) Read the main findings summary: (PDF, 207KB)  |  (DOC, 95KB) &nbsp