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"Racism is not acceptable" factsheet

Understand why racism is not acceptable in Australia with this practical factsheet addressing discrimination and promoting respect across communities.

Race discrimination Fact Sheet

Summary

This Federal Government factsheet includes information on race discrimination, your rights, and how to make a complaint. This resource has been translated into 64 languages.

"When people who witness racism speak out against it, this makes the person being targeted feel supported, and can make the person being racist reconsider their behaviour. Don’t put yourself at risk. But if it is safe to do so, speak up and stand with the victim. Even a simple gesture can be powerful." 

Translated factsheets available

This factsheet has been translated into the following languages (all available in the downloadable zip file):

  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Assyrian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Burmese
  • Chinese Simplified
  • Chinese Traditional
  • Croation
  • Dari
  • Dinka
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Farsi
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Hakha-Chin
  • Hazaragi
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Karen
  • Khmer
  • Kirundi
  • Korean
  • Kurdish Kurmanji
  • Lao
  • Macedonian
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Nepali
  • Pashto
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Rohingya
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Samoan
  • Serbian
  • Sinhalese
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Tagalog
  • Tamil
  • Thai
  • Tibetan
  • Tigrinya
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese

Downloadable language files

Racism Is Not Acceptable Factsheet- 64 Languages

Downloadable zip.

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