The panic generated by coronavirus has reignited an older, deeper panic about Chinese migrants. Ruby Schwartz on how a medical emergency has unearthed Australia’s fear of the other – and how this fear cycles through different targets.
Guest: 7am producer Ruby Schwartz.
Background reading:
COVID-19: Racism, economics and the aftermath in The Saturday Paper
Christmas Island and the rise of mandatory detention in The Saturday Paper
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