\u0027Clearly, new strategies are needed to deal with the experience of hate incidents,\u0027 says Kasari Govender, B.C.\u0027s human rights commissioner.
Kasari Govender, who has been conducting a massive inquiry into incidents of hate over the past two years, says 72 per cent of those who participated didn’t report the crime to the police, a manager, human resources, school, or lawyer.
More than 2,600 people participated in the survey. After reviewing all responses, 930 surveys were determined to be from people who witnessed, experienced or were affected by hate incidents during the pandemic, according to Govender.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“Clearly, new strategies are needed to deal with the experience of hate incidents,” said Govender, in a statement Wednesday.
Govender added that without safe and credible responses and supports, there is a risk of sending the message that hate is okay in society. More than half of respondents believe the rise in hate incidents is because of people blaming certain groups for the pandemic. A similar number blame the increase in hate on a normalization of the behaviour online.Article content