Shannon Whiley
Shannon Whiley is a Brisbane-based researcher working in Japanese cultural relations. She recently published her honours thesis on Nikkei-Australians who served in World War II, and her research interests included Japanese and Australian history, World War II, and Japanese diaspora in Australia.
Updated November 2021
Stories from This Author
Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism
Nov. 9, 2021 • Timothy Kazuo Steains , Shannon Whiley
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on our usual way of life (*article was originally written in April 2020), the language of war proliferates. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called it the “the battle that all Australians are enlisted in as we fight this virus”. French President Emmanuel Macron has declared: “We are at war”; and US President Donald Trump is calling himself the “wartime president”. For Asian Australians, and temporary Asian migrants, this fervour has brought increased racist attacks against them. This kind of xenophobia is common in wartime, and …
