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Jewish and Palestinian students and staff are bearing the brunt of ingrained racism at universities as institutions are chastised for failing to address hate on campus.

People from Indigenous, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, Pasifika, Māori and Muslim backgrounds also face high rates of racism, a landmark Australian Human Rights Commission report released on Tuesday found.

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As someone currently studying at a Queensland university, I can say that anecdotally there is a lot of racism - I'm a cis white male so I am privileged in not being part of any minority groups, instead I get let in on people's racism to others, usually against Asians and usually from other privileged people, although one person I know is Indonesian and they particularly hate "mainlanders" (Chinese)