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Resisting racism is more vital than ever
With governments around the world stirring up race hate to distract from coronavirus blunders, Stand Up to Racism’s conference this weekend could not come at a more crucial time, says SABBY DHALU

WITH the coronavirus global pandemic raging exponentially wordwide, the 2020 US presidential election less than three weeks away will undoubtedly be one of the most decisive and fiercely contested in modern history. 

Donald Trump is certainly the most overtly racist, Islamophobic and Sinophobic US president in the last century. 

He has stirred up racism to distract from his abject failures in the Covid-19 and economic crises. 

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