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Tackling Racism

Look at each of the

people on this

poster.

What do you think

is the race or

country of origin

of each person?

Is this person West

Indian perhaps?

Perhaps this person is

Indian.

In fact, all the

people in thispicture are British

and they were

all born in

Britain as well.

Some people thinkthat seeing people

as different races

is the start of

Racism.

Others think that

we should recognise

differences but not

let this lead to

treating people

differently or

unfairly..

What do YOU

think?

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Racism is when

someone is

treated differently

or unfairly

because of their

ethnic origin.

But what does

ethnic mean?

ETHNIC

The word ethnic

means a group of

people who share

either a geographic

area of origin, comefrom the same racial

group or have the

same religious faith

or share the same

language.

Sociologists say

there are 10 main

ethnic groups in

Britain

Black (Caribbean)Black (African)

Black (Other)Indian

Pakistani

BangladeshiChinese

Other Asian

White

Other

Can you see

examples of each ofthese in the poster?

Why should you

want to do this? Is it

racist to do so?

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Racism often comes about because

some people view all members

of an ethnic group as behavingin the same way. Just because one

English football supporter might

be a hooligan then they think

that ALL English football

supporters are hooligans

This is sometimes called having

a stereotype.

Stereotypes

A stereotype is a fixed idea abouta person or group of people,

treating the whole group as if

they were exactly the same.It ignores

the fact that individuals within a

group can behave differently.

Are you the same as everyone

else in your class?

Do you want to be viewed the

same as everyone else in

your class even though youmight do things differently?

Of course you dont.

But this is the sort of thing

that racists do.

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What has racism got to do with Human rights?

Human

Rights And

Racism

There are

two articles

of the UnitedNations

Declaration

Of Human

Rights that

refer toracism

Article 1

All human beings

are born free and

equal in dignityand human

rights.

Article 7

All are equal

before the law

and are entitledwithout any

discrimination to

equal protection

of the law.

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What laws are there against racism?

If someone has committed a robbery or used violence against

another person because that person is of a different colour or

racial origin then the courts can increase the punishment theywould otherwise have given.

It is against the law to use racist language in

public if it is intended to hurt, upset or harm someone.

It is an offence to put up racist posters or drawings

It is against the law to discriminate against someone

because of their race.

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racism and human rights.

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