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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?

In fact, all the Some people think people in this that seeing people picture are British as different races and they were isall the start of born in Racism. Britain as well. Others think that we should recognise differences but not let this lead to treating people differently or unfairly.. What do YOU think?

Is this person West Indian perhaps?

Perhaps this person is Indian.

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, come from 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 Bangladeshi Chinese Other Asian White Other
Can you see examples of each of these in the poster? Why should you want to do this? Is it racist to do so?

Racism often comes about because some people viewAre all members you the same as everyone of an ethnic group as behaving else in the same way. Just because one in your class? English football supporter might be a hooligan then they think Do you want to be viewed the that ALL English football same as everyone else in supporters are hooligans

This is sometimes called having a stereotype. Stereotypes Of course you dont. A stereotype is a fixed idea about a person or group of people, But this is the sort of thing treating the whole group as if that racists do. they were exactly the same.It ignores the fact that individuals within a group can behave differently.

your class even though you might do things differently?

What has racism got to do with Human rights?

Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and human rights.

Human Rights And Racism There are two articles of the United Nations Declaration Of Human Rights that refer to racism

Article 7 All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law.

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 they would 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.

Click HERE later to go to an exercise to test your understanding of racism and human rights.

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