Anti-Racism
School climate success offers a way forward for Rochester students
School climate success offers a way forward for Rochester students
With controversies claiming most of the headlines, it’s easy to overlook successes in the Rochester City School District. Last month, the Children’s Agenda, in collaboration with Citizen Action and the Alliance for Quality Education, released a major report on the impact of our school climate work on academic performance. The recommendations presented in this report offer a clear path forward for a district in crisis.
When faced with a deteriorating school climate, members of our community stepped up and formed a task force that led to major reforms in the district, including a new code of conduct, restorative justice training in over 20 schools, the establishment of Help Zones for students, and the Victorious Minds Academy anti-racism initiative.
National Action Plan against racism blueprint sets targets
National Action Plan against racism blueprint sets targets
The National Action Plan to Combat Racism Racial Discrimination Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (NAP) is an important tool to prevent and combat racist sexist homophobic, xenophobic and other discriminatory conduct and forms of prejudice that we have been experiencing in our country recently.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD) therefore welcomes the approval of the NAP by the cabinet.
The development of the NAP was necessitated by the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA) which was adopted following the third World Conference against Racism Racial Discrimination Xenophobia and Related Intolerance hosted in Durban in 2001.
The DDPA urges states to establish and implement national policies and action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination xenophobia and related intolerance including their gender-based manifestations
The cabinet’s approval of the NAP followed a rigorous process which was overseen by a steering committee comprising various stakeholders including government departments Chapter 9 institutions broader civil society organisations and other relevant role-players.Inputs from the public were important in shaping the NAP as a draft of the NAP was published for public comment during December 2015, with the public consultations phase launched in 2016. Further engagements and feedback sessions were conducted last year
White racism gets passed down through generations. It’s up to individuals to stop that
White racism gets passed down through generations. It’s up to individuals to stop that
To the editor: Erin Aubrey Kaplan makes an excellent point in her discussion regarding racism. Her claim is that in the movie “Green Book,” Virgo Mortensen’s character seems to make a sudden shift away from his racial prejudice that is unrealistic.
Overcoming racism or any other prejudice is a process that often takes generations. Our consciousness is continually evolving and it requires not only understanding and compassion toward our fellow man but also to our former selves. Our negative beliefs about “the other” are generally inherited from our families and culture. However, each of us is responsible for changing these attitudes through deeper introspection and acknowledgment of any lingering and sometimes subtle prejudices. To the editor: One thing Kaplan seems to have overlooked is the profound lesson embodied in the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1949 song, “You’ve Got to be Taught. The song, sung by a young white naval officer in love with a native Pacific Islander, tells us You have to be taught to hate and fear people whose eyes are oddly made and people whose skin is a different shade to hate all the people your relatives hate, you’ve got to be carefully taught.
Violence Fuels Mobilisation by Women against Brazil’s Anti-Gender Equality Government
Violence Fuels Mobilisation by Women against Brazil’s Anti-Gender Equality Government
Crime, a key issue in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s election in Brazil, has a dimension that is gaining in visibility and could turn against his government: gender violence.
Elaine Caparroz, a 55-year-old landscaper, was beaten for four hours in the early hours of Jan. 16 in her own home. As a result, she was unrecognisable, lost a tooth and needed 60 stitches.
This was the highest-profile case in recent days in this country of 209 million people, where so far this year, up to Feb. 22, there were 176 victims of femicide and 109 unsuccessful gender-based murders, according to the daily monitoring of cases by Jefferson Nascimento, a lawyer and researcher from São Paulo, based on press reports.
Environmental racism at Utah’s inland port
Environmental racism at Utah’s inland port
On Feb. 2, a community forum was held in Salt Lake City to discuss implications of the Utah inland port. Experts, professionals and residents alike aired concerns about policymakers overlooking worsened air quality and the destruction of fragile ecosystems in the name of economic development. Spokespeople from Racially Just Utah also joined the dialogue to share ways in which the port continues to be a clear instance of environmental racism.
Environmental racism refers to any act that results in disproportionate effects of environmentally hazardous conditions on communities of color. The area approved for inland port construction will take place in the northwest quadrant of Utah, near the Great Salt Lake. The port site will envelop significant portions of Salt Lake County acreage — specifically sections of West Valley City and Magna.
Data from the U.S. Census shows that people of color make up about 21 percent of Utah’s population, and 27.9 percent of Salt Lake County’s population. In comparison, people of color make up 53.2 percent of West Valley City’s population and 36.4 percent of Magna’s population. As such, the placement of the port alone is an illustration of environmental racism. The implications of the port are even worse considering that residents of the area are already disproportionately burdened with pollution from refineries and traffic.
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Football news – Racist fans face stronger penalties under Government discrimination review
Football news – Racist fans face stronger penalties under Government discrimination review
Punishments handed to racist football fans could be ramped up under a widespread Government review of discrimination in the sport.Efforts will also be made to bring more people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds into football jobs including coaching and management as part of the proposals.
Sports minister Mims Davies chaired a parliamentary summit of football executives former players and charities to draw up plans to tackle discrimination and improve diversity.
They also include closer partnerships between police and football authorities to improve identification and sanctioning of offenders. Football chiefs will look at the current sanctioning regime and consider if improvements are needed to further act as a deterrent as part of the review Stamping out other forms of abuse including homophobia and anti-Semitism, also forms part of the talks.
The proposals have been backed by the FA, the Premier League and the EFL, which all had representatives at the summit on Monday. A joint statement from the three bodies said recent events have demonstrated that there is clearly much more to do to oust racism. It added. Today we committed to enhancing our work in this area, and developing new initiatives to improve black Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation across the game to supplement those already in existence.
French schools could replace ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ under new anti-discrimination law
French schools could replace ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ under new anti-discrimination law
France’s National Assembly has passed a law that will see the removal of the labels “mother” and “father” from forms used in the country’s schools.
The amendment made to the nation’s School of Trust Bill would see the terms be replaced with “parent 1” and “parent 2” in a move designed to avoid discriminating against same-sex parents.
The decision was widely supported by the majority La République en Marche Party which was founded by French President Emmanuel Macron.
This amendment aims to root in law children’s family diversity in administrative forms submitted in school” said Valérie Petit, an MP who tabled the amendment, claiming that the previous law did not take into account the existence of same-sex parents.
We have families who find themselves faced with tick boxes stuck in rather old-fashioned social and family models. For us this article is a measurement of social equality” she added.
Milan anti-racism march draws huge crowds
Milan anti-racism march draws huge crowds
Huge crowds have gathered in the northern Italian city of Milan to protest against racism.Organisers said
about 200,000 people turned out in the city in Lombardy a region where the right wing populist League party has strong support Campaigners say the government promotes fear and hatred to spread division. Deputy prime minister and League leader Matteo Salvini says the government’s new immigration policies will make Italy safer Italy government backs anti migrant’ bill Migration to Europe in charts A decree issued in September makes it easier to deport migrants and take away their citizenship if they commit serious crimes.
Under the new governing coalition Italy has tried to close its ports to boats with migrants travelling across the Mediterranean Demonstrators marched under the slogan People First with organisers issuing a mission statement saying diversity is a cultural treasure.
We want Italy and Europe to change their policies to put people at the centre with their difficulties one man told Italian broadcaster Rai TV. A woman said the march was to show that reception is a very beautiful thing and diversity an enrichment. Milan’s social democrat mayor Beppe Sala described the protests as a watershed moment.
CPAC 2019: Candace Owens claims racism is over, because “I’ve never been a slave
Candace Owens the director of communications for student group Turning Point USA drew sharp criticism on Friday after she attempted to refute the existence of racism by explaining that she herself has never been a slave.
“America is not a racist country the black conservative provocateur said during a conservative convention. Stop selling us our own oppression. Stop taking away our self-confidence by telling us that we can’t because of racism because of slavery I’ve never been a slave in this country Owens declared.
Owens a prominent conservative commentator and frequent Fox News guest made the controversial comments Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference which touts itself as the birthplace of modern conservatism. Her comments came under intense scrutiny on Twitter where users including sports journalist Jemele Hill,cited the lawsuit she filed in 2007 after accusing a group of teens of leaving her threatening and racist messages while she was a high school student. Owens won the lawsuit and received a $37,500 settlementSo I guess when she sued and won a lawsuit after receiving threats then she must have been in some other country Hill tweeted Friday.
Major translation website gives anti-Semitic, racist, sexist explanations of words
Major translation website gives anti-Semitic, racist, sexist explanations of words
A major translation website was criticized Friday for offering up anti-Semitic, racist and sexist explanations of words. Users who typed “nicer” into Reverso looking for a French equivalent were offered the example: “Hitler was a lot nicer to the Jews than they deserved.”
A search of “much nicer” produced the result “Dachau was much nicer than Auschwitz.” The French-based service used by more than 45 million people a month threw up equally hateful results for the word “Jew.” “There are too many Jews here,” “Here is the ultimate example of how the Jews control America” and “This is why the Jews are so dangerous” it offered as examples of how the word is used.