Harmony Day - Racism
What is Racial Discrimination?
Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status.
Racial hatred (sometimes referred to as vilification) is doing something in public based on the race, colour, national or ethnic origin of a person or group of people which is likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate.
Australian Human Rights Commission 2014
Discussion:
What are some of the different categories of racism that can occur in society?
What should I do if I see or experience racist behaviour at school?
Listed below are categories of racist behaviour that can occur in a school context
Activity:
You will be divided into groups and will be provided with cards that explore certain behaviours at school.
Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status.
Racial hatred (sometimes referred to as vilification) is doing something in public based on the race, colour, national or ethnic origin of a person or group of people which is likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate.
Australian Human Rights Commission 2014
Discussion:
What are some of the different categories of racism that can occur in society?
What should I do if I see or experience racist behaviour at school?
Listed below are categories of racist behaviour that can occur in a school context
- Physical assault and harassment
- Verbal abuse, threats, derogatory language, ridicule, stereotyped comments
- Racist propaganda e.g. symbols, signs, graffiti
- Incitement of others to behave in a racist manner
- Refusal to cooperate with other people because of their colour, ethnicity, religion or language
- Institutional racism e.g. biased policies, rules or curriculum.
- Cyber racism
Activity:
You will be divided into groups and will be provided with cards that explore certain behaviours at school.
- In groups, discuss whether the behaviours listed are examples of racism or not
- Sort the cards into the 7 categories listed above
- After ten minutes, report back to the class on whether the behaviours listed were all examples of racism or not. Did your group find any of the examples difficult to categorise? Discuss why.