The power of bystanders. If you see racist behaviour you can: Speak up — call it out as racism, let the perpetrator know it is not acceptable Support the victim — stand next to the person being targeted and ask them if they are ok Take evidence — record the incident on your phone, take a photo of the perpetrator and report it to authorities View the Australian Human Rights Commission tips on how to respond to racism.
Racial discrimination and your rights In Australia it is against the law to do 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. This type of behaviour is classified as racial hatred. Examples of racial hatred may include racially offensive material on the internet, including eforums, blogs, social networking sites and video sharing sites racially offensive comments or images in a newspaper, magazine or other publication such as a leaflet or flyer racially offensive speeches at a public rally racially abusive comments in a public place, such as a shop, workplace, park, on public transport or at school racially abusive comments at sporting events by players, spectators, coaches or officials.
National Information Service. The NIS can: give you information about your rights and responsibilities under federal human rights and anti-discrimination law discuss whether you may be able to make a complaint to the Commission or how the law might apply to your situation give you information about how to make a complaint, respond to a complaint or deal with specific discrimination issues refer you to another organisation that may be able to help you Please note that the NIS is unable to provide legal advice.
Translating and Interpreting Service. Phone: Visit: www. Counselling and Mental Health Wellbeing. Yet still, all around the world too many suffer from the injustice and stigma that racism brings. No country can claim to be free of racism, racism is a global concern, and tackling it requires a universal effort.
See how anti-discrimination helps support the Agenda for Sustainable Development. Test your knowledge. Check your bias. Get inspired by their work. The difference is that most of them are forcibly displaced and struggling simply to stay safe and survive.
View exhibit. View stamps. Through the rhythms of this song, hearts are connected and differences disappear, illuminating how deeply humanity is interconnected and revealing the truth of the adage: we are one. Check your assumptions. Confront your biases and stereotypes. Centering anti-racist BIPOC voices does not mean expecting members of each group to relive their particular oppression by describing it -- or examples of it -- for the benefit of the larger movement.
There is room for many voices and a role for different people with different audiences to do the work of changing the narrative about race in this country. Underscore that different people and communities encounter differing types of stereotypes and discrimination based on diverse and intersectional identities.
This may mean, for example, explaining the sovereign status of tribal nations, the unique challenges posed by treaty violations, and the specific solutions that are needed. At the same time, we need to place whiteness in the context it deserves: as a part of the larger whole and not the center of it. The United States purports to revere the ideals of equality and opportunity.
We have to recognize this and move toward the ideal that we should all be able to live up to our own potential, whether we are new to this country, or living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, on reservations that are facing economic challenges, or in abandoned factory towns.
Across the United States, Black and Brown communities are subject to higher rates of asthma and other diseases resulting from pollution and malnutrition; as demonstrated recently not only at Standing Rock but also through the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Our neighborhoods are more likely to have landfills, toxic factories, fracking, and other forms of environmental violence inflicted on them. We will not let this continue. They truly believe that the experiences of their life as a result of their skin colour can and should be universal. Their eyes glaze over in boredom or widen in indignation. Their mouths start twitching as they get defensive.
If it is freedom and our way of life that we fight for, our first obligation is to ensure that our own government adheres to those principles. Without that, we are no better than our enemies. To work for all of us, our justice system depends on equal treatment and investigations based on evidence, not stereotypes or bias.
But many communities continue to experience racial profiling, where members are singled out only because of what they look like. In one Maryland study, Officers were no more likely to find contraband on black motorists than white motorists. These practices erode community trust in police and make the goal of true community safety more difficult to achieve. We need shared data on police interactions with the public that show who police are stopping, arresting and why.
These kinds of data encourage transparency and trust and help police strategize on how to improve their work. They also help communities get a clear picture of police interactions in the community.
Urge your local police department to join police from around the country and participate in these important shared databases. Racism is a particular affront to our values and we need to do everything in our power to end it. Yet we know that racism persists, and that its effects can be devastating. For instance, African American pregnant women are two to three times more likely to experience premature birth and three times more likely to give birth to a low birth weight infant.
This disparity persists even after controlling for factors, such as low income, low education, and alcohol and tobacco use. We all have a responsibility to examine the causes and effects of racism in our country. We have to educate ourselves and learn how to talk about them with those around us. We believe in treating everybody fairly, regardless of what they look like or where their ancestors came from.
But what we believe consciously and what we feel and do unconsciously can be two very different things and despite our best attempts to rid ourselves of prejudices and stereotypes, we all have them — it just depends how conscious they are.
All of us today know people of different races and ethnicities. And we usually treat each other respectfully and joke around together at work. But for most of us — Americans of all colors — the subtle or not so subtle attitudes of our parents or grandparents, who grew up in a different time, are still with us, even if we consciously reject them.
Personally, I look forward to the day when we can all see past color—all of us, white and black, brown and Asian. And how that collective bias has shaped our history and where we are now.
The Opportunity Survey, Drew Westen, Ph. March Messaging tips for advocates wanting to engage in conversations around sports and athletes. Narrative principles for promoting truth in education and how to tell the story about our country. Use our interactive Value, Problem, Solution, Action VPSA message building tool to create a message that will energize your base and expand your constituencies. Similar Resources: Messaging Memo. Share Share. Sample Language: Sample 1: To work for all of us, the people responsible for our justice system have to be resolute in their commitment to equal treatment and investigations based on evidence, not stereotypes or bias.
Use Values as a Bridge, Not a Bypass.
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