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Ima*e 5 Understandin* )ace )acism is the belief thatcharacteristics and abilities can be attributed to "eo"le sim"l on the basis of their race and thatsome racial *rou"s are su"erior to others& )acism and discrimination have been used as "o!erful!ea"ons encoura*in* fear or hatred of others in times of conflict and !ar, and even durin*economic do!nturns&

)acism is also a ver touch sub6ect for some "eo"le, as issues concernin* free s"eech andArticle %7 of the Universal 8eclaration of Human )i*hts come into "la & Some "eo"le ar*ue thattal4in* about su""ortin* racial discrimination and "re6udice is 6ust !ords and that free s"eechshould allo! such vie!s to be aired !ithout restriction& 9thers "oint out that these !ords canlead to some ver dire and serious conse uences ;the a

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BEuro"e has a re*ional human ri*hts architecture !hich is unrivaled else!here in the !orldC,Amnest International notes in their '.%. re"ort on the Euro"e and #entral Asia re*ion & Dut thehuman ri*hts !atchdo* also adds that as !ell as *uardin* a "roud re"utation as a beacon ofhuman ri*hts, Bit is sadl still the case, ho!ever, that the realit of "rotection from human ri*htsabuses for man of those !ithin its borders falls short of the rhetoric&C In recent ears, one of

those forms of abuses has been in the area of race, often *ro!in* !ith chan*in* economiccircumstances and increased immi*ration to the re*ion&

rom the institutionali

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become normal in some communities& The "roblems need to tac4led much earlier, in schools and!ith social "ro*rammes&C

Ethnic minorities and different cultures in one countr can often be used as a sca"e*oat for thema6orit durin* times of economic crisis& That is one reason !h aor* Heider, has been accused of s m"atheticstatements to!ards the a

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from Poland& Anti?immi*rant rhetoric has also contributed to increasin* interest in racist "olitical "arties such as the Dritish ational Part & This also, "redictabl , has increased as the *lobalfinancial crisis im"acts more of Dritain s "o"ulation&

Anti immi*ration sentiment has also been seen in S!it Mulvane & The re"orted that the Australian

"o"ulation in %@// !as @2.,..., or three times the "revious estimate& The concluded that morethan 1..,... "eo"le had died as result of !hite settlement&

F &ohn Pilger, Cathy Freeman's (road )lympic smile is (eing used to conceal a multitude o% *ustralia's original sins , &uly 1!, !!!

In >une %77/, 9ne ation, an Australian nationalist "art in ueensland !on '2 "ercent of thevotes !ith their main lines at fi*htin* immi*ration b non?!hites& This !as made "ossible !hereunem"lo ment !as been hi*h and !here it !as eas to convince the "eo"le that immi*rants!ere ta4in* their 6obs, as it !ould serve to be a convenient e3cuse and avenue to vent frustration&In a s"eech the "art leader said that Australia !as Bin dan*er of bein* s!am"edC b Asians andshe also uestioned the s"ecial !elfare benefits for Australia s Abori*ines& The reaction to thatmeant the same "art !on onl 1 "ercent of the votes t!o months later, in the State elections&

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Australia has also had a ver racist "ast in !hich a"artheid has been "racticed and !hereindi*enous Abori*inal "eo"le have lost almost all their land and suffered man "re6udices& In the

"ast, the notorious "olic that led to the Stolen Generation !as "racticed& This !as theinstitutionali

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Racism in the Middle East

In a number of countries in the Middle East, discriminator "ractice has been common"lace,mostl a*ainst forei*n !or4ers !ho !or4 in lo! !a*e conditions, such as domestic !or4ers&)e"orts of ta4in* a!a forei*n !or4er s "ass"orts and treatin* them as second class citi

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attac4in* an thin* that a""ears Western, from Western citi

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The American Anthro"olo*ical Association "roduced a short video "rovidin* an overvie! ofho! "revailin* ideas in science, *overnment and culture intersected throu*hout histor to sha"eAmerican conce"t of race toda :

The Stor of )ace , Understandin* )ace, American Anthro"olo*ical Association, >ul %(, '..7

Since the horrific terrorist attac4s on the United States on Se"tember %%, '..%, Securit concernshave understandabl increased, but so too has racial "rofilin*, discrimination etc& In the earlaftermath of the attac4s some Americans that !ere understandabl outra*ed and horrified, evenattac4ed some members of the Si4h communit !here at least one !as even 4illed, because theresembled certain t "es of Muslims, !ith beards and turbans& Jarious "eo"le of Middle East orSouth Asian ori*in have faced controversial detentions or uestionin*s b officials at Americanair"orts& This !eb site s section on the !ar a*ainst terror has more details on these as"ects&

It !as a historic moment for America !hen the voted in their first blac4 "resident, Darac49bama, *iven America s histor & $et, it seems that some of his "olicies have met !ith near

h sterical o""osition ;his attem"t to "ush a some!hat more inclusive health s stem has beendecried as socialist, or even communist, for e3am"le=&

9ne can t hel" but see the increasin* criticism from ri*ht !in* se*ments havin* a racist, almostcoordinated, undertone to it& He is #hristian, althou*h his middle name is Hussein, !hich ri*ht!in*ers have used to claim he is Muslim, anti?#hrist and so on, !hich further fuels racial anddiscriminator sentiments&

-eonard es4ind, head of the Institute for )esearch and Education on Human )i*hts, "ointed outthat the anti?9bama Bo""ositionC contains man different "olitical elements:

LElements of anti?9bama o""osition include ultra?conservative )e"ublicans of both the PatDuchanan and free mar4et variet N anti?ta3 Tea Part libertarians from the )on Paul cam"N#hristian ri*ht activists intent on re?moldin* the countr into their 4ind of in*domN birthcertificate cons"irac theorists, anti?immi*rant nativists of the armed Minuteman and the "olic!on4 variet N third "art BconstitutionalistsCN and !hite nationalists of both the citi

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9n the anniversar of Adol"h Hitler s birthda in A"ril %777, a "lanned 4illin* s"ree at the no!infamous #olumbine Hi*h School in America b t!o children claimed the lives of man fello!school mates& It is re"orted that the !ere tar*etin* ethnic minorities and !ere involved in some

a

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or more about the Internet and free s"eech, chec4 out this site s section on human ri*hts and theInternet & It has some useful lin4s to additional sites and material&

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bloc of its economic lifeblood, b creamin* off their most s4illed and educated !or4forces&Crom the "ers"ective of *lobali

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United States and Euro"e !ere a*ainst effective discussions of slaver re"arations ;andsent in onl lo!?level dele*ates F a "ossible si*n on ho! the reall feel about thisconference, and !hat it is about=

Israel and United States !ere a*ainst discussin* the "ossibilit that ionism is racista*ainst Palestinians, causin* both to !al4 out of the conference alto*ether

India !as a*ainst includin* discussions about caste?based discrimination Some Arab nations !ere a*ainst discussions on o""ression of urds or Arab slave trade etc&

A !atered do!n declaration !as eventuall made&

Such an eventful !ee4 sho!s ho! far !e all have to *o It is also a detailed issue, and thefollo!in* lin4s ma "rovide more details:

World #onference A*ainst )acism is the official United ations !eb site 9neWorld&net S"ecial )e"ort on )acism "rovides a hu*e number of articles from all

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