This year 2024 is the 75st anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By signing this declaration international community agreed to the value that every human being is equal and should have the same rights, without any distinction of any kind.
On the 21st march in 1960 the police in Sharpeville, south Africa killed 69 people at an open fire during a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid “pass laws”. To remember the victims, we observe this day annually.
In 1979 the general assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination, beginning on 21 March, would be organized annually in all States. Through that action the apartheid system in South Africa has been dismantled. However racial discrimination and racist laws are still in some governmental legislations and racist actions are still deeply rooted in our society. This is why the celebration and the worldwide fight for the elimination of racial discrimination continue.
Difference between racial discrimination and racism
The difference between Racial discrimination and Racism is as follows: Racism is the ideology that attributes personality behavior, morals and worth can be traced back to race, while Racial discrimination is if the race of a person has an effect on any distinction, conduct or action of another one.
Importance of the elimination
In 2020 George Floyd a black man died through the hands of a white police officer in … This shocking event alarmed people worldwide and the Black-Lives-Matter movement was born. All over the world people went to the streets and demonstrated against racism and racial discrimination.
This shows that Racism is not something in our past still an issue today and it shows the importance of the elimination.
When a white person is dressing up and paints their face black it is called Blackfacing. It is an act of discrimination because it assumes that you take black people not seriously and make fun about them.
Research by the Pew Research Center analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data, in the United States of America, shows that the payment depends on race and gender.
White men are getting paid better than Black and Hispanic men.
We fight for equality no matter what skin color, religion, gender or sexuality!
We fight for human right for everyone!