Racial discrimination refers to beliefs, practices, and institutions that discriminate against people based on their perceived or ascribed "race". Primarily, it refers to an assumption that the human species can meaningfully be divided into races, together with hostility to people of certain races or a belief, conscious or unconscious, that people of different races differ in value.
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: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. "“I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal, which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die". Nelson Mandela Read article
: Happy family. Read the text and put the names in the correct places to make the happy family! Play game
: Let America Be America Again: This poem, whose title was chosen by John Kerry as the slogan for his 2004 US Presidential campaign, was written by Langston Hughes, particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. Read poem
: "What are you doing?" "I'm going ..." See cartoon
: Number: 99: the number of Aboriginal people who died while held in Australian State and Territory gaols between 1 January 1980 and 31 May 1989. See more trivia
: "Is there racial discrimination where you live?" See results
: Apartheid repeal | Dreyfus Affair | Malcom X killing | Mandela released | Mandela trial | Watts riots
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