An inclusive philosophy is vital if we are to beat racism

by ALEXANDRA KOSJAKOVA -

This article was published in the Irish Times after it was entered into the Show Racism the Red Card Creative Competition. 

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The Creative Competition was funded by the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration at the Department of Justice and Equality. www.integration.ie

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0419/1224314924148.html

OPINION : THE TOPIC of racism has been talked about, written about and described to us more than a million times already – and we all know racism is bad and that it should not be perpetrated, and you are probably thinking, “Tell me something I don’t know?” Continue reading →

President Michael D Higgins spoke at the Awards Presentation which concluded the Anti-Racism Creative Competition 2012.  The event took place on Thursday 19th April and was attended by over 450 young people from 24 schools who travelled from around Ireland to be at the AVIVA stadium for the presentation.

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The Creative Competition was funded by the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration at the Department of Justice and Equality www.integration.ie

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The show racism the red card initiative has given us an opportunity to reflect and re-examine our understanding of the term “racism” today. Continue reading →

Alexandra
Kosjakova,

Well, the topic of racism has been talked, written and described to us over a million times  already, we all know it’s bad and we all know that it should not be done and you are probably thinking ‘tell me something  I don’t know?’ Continue reading →

The following is a story of racism and how it impacts on a family and further the inappropriate response of agencies responsible.  Deference to ‘authorities’ and indecisiveness on the part of relevant agencies pervades.

‘We relocated to Ireland in June 2010 from South Africa following a brutal family murder and ongoing violence in South African society. Gerard is an Irish citizen who lived in SA for several years his wife and children are born and bred South Africans’.

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 TDs and Senators from all political parties put aside their differences today and worked together as a team in a series of 5 aside games with staff from among others the US, Ukrainian, Polish and Lithuanian embassies to mark United Nations Anti Racism Day March 21st 2012. 

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