Strategies and Activities for Reducing Racial and Prejudice.
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Strategies and Activities for Reducing Racial and Prejudice
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What is racial prejudice?
• To have an unfavorable or discriminatory attitude or belief towards someone else or another group of people primarily on the basis of skin color or ethnicity.
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What is racism?
• Racism exists when racial prejudice is supported by institutions and laws.
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Why is it important to reduce racial prejudice and racism?
• Prevent victims from achieving full potential.• Prevent victim's fullest contribution.• Prevents benefiting from victim's contributions. • They weaken the community as a whole.• They increase the likelihood of retaliation.• They go against democratic ideals• Racism is illegal, in many cases.
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How can you reduce racial prejudice and racism
• Learn about your community.• Document activities of racism. • Understand the depth of the problem.• Identify policies that need to be challenged.• Determine short-term and long-term goals. • Consider existing and needed resources.• Consider how much time you have.• Review strategies.
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Things you can do in the workplace:
• Recruit and hire diverse staff and members.
• Monitor for inclusion and fight racism.
• Note barriers diverse members face at work.
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Things you can do in the media:
• Contact media about biased or no coverage.• Organize media coalition.• Organize presentations.• Pressure media to hire diverse individuals.
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Things you can do in schools:
• Form a diversity task force or club.• Recognize a variety holidays and events.• Include anti-racism education in curriculum.• Change racist policies in your school.
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Things you can do in your neighborhood:
• Welcome all newcomers.• Make "safe zone" signs or stickers.• Change policies that are exclusive.
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Things you can do in your community
• Organize a cleanup campaign.• Put up "Hate Free Zones" signs.• Organize a coalition.• Sponsor a community forum on racism.• Celebrate traditions of diverse groups.• 10Organize anti-racism demonstrations.
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Things you can do as an individual:
• Speak up when you hear racial slurs.
• Take advantage of events and information.
• Promote racial understanding at your workplace.
• Attend events about other cultures.