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  Anti-racism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Due to prolonged racist resistance in the South, however, and a general collapse of idealism in the North, Reconstruction ended, and gave way to the nadir of American race relations.
Overall, conservative and right-wing groups in general typically consider anti-racism to be fueled by a leftist coalition between white guilt and identity politics.
On the contrary, they often charge the left with reverse racism, and insist that the right is the true inheritor of anti-racism's egalitarian tradition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anti-racism   (1312 words)

  
 Information about Racist Bullying   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Racist violence, harassment and abuse are closely related to, and sometimes difficult to distinguish from, bullying.
Racist bullying in schools can range from ill-considered remarks, which are not intended to be hurtful, to deliberate physical attacks causing serious injury.
Racist bullying can be identified by the motivation of the bully, the language used, and/or by the fact that victims are singled out because of the colour of their skin, the way they talk, their ethnic grouping or by their religious or cultural practices.
www.antibullying.net /racistinfotwo.htm   (980 words)

  
 Youth, Racist Violence and Anti-racist Responses in the Nordic Countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The attitudes of the adult population seemed to be behind the actions of the youth, carrying out racist acts 'on their community's behalf'.
The issue of racist violence and harassment was not taken seriously by local authorities, until a well-known Black American basketball player had to go home because of threats and maltreatment from gangs of youngsters in the town.
According to some media reports, the perpetrators of racist violence have shown their disgust of the system of justice and police with disorderly behaviour even in courts because of the inaction of the police.
www.alli.fi /nuorisotutkimus/julkaisut/virtanen/1/11.html   (1232 words)

  
 Anti-Racist Action Minneapolis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Racists like to take pictures of anti-racists so that they'll be able to identify them and attack them later on.
Racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the nazis have always been a major source of violence, and their tendency, like those of other bullies is to attack people they think are defenseless.
Try asking a racist to give you a scientifically-sound definition of human "races." That means they'd have to give a definite number of mutually-exclusive human races and explain exactly how a person can determine what race someone belongs to using scientific and objective criteria.
www.arampls.com /pages/faq.html   (3899 words)

  
 Thompson / Anti-Racist Pedagogy -- Art or Propaganda?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
While anti-racist pedagogy is specifically tied to schooling, it shares in some of the grand ambitions of the Harlem Renaissance with regard to the possibility of fostering genuinely egalitarian appreciation and conversation between Black and white Americans.
Yet appealing to an "independent standard" of the good on the grounds that education ought to confine itself to the realization of goodness and refuse to consort with the corrupt is, quite literally, utopian.
Insofar as education is conceived in terms of texts and curricula that, in and of themselves, correct racist attitudes and assumptions (setting aside any question of interests or power), it is conceived as a form of propaganda.
www.ed.uiuc.edu /EPS/PES-Yearbook/95_docs/thompson.html   (5765 words)

  
 Western Europe: Rights Groups Condemn Racist and Anti-Semitic Violence (Human Rights Watch, 10-5-2002)
In particular, the two international human rights organizations strongly condemn the wave of racist attacks against Arabs and anti-Semitic attacks against Jews, and call on West European governments to redouble their efforts to combat racism in all its forms and to bring to justice suspected perpetrators of hate crimes.
They follow a general rise in racist and xenophobic violence in Western Europe, particularly against Arabs and certain ethnic and religious minorities, which spiked sharply in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks in the United States.
We also call on governments to make public the measures they are taking to combat racist and anti-Semitic violence, and to report to the public periodically the results of these efforts.
hrw.org /press/2002/05/europe0510.htm   (883 words)

  
 Anti-Racist Revolutions
Active racist behavior is equivalent to walking fast on the conveyor belt.
The person engaged in active racist behavior has identified with the ideology of our White supremacist system and is moving with it.
Passive racist behavior is equivalent to standing still on the walkway.
colours.mahost.org /articles/mcneill.html   (1427 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Anti-Racist Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behaviour and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part.
SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice) are anti-racist skinheads who often confront those they feel to be neo-nazis, racists, or possessed of other prejudices.
In Canada, they were involved in a number of violent incidents in the 1990s which included a 1993 brawl on Parliament Hill in Ottawa with members of the neo-nazi Heritage Front in which several Heritage Front members, including RaHoWa lead singer George Burdi, were arrested.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Anti_Racist-Action   (1501 words)

  
 Anti-Racist Policy
Racist behaviour, defined as any hostile or offensive act or expression by a person of one racial or ethnic origin against a person of another, or incitement to commit such an act, will not be tolerated in the University of Aberdeen.
Such behaviour includes derogatory name-calling, insults and racist jokes, racist graffiti, verbal abuse and threats, and ridicule of an individual for cultural differences in such matters as religion, dress, food or music.
Such behaviour, or victimisation of students or staff complaining of racial harassment, by employees or students will be considered as gross misconduct and the person concerned will be subject to disciplinary action.
www.abdn.ac.uk /hr/policies/racepol.shtml   (277 words)

  
 238 What's Wrong with Anti-Racism
With this caricature in place that UU congregants are, like all whites, racists, the antiracists then, through careful and protracted training, call upon these congregants to confess their racism.
The egos of whites who are not racists, but have sometimes acted in racists ways in order to retain membership in their own social groups.
I realized that being white for Dan was not a matter of racist conviction but a matter of survival, not a privilege but a penalty: the pound of flesh exacted for the right to be excluded from the excluded.
www.uua.org /ga/ga99/238thandeka.html   (3257 words)

  
 SECTION 3 - anti-racist action
It is a group of (mostly) hard-core and ska fans who have had it with racism and racists.
Ridding the planet of racists, bigots, homophobes, and womyn-haters is the first step.
As (the racists) began to move into these music scenes, they would turn the mosh pit from a place that used to be a real liberating experience into a war zone where most people were afraid to go, creating all kinds of tensions at shows.
www.section3.com /profiles/ara.shtml   (4228 words)

  
 Minneapolis Anti-Racist Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
First, is the racist music scene, both the more mainstream metal bands and the overt fascist bullshit of groups on the Resistance label, like Bound for Glory.
The second and related area of focus is the white-supremacist organizing that is going on in several of the Twin Cities' outer-ring suburbs.
For example, an important fight being waged right now is against the racist local utility, Northern States Power (NSP), and its plan to store its nuke waste next to a Sioux reservation in the Mississippi river flood plain.
www.spunk.org /library/pubs/lr/sp001716/mplsara.html   (721 words)

  
 The Anti-Racist Pathology - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I personally believe anti-racism to be a kind of mental illness, a form of self-hatred but with the aggression directed outward toward one's own race.
Trying to tell the Anti-racist that he is being played for a damn fool and serving the interests of the most racist people on earth is like trying to talk to a brick wall.
Yes, the anti-racist is a testament to the powers of psychological warfare and I doubt that it is possible to make him see the errors of his ways.
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=16684   (857 words)

  
 ANTI-RACIST COMMUNITY WORK - A RADICAL APPROACH
Whilst it is important to be able to quote statistics of racist incidents and to point to the effects of racism as evidenced by the extent of racial disadvantage, it is equally important life of the communities we work within today.
Challenging racist languages and terms has laid the anti-racist movement open to being accused of attempting to be the thought police, curtailing free speech and denying common sense.
However the confusion of the Left on anti-racism and political correctness is an altogether more tragic affair in that the fear of challenging racist language has also led to a fear of challenging the assumptions built into our ordinary use of language and its implications.
www.edchange.org /multicultural/papers/malcolm1.html   (3433 words)

  
 ANTI-RACIST TELEPHONE HOTLINES
It might be interesting to know how many hang-ups you get, how much racist abuse, etc. Consider reporting this to the police, either to make them do something about it or to make them aware of the seriousness of the problem.
She wants to press charges against the racist behaviour of one of the police officers.
A racist embarks on a holiday in a neighbouring country.
www.united.non-profit.nl /pages/info15.htm   (2828 words)

  
 I CARE - Crosspoint Anti Racism
The concern at this apparent electoral progress for an overtly racist party united national fl organisations, anti-racists, trade unions, churches and faiths and many other organisations in a campaign to mobilise anti-racist opinion.
Founded after the racist murder of Akhtar Ali Baig in 1980, Newham Monitoring Project (NMP) is a grassroots, community based organisation, providing independent help and support to members of the fl community who are on the receiving end of racial and civil injustice.
Those who protect and shield racists, in the full knowledge of that racists actions, are themselves just as guilty as if they had done the deed themselves.
www.magenta.nl /crosspoint/uk.html   (3578 words)

  
 Sociological Research Online
We recognise that the BSA is a predominantly white organisation existing within a national culture which has evolved out of and still embodies many racist ideologies.
This anti-racist guidance needs to be seen in the context of a general commitment to anti-racism since may words can be racist or anti-racist depending upon the context in which they are used.
However this is not a useful term for referring to ethnic groups which have been in Britain since the early post-war period and in the British context has racist overtones, being associated with immigration legislation.
www.socresonline.org.uk /info/antirac.html   (1921 words)

  
 Mpls Anti-Racist Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anti-Racist Action(ARA) is a network of youth based anti-racist groups across North America dedicated to fighting all forms of racism.
We oppose and fight things like the racist institution of the police as well as organized racist groups like the klan and nazi skinheads.
We belive the only way racism is gonna get smashed is by doing it ourselves!!So we not about relying on the courts or the cops...
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/2853   (104 words)

  
 North Jersey ARA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An anti-racist convergence will be held August 27, 2005 starting at 11:30 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County 35/47 Cleveland Street, Orange, New Jersey.
Among the discussions will be on the recent activity of racist groups in the state of New Jersey.
This convergence will be an opportunity to meet with and hear from those who want to try to fight these particular elements.
www.anti-racist.org   (449 words)

  
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They are not as in touch with the racist skinhead scene, but want to be.
CHD came together around the rising tide of racist activity in Oregon, which includes both a significant racist skinhead scene and the more rural Christian Identity churches associated with the Aryan Nations.
For $18.95 this book is probably the most comprehensive overview of the racist right in the US that is generally available.
www.etext.org /Politics/Love.and.Rage/LR-0293/antifare.txt   (1424 words)

  
 EIS Policies: Anti-Racist Policy guidelines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The forms of direct discrimination can include racist remarks, differences in assessment procedures or provision for pupils and students as well as discrimination in employment, promotion or recruitment.
It involves the application of a requirement or condition which, although applied equally to everyone, has the effect that a significantly smaller proportion of a particular racial group can comply with it.
Internal Behaviour and Disciplinary procedures in schools should provide for possible racist incidents not only between pupils but by pupils towards teachers and teachers towards pupils.
www.eis.org.uk /html/library/anti-rac.htm   (2279 words)

  
 CASSW: Anti-racist Training and Materials Project
Frankenberg, R. White women, racism, and anti racism: A women's studies course exploring racism and privilege.
Divided into two major sections, the book examines the context in which the family unit lives and the effects of the community and cultural resources on the family's resilient adaptation to stressful life events, then shifts its focus to issues of resiliency within the context of family relationships.
Mukherjee, A. From racist to anti racist education: A synopic view (Unpublished Paper).
www.mun.ca /cassw-ar/themes/race/antiracism   (1777 words)

  
 Poisoning the Web - Don Black: White Pride World Wide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In another piece, Eustace Mullins, an aged anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist who has spread hate for more than 40 years, suggested that the likely party responsible for the bombing in Oklahoma City is the Anti-Defamation League.
Despite the fact that Black's racist and anti-Semitic views were clearly reported in a pre-recorded introduction, the program gave him the opportunity to market these views in a mainstream forum.
Attached to these articles are the racist and anti-Semitic comments of Vincent Breeding, NNA editor and National Alliance activist of Tampa, Florida.
www.adl.org /poisoning_web/black.asp   (1698 words)

  
 Resources for Anti-Racism Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
My agenda, as facilitator, was product-oriented: I was hoping to see a collaboration among instructors that resulted in materials for classroom use.
I envisioned these materials as pro-active attempts to deal with inter-ethnic conflict in the classroom as well as to challenge prevailing racist ideas and behavior in our culture.
The second section identifies the various stages of child development from infancy through high school within the context of living in a racist culture.
www2.wgbh.org /MBCWEIS/LTC/ALRI/anti-racism.html   (4029 words)

  
 Welcome to ARA: Anti Racist Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The ARA organises campaigns locally and nationally against racist murders, attacks and harassment, and has held major national events such as the conference entitled "Community Action, Legal Remedies" on 14 November 1992, to discuss legislative reform including the need to make racial violence a specific criminal offence.
A short film about racist violence entitled 'Wonder World' was launched last year, which starred Patrick Robinson who plays 'Ash' in BBC1's 'Casualty'.
The ARA also organises a major summer event called ARAfest — which is a free open-air anti-racist festival aimed at promoting an anti-racist culture, especially among young people.The ARA has a network of local groups all over the country, and has sections such as Youth ARA, Trade Union ARA, Teachers ARA and Parliamentary ARA.
www.blacknet.co.uk /youthara/section1.htm   (393 words)

  
 portland imc - 2004.12.07 - Call Out For Anti-Racist Groups/People!!!! ACTION NEEDED!!!!
They will be meeting at Gabriel Park SW 45 and Vermont at 1:00pm and their goal is to distribute 10,000 flyers.
A racist group, the Tualatin Valley Skins, will be trying to distribute 10,000 flyers of racist material for their "Flyer Outreach Contest." This group has flyered Portland, Eugene, Tualatin, Sherwood, Tigard and Beaverton.
This is an organisation which has waged many successful militant campaigns against racists in the past.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/12/305449.shtml   (4469 words)

  
 On The Prowl - News Bulletin Of Anti-Racist Action (Toronto)
This campaign will require the support and involvement of the entire community, as well as international anti- fascists, in a broad and diverse movement encompassing a variety of tactics, and clearly not based solely on decisions by the state's courts.
She also stated that most of her racist views had been obtained after she had joined the manipulative ranks of the Heritage Front.
Vancouver anti- racists succeeded in shutting this venture down on the evening of January 22/93.
www.spunk.org /texts/antifasc/sp000831.html   (6952 words)

  
 Antiracism-pinc2000-1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If a white does something at odds with fl interests or desires, for example if he fails sufficiently to favor "affirmative action," he is racist or at best insensitive.[10] In contrast, public statements by fls can be revoltingly bigoted without consequence.[11]
Permitting to some what is forbidden others seems to relativize racism and thus deny that it is ultimate pathological evil.
Hence the stereotype of "the racist": in the attribution of any significance at all to ethnicity, moderns see that modern invention, Nazism.
www.cycad.com /cgi-bin/pinc/apr2000/articles/jk_antiracism.html   (6367 words)

  
 Gene Expression: Anti-Racist Multicultural Math
If you read my previous slam at Hispanic Math it shouldn't surprise you that I think this experiment is even further off the deep-end.
Newton, Massachusetts is the epicenter of this radical new approach to replace the old, stodgy racist math that we all know and love.
The school department was recently forced to publicly admit that the sixth-grade MCAS math scores have steadily declined over the past three years to the point where 32 percent of sixth-graders are now in the "warning" or "needs improvement" category.
www.gnxp.com /MT2/archives/003434.html   (881 words)

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