Tag: racism

Happy Sunday! This year is getting weirder and weirder, I guess and one can only hope we will come out of it into an improved and healed world in every way.  In Hungary official communication suggests we are over the pandemic (COVID-19, there is no communication about the other one, i.e. racism), theaters are opening, beaches are crowded, people are out and about like nothing happened, while there are still several new cases every day. I can’t really decide whether I am overly precautious for not wanting to mingle with people for a while or they are irresponsible for doing…

united-nations: We fight racism everywhere, every day – throughout the year. Saturday is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year’s theme “Learning from historical tragedies to combat racial discrimination today” aims to explore the root causes of racism lessons from history. Find out more about combatting racism today: http://bit.ly/fmYfoP

Hungary gang jailed for racist Roma killings Roma make up about 7% of Hungary’s 10-million population. The Roma community is blighted by poverty and illiteracy, with many Roma living on the margins of Hungarian society, often victims of neglect and discrimination.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination “Racism continues to cause suffering for millions of people around the world…. I look to all people to join the United Nations in our drive to eliminate racism. We must, individually and collectively, stamp out racism, stigma and prejudice.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonMessage for the International Day for theElimination of Racial Discrimination 2012