Racism

An interesting "social experiment" carried out by the Greek chapter of 'ActionAid' was presented in Athens on Thursday, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21, which showed that an encouragingly large number of people in the city are prepared to stand up for racism victims.

By Harry van Versendaal

A large number of Greeks have limited awareness of the Holocaust or even hold anti-Semitic views, according to a new survey which traces the roots of attitudes to a strong sense of victimization among the public.

EU education ministers from all 28 member states adopted the Declaration on promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education. The meeting was held in Paris in response to the tragic terror attacks that took place in the city on January 7 and in Copenhagen on February 14.

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), sparked outrage on March 12 for saying Britain should scrap laws on racial discrimination at work because it was no longer a problem.

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Recent football-related racism highlights European nations? tortured transition from ethnically relatively homogeneous to multicultural immigration societies amid a resurgence of entrenched racial, including anti-Semitic, attitudes that flourish in times of economic crisis and are not limited to Muslim communities.

A 57-year-old man who let off a racist rant at a Nigerian doctor working at Kozani?s general hospital on Thursday received a six-month suspended prison sentence after a court found him guilty of violating anti-racism laws.

French President Francois Hollande vowed Feb. 23 to introduce tougher penalties for "racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic" remarks in the wake of last month's militant attacks in Paris.
      

The Council of Europe has commended Greece for a new anti-racism law but warns in a new report that xenophobia, violence against immigrants and discrimination against Roma are persistent problems.

Since the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington DC on Sept. 11, 2001, I have seen countless discussions in the West on a peculiar question: "Why do they hate us?" The "they" here refers to the "extremists," a term that was popularized in the same era, of the Muslim world, and the "us" referred to both the U.S. and "the West" in general.