Anti racism workshop. More of this needed.

ShowRacismtheRedCard (@SRTRC_England) Tweeted:
We’re all set up @barnsleyfc! We have over 100 young people coming down today to take part in our anti-racism workshop! @bfccommunity #showracismtheredcard https://t.co/1VcvnSZDBi

 

Any anti-racist initiative is something to applaud for the intent. However, call me cynical, but I'm not sure things like this really do any/much good. I suspect racist views for most racists are well-ingrained at a very early age and picked up from parents/family/peers.. A lot of racist, knuckle-draggers I think tend to keep their racist powder dry most of the time and keep their mouths shut until an environment exists where they can 'get away with it'. Might be wrong of course and the sentiment of the scheme is sound at heart....

 

Liverpool and Everton do a lot in local schools to help stamp out racism. Got to hold champions league trophy on one visit in 2006

 

The more the better. Youngsters usually have an ingrained sense of equality and if you maybe counter nonsense they hear from other sources it can do no harm.

 

Totally agree - work in many schools with large numbers of children with English as an additionall language and from my experience children don't see the differences in terms of race, religion etc - those views will come from home and what they see around them.

That's not saying I haven't witnessed racist incidents but they have been few and far between in the 30+ years I've worked in education

 

All rascists should be handcuffed to a person of their hatred for a weekend.

 

This sounds like a punishment to the poor person who was racially abused.
But I get what you mean.

 

put your gobby rascist with someone like Diaby and see how brave they are

 

Now you are talking

 

It's always worth trying if nowt else. Said far too often but it's insane to think that in 21st century Britain we still have this issue.

 

I'm sure these work and I'm all for it but what can possibly be said that someone actually needs to hear?

"See that black guy other there. He's equal to you"

"He's what? Bloody hell I wish someone had told me that before"

 

Maybe its more hearing how someone else feels. Trying to walk in someone else's shoes.

 

Sad that anyone actually needs to hear that to realise that racism is bad though isn't it.

 

Well sometimes you can only see things from your viewpoint. And maybe you just dont realise how often casual racism comes into play. I was talking to some secondary aged children on holocaust memorial day and some were shocked that some Britons were anti semitic at the time and that some supported Hitlers aims if not his methods.

 

If just one person can be shown that racism is wrong then its worth it.

 

I watched a film called Skin at the weekend. It is based on a true story of a white supremacist turning his back on racism and hate and with the help of an anti racism group he managed to turn his life around.

 

Sounds like a good weekend

 

Great film! And a top performance by Jamie Bell. Watched it myself couple of days ago. Proof that minds can change for the better.

 

A candidate for any racism workshop would surely be Craig Ramage, former Derby County
player and match summariser for BBC Radio Derby, who has been sacked by the Beeb for his
on air comments on some of the Clubs players. You would have thought that being involved
first hand for many years and being aware of the " Kick it Out campaign", he would have had
more sense than to make such a comment.?


https://news.sky.com/story/bbc-sack...sm-of-derby-countys-young-black-lads-11936257

 

Race obviously wasn't irrelevant to him or he wouldn't have made those remarks.