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Fight against discrimination and
racism
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An attempt to approach racism

Based on the fact that human beings have
common origin

• We wondered why there is discrimination and
racism
• We traced back the phenomena of racism in
different eras and countries

Joseph Arthur, Comte de Gobineau (14 July 1816 –
13 October 1882) was a French aristocrat who
developed the theory of the Aryan master race and
helped to legitimize racism by a scientific racist
theory

The history of racism begins with the
discoveries

The Portuguese navigators were the first to make
long trips, sailing around the coast of Africa and
arriving in Asia.
Their example was followed by the Spanish crown.
The Spanish colonization began in 1509.
In 1522 the Ernar Cortes subjugated the Aztecs.
In 1532 Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas
Empire.

The colonists behaved brutally towards the
indigenous, because they were convinced for their
racial superiority.
The Spaniards used slave labor of the indigenous for
mining precious metals.
The Portuguese colonists enslaved many thousands
of indigenous people in order to use them in the
sugar cane plantations in Brazil.

Slave trade
In the colonies of the New World the slave trade
reached unprecedented levels.
The British and Portuguese were the main carriers
of slaves.

AFRICA - apartheid (racial segregation,
tribalism)
The separation by race was a policy of the White.
It was launched in Africa since the time of
colonization.
Apartheid as official policy was introduced in the
general elections of 1948.
A new law then divided people into racial groups,
blacks, whites, while regions were separated
accordingly.
Apartheid was abolished in 1991.

USA- Klan (Ku Klux Klan, KKK)
The Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist organization that was
active in the United States of America and supported the
ideology of white supremacy over other tribes as well as
the indigenous, anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia.
The establishment of the first Ku Klux Klan dates back to
December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, shortly after
the American Civil War.
It used terrorism, violence and intimidation to oppress
African Americans and other racial groups.

But what is racism?

Racism is a doctrine which was developed in relation
to specific characteristics (ethnic, religious, cultural,
etc.) in order to elevate a group (social, racial,
religious) to a better and superior position.

Which is the main cause of racism?
The historical facts are being presented partially or
being ignored by the political leadership, social and
scientific institutions, and this feeds racism. The
reason for this is the different interests (national,
political, social, economic) of each nation.
It is no coincidence that in Washington there is a
museum of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust
even though America has not experienced
crematoria but at the same time there is not a
museum for the blacks.

Personalities who have struggled against
racism
Looking back we realized that the safeguarding of human
rights even if they are violated was achieved thanks to the
struggles of some people such as Mahatma Gandhi,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Mother Teresa, the less famous Rosa
Parks who refused to give her seat to a white in the bus , as
she should according to the law. This act was the cause of a
movement of civil disobedience against apartheid, Nelson
Mandela, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali and many
others known and unknown, without the assistance of whom
human rights would not have been enacted.

Sixty-nine years after the signing of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights the numbers are shocking

• Nearly 36 million people live in slavery in 167 countries
worldwide.
• 100 million people worldwide are homeless.
• 8 people, all men, possess what the poorest half of the world
population possesses.
• In many countries of the world people are subjected to torture,
prisoners are being executed after unfair trials, political
persecution still exists.
• Phenomena such as human trafficking, inhumane working
conditions, violation of personal data violate human rights.
• A big percentage of the citizens in twelve European countries
share populist, nationalist and xenophobic views.

Twenty-eight years after the adoption of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN
General Assembly

• 167 million children will live in poverty by 2030.
• 58 million children are still out of school.
• Approximately 8.4 million children are victims of
prostitution and slavery.
• 10.000 children are used in conflicts around the
world.
• At least half of the 65 million children with
disabilities worldwide of school age are away from
classroom.

Exploring the myths of various nations about the origin of the
world
We found that all people at some point in their history
• Wondered about the origins of the world
• All of them gave similar answers:
A union precedes, a death usually follows, a superior
creature interferes, balance dominates and finally human
mankind prospers

Finally we explored the traditional and the modern
diet of different nations around the world.
We firstly realized that all the people share the
common need for food but we also realized that the
diet of a nation depends on climatic and historical
conditions and it is connected with customs and
traditions.

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