How are you fighting racism?

For International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March), see below for tweets using the #fightracism hashtag. Post your own ideas! http://www.un.org/en/letsfightracism/

  1. @UN love everyone no matter what skin color :)
  2. Take a stand against #racism. Send a postcard (bit.ly/yem50E) by 21 March, the Int’l day to end racism: #FightRacism
  3. @UN I am currently studying international relations with and emphasis on global politics and law. #fightracism
  4. Researching ways to encourage children and adolescents to stand up for peers who are victims of racist bullying #FightRacism
  5. RT @Clinton_Cole: #fightracism by fighting ignorance, fear, insecurity and the need for identity derived from membership of groups.
  6. @UNrightswire I #FightRacism by showing the racist "other" that I am a human being just like him/her!
  7. @UNrightswire if some1 uses race when describing someone in convo, I ask why they needed to identify race #ThinkBeforeYouSpeak #FightRacism
  8. You did not choose the colour of your skin, why discriminate against others for the same thing? #FightRacism
  9. I never pretend to be white or black. I'm mixed, and I'm proud! I don't let other peoples racism dictate who I am. #fightracism
  10. Which artworks inspire you to #fightracism and challenge prejudices on Int'l Day to End Racism? ow.ly/9N5BG
  11. Remembering 3/21/1960: Police gunned down 69 ppl for peacefully demonstrating against apartheid in Sharpeville, South Africa #FightRacism
  12. We #fightracism day by day because we think that "what is essential is invisible to the eye"
  13. Take a look of 1 of the banners made by our young people @ TNO " The Park" - Youth Centre: #FightRacism #IDERD http://pic.twitter.com/mST9kXVs
  14. Today is International Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day! Help us create a safe, strong and proud community #fightracism
  15. Our 2010-11 report on racism in Europe is out on International Day Against Racism #FightRacism http://www.enar-eu.org/Page_Generale.asp?DocID=15294&la=1&langue=EN
  16. Rev. Jesse Jackson meets Navi Pillay in Geneva for International Day to End Racial Discrimination. #fightracism #HRC19 http://pic.twitter.com/bHB8gTEo
  17. "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". #FightRacism ow.ly/9q3l5 ow.ly/9q3qz
  18. @UN #fightracism teaching my grandchildren to appreciate diversity. Not judging others by the way they look or their beliefs. Being Kind.
  19. #fightracism is educate our children we must change all the toughts of last century we are equals !
  20. #fightracism raised my children 2 respect everyone,have a love 4 all people & 2 learn about different cultures.now the grands i share this.

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