Racism in Ireland 2019
Updated June 23rd 2020
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UNDERSTANDING-RACISM.pdfWe are officially aligned with ENAR Ireland (European Network Against Racism Ireland) is a national network of anti-racism civil society organisations which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland through the promotion and monitoring of EU and global anti-racist initiatives. ENAR Ireland is the Irish National Coordination for the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) based in Brussels.
Racism means
Just as the US has it's undocumented Irish, Ireland has it's illegals. So why does the Irish Government not advocate for them?
26,000 migrants here ‘have no papers’ and they work for much less than the minimum wage, with no access to social welfare or health care. They are filling labour market gaps and so the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland wants their status regularised. Joyce Fegan reports.
They change your baby’s nappy. They help with your childrens’ homework. They care for your elderly parent.
They have no rights and live on much less than the minimum wage. Just as America has undocumented Irish, Ireland has its own undocumented migrants. More here
Published by ENAR Ireland (2019) Click the Picture above to read the report
Responding to Racism Guide provides an accessible and comprehensive guide for victims and witnesses of racism on how and where to report it and find help. It is a useful and timely supplement to ENAR Ireland’s widely and rightly acknowledged iReport.ie process and gives further focused information on seeking to begin the process of redress. The experience and effects of racism are many-sided and difficult.
March 30th 2019
March 30th 2019
Jacinda Adern addresses the 20,000 in Christchurch
Jacinda Adern addresses the 20,000 in Christchurch
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was greeted with a standing ovation as she took the stage to address a crowd of thousands gathered at Hagley Park for a nationwide remembrance service in honour of 50 people killed in the country’s worst terrorist attack. More here
But even the ugliest of viruses can exist in places they are not welcome. Racism exists, but it is not welcome here. An assault on the freedom of any one of us who practices their faith or religion, is not welcome here. Violence, and extremism in all its forms, is not welcome here. And over the last two weeks we have shown that, you have shown that, in your actions. Full speech here
New Zealand's PM Called for a Global Fight Against Racism. What Would That Look Like? (March 27th)
New Zealand's PM Called for a Global Fight Against Racism. What Would That Look Like? (March 27th)
Following the Mar. 15 terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for a global effort to root out racism and bigotry, according to the BBC. She said that the background of the terrorist, who was born and raised in Australia and traveled the world, shows that bigotry is an international threat that requires international coordination to overcome. More here
Today, countries need to once again step up and declare that white supremacy and xenophobia have no place in modern society, experts say. But this time, according to Horne, they have to mean it.
Gerald Horne, professor of history at the University of Houston who has written numerous books on the history of racism in the US, told Global Citizen. “Experts could be brought on, and an action plan could be developed if she’s (Jacinda Ardern) serious.” “I don’t think we have a deficit in ideas," Horne said. "The problem is a lack of political will and political strategy to unflinchingly face the ugly reality."
The Presentation Sisters in the North East Province and the South West Province of Ireland together with the Presentation Sisters and Associates in England will collaborate during the month of March as is Anti-Racism month. Our date for collaboration will be the 21st March is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The theme this year is:
The theme this year is:
Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies. For more information: http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/. Also check out the European Anti-Racism Network page http://enarireland.org/. Maybe helping to combat racism can be built into our Lenten practice.
From the UN on March 21st 2019
From the UN on March 21st 2019
UN statement to mark the Elimination of Racism Day
UN statement to mark the Elimination of Racism Day
United Nations, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Thursday, the United Nations has called to fight those expressions that violate people''s dignity and rights.
In its latest resolution on the elimination of racism, the United Nations General Assembly reiterated that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies
The resolution also emphasized that any doctrine of racial superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous and must be rejected, together with theories that attempt to determine the existence of separate human races.
In her recent report, the UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, analyzed the threat posed by nationalist populism to the fundamental human rights principles of non-discrimination and equality.
She added that nationalist populism advances exclusionary or repressive practices and policies that harm individuals or groups on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin and religion, or other related social categories.
The UN independent expert highlighted the use of digital technology to spread neo-Nazi intolerance and related forms of intolerance.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed every March 21, because on that day in 1960, the police opened fire and killed 69 people in a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid laws in Sharpeville, South Africa.
Active Citizenship- Encouraging civic and democratic participation of migrant as key driver of integration.
Active Citizenship- Encouraging civic and democratic participation of migrant as key driver of integration.
Lifting the Stigmas Against Migrants:
"Dublin is a city in constant change. It has been a city of immigrants for 1000 years. I asked the people in the Central Statistics Office about this. I said how many people live here, but weren’t born here. They said One in Four. They said that half a million people live in Dublin City. There’s 11,000 Polish people, 8,500 Romanians. 7,500 from the UK, 7,500 from Brazil, 5,000 Italian, 4,000 Spanish, 3,000 French, and so on. And that’s good. Because if our country and our culture and our economy and our cooking was only Irish, it would be a very different and less exciting place than it is. There’s also 600 Nigerian, 200 Somali, 100 Congalese, Sudanese, Kenya. I could go on. New voices, new faces, new music, new challenges. This is our globalised world, and this is our globalised country and nation. North Inner City In the North Inner City 42% of those who live here weren’t born here, and I don’t mean the noth inner city, I mean Ireland. They’re from Brazil, Romania, Poland, Italy, China and you can see it outside this window. Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Congo. Some people say we’re a melting pot, and in some ways we are. But we’re also a salad bowl, because some of us don’t mix. It is crucial that we do. Because we have so much to learn from each other. The music of Ali Farka Toure from Mali. The Injera flatbread I enjoyed at the Ethiopian New Year celebration. And I want those of you who have come from far away to participate more in our stuff, come and watch the Dubs win another all-Ireland in Croke Park. Come to the Cobblestone Pub for a Saturday afternoon session and listen to Irish Music and Bluegrass, and Croatian music mix".
Dublin Councillor Ciarán Cuffe (Green Party)
ENAR Ireland (European Network Against Racism Ireland):
ENAR Ireland (European Network Against Racism Ireland):
... is a national network of anti-racism civil society organisations which aims to work collectively to highlight and address the issue of racism in Ireland through the promotion and monitoring of EU and global anti-racist initiatives. ENAR Ireland is the Irish National Coordination for the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) based in Brussels. More here
Infographics
Infographics
July – December 2017 iReport.ie Reports of Racism in Ireland: Main Findings below from ENAR
July – December 2017 iReport.ie Reports of Racism in Ireland: Main Findings below from ENAR
You can read all about proposed hate crime legislation here
What have the UN to say on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21 March here
The week of 16-24 March is the European Action Week Against Racism celebrated in 2019 under the slogan ‘It’s Time to Be United’.
From AMRI to us....
“An Introduction to ‘Beyond hate crime: Perspectives on racism in Ireland’” by Dr.Ronit Lentin. It is from the ENAR Ireland website. ENAR Ireland will be publishing a number of articles during the month of March in relation to racism.
An Introduction to.docxFebruary 22nd 2019
February 22nd 2019
On Liveline this afternoon there was a discussion that concerned the targeting and attacking of those immigrant workers working in the Deliveroo food delivering business. Many are from Brazil and know that once you have a phone and a bicycle you can make money from this work. Of late there have been frightening and sustained attacks on these workers. The attacks are unprovoked and often violent. People have been injured, bicycles have been destroyed and those behind these mindless attacks are teenagers with little else to do. To get an idea of what exactly is happening at the moment in Dublin City have a listen here or read the Irish Times report here
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