Anti-Racism Week – Will you take the pledge?
Tomorrow, 14 March, will be the start of Anti-Racism week in SA, which will end on Human Rights Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March.
POLOKWANE – The word racism is avoided in most social conversations and easily used to shift blame toward another race about a situation or event.
Racism is a stereotype about all members of a particular race being the same as each other, possessing the same characteristics, abilities or qualities that distinguish it as superior to another race.
Race can be defined as a group of people that are distinct from other groups because of genetic and physical traits such as skin color shared by the group.
#TakeOnRacism and unite South Africa @lead_sa @Abramjee @ChangeAgentSA @NelsonMandela https://t.co/gv81TOhjCM pic.twitter.com/zghFPwj3Ww
— #UniteAgainstRacism (@AntiRacismNet) March 14, 2016
The Take on Racism pledge is the current trend on social media.
The pledge is as follows:
I pledge to #TakeOnRacism.
I will learn about racism,
Talk about it,
Speak out against it, and
Act to stop it.
This is what Twitter users says about the trending topic:
Racism will still live as long as you treat another race as superior to your own #TakeOnRacism
— The Real CV Guru 📍 (@therealcvguru) March 8, 2017
Nobody's born a racist.
Society teaches it.#TakeOnRacism pic.twitter.com/e7YAmPmFZB— Brent Janse van Vuuren (@BrentJvV) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlackManLand/status/839402795807694848
We shouldn't be having this Hashtag to begin with, after so many years of struggle & countless talks. It's exhausting #TakeOnRacism
— RIPZolekaMandela❤️ (@Punchu_Pie) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/trapafasa/status/839420063753076736
We need to acknowledge our differences and also respect each one another no one should be better than the other based on color #TakeOnRacism
— Queenie Gay Person (@just_jabu) March 8, 2017
#ColourShouldNeverDivideUs #TakeOnRacismhttps://t.co/9HvY7jUpEL pic.twitter.com/waYZIVgYxM
— Quathar Jacobs (@Quathar) March 16, 2016