And when a child is born
Into this world
It has no concept
Of the tone of skin it’s living in
And there’s a million voices
And there’s a million voicesNeneh Cherry
Post your words, poetry, quotes or thoughts for Blog against Racism Day today, in the comments section of this post. Critisisms of other people’s work will be deleted. For [...]
Everywhere I go in my city I see people. Everywhere. Hundreds and hundreds of people. All of them unknown to me. I travel on overcrowded buses and trains. I shop in busy supermarkets. I go to cafes, to bars, to offices. Everywhere I go I see more people. Most of my life outside my house [...]
Apologies for the absence and lack of new posts this week. I was attacked by some horrible virus. Anyway, I’m back and here is some more food for thought from Athens News. An article by John Psaropoulos on the different perspectives of first and second generation immigrants and their host societies.
“It is the second generation, [...]
“For today’s teenagers here in Greece, the word “Albanian” is tantamount to a four-letter word. Both Greeks and Albanians agree on this, as was confirmed by a recent poll of students in the Grava schools in Galatsi and in other areas, such as Kypseli and Metaxourgeio”
Kathimerini focuses on young peoples views on racism today in [...]
It appears that the two men were shot, with a hunting rifle, by someone inside the Golden Dawn offices . The rest of the article from Kathimerini here
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A place for people to post their various questions about blogger and blogging in general. Also for html hints and whatever other tech questions people might have. I will try and help if I can or anyone who knows the answers can post. I will make a permanent link to this page in the [...]
Two people were shot last night during an attack on the extreme nationalist Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) offices in Athens. It is not clear who did the shooting. Brief details here from ERT
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I don’t often do links to issues outside Greece but this film caught my attention. Searching for Angela Shelton
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From STOPNOW
Trafficking of people against their will is slavery.
In Greece today, there are approximately 20,000 women forced into the sex industry.
For more visit the website from the link above.
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Today is the International Day for Tolerance. Please spend some time today thinking about what tolerance means for you and for everyone. Then send me your thoughts. I would like to do a follow up post of your messages (if there are any!)
From UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance signed by the member states in [...]
This is my 100th post. Happy blogging celebration to me.
According to the new European Social Survey, Greece is the least welcoming country in Europe as far as foreigners are concerned. We already knew that though, didn’t we? When asked if foreigners make the country worse, 64% said they did. Double the average. When asked whether [...]
Today is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism.
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Blogger has just introduced comment moderation, whereby comments can be seen by the blog owner first. I have mixed feelings about this facility. On the one hand, I was really pleased that I have that possibility if I felt people were abusing my blog. However, this could be seen as censorship. I could angle the [...]
For those interested in facts about asylum seekers and refugees in Britain and the truth behind those screaming tabloid headlines.
Go to Don’t Believe the Type
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I came across this appalling story today. Abuse of children, calls for segregation. Just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse for Roma communities.
The international Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is urging for action in the case of two schools in Aspropyrgos after parents pressure authorities to exclude Roma children from school. These children [...]
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