We use cookies to improve your experience of our website. You can find out more or opt-out from some cookies. Something is a racist or religious hate incident if the victim or anyone else thinks it was carried out because of hostility or prejudice based on race or religion. This means that if you believe something is a hate incident, it should be recorded as such by the person you are reporting it to. Anyone can be the victim of a racist or religious hate incident.
A racial group means a group of people who are defined by reference to their race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origin. This includes:. A religious group means a group of people who share the same religious belief such as Muslims, Hindus and Christians. It also includes people with no religious belief at all.
Hate incidents are not only carried out by strangers. It could be carried out by a carer, a neighbour, a teacher or someone you consider a friend. When racist or religious hate incidents become criminal offences, they are known as hate crimes. Any criminal offence can be a racist or religious hate crime, if the offender targeted you because of their prejudice or hostility based on race or religion.
In both cases, when a criminal offence is classed as a racist or religious hate crime, the judge can impose a tougher sentence on the offender. For example, you could be a friend, neighbour, family member, support worker or simply a passer-by. When reporting the incident or crime you should say you think it was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on race or religion.
Check if your problem at work is discrimination. For example, you may be repeatedly harassed or intimidated by neighbours or local youths. People may be throwing things like rubbish in your garden or damaging your property. You can report these incidents to the police. There are also other things you can do to stop these acts. You can get your local authority or landlord to take action under their anti-social behaviour powers. You can also take civil court action to get compensation and an order to stop the perpetrator continuing with the behaviour under the Protection from Harassment Act Some Jewish commentators have been understandably concerned that the ruling may backfire.
David Barkey, the senior counsel for the Anti-Defamation League, for example, told Ha'aretz that he was worried that the decision might be taken to mean that Jewish people are a distinct race, which is a common claim of neo-Nazi groups. What's interesting about Hornsby's ruling, though, is the way that it specifically sets aside the question of whether Jews can be defined as a biological race, and instead focuses on whether they are treated "like a racial or ethnic group.
There is no doubt, however, that many people have and continue to view being Jewish as a racial identity.
It's an assertion of racial difference based on prejudice, not fact. This is an important insight about racism — and not just in regard to Jewish people. Because all assertions of human racial difference are based in prejudice, not fact. Racism is not a prejudice against humans of different races, because there are no different human races.
Rather, racism is the process whereby certain characteristics — like religion — are taken as signs of essential biological difference. Sociologists Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields call this creation of difference "racecraft. In the United States, race has historically been decided on the basis of skin color, and to some extent, on ancestry.
Hitler decided that the Jewish religion was the basis of a biological difference — he compared Jewish people to rats. Because Judaism was supposed to be inherited and inalienable, the Nazis even targeted Christians for extermination if they had Jewish ancestors.
Today, in the United States and Europe, Muslims are increasingly treated as a separate race , with people singled out for their appearance or their names as much as for any expression of religious beliefs.
Nationality can be treated as a race too — as when Trump implies that Mexicans are criminals and rapists, or says that an American judge must necessarily be biased because his family came from Mexico.
In fact, much of Trump's rhetoric and propaganda singles out people like Mexicans, Muslims and Jews who aren't generally seen as racial groups. Racism and racial bullying are wrong and you can get help to make it stop. Racism can affect anyone. It might make people feel upset, depressed or angry.
For example, you might witness someone directly targeting somebody because of their culture. Britain is a multi-racial and multi-faith country and everyone has the right to have their culture and religion respected by others. Many of these intersections include protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act ; which must be considered in regard to the intention and impact of the behaviours, and additional vulnerabilities.
While just one individual characteristic can make somebody more susceptible to discrimination, intersectionality allows us to recognise that some will have overlapping and cumulative vulnerabilities.
Under the Equality Act , schools must not discriminate. In their teaching of Relationships Education, schools should ensure that the needs of all pupils are appropriately met, and that all pupils understand the importance of equality and respect.
Ofsted expect schools to be environments where commonalities are identified and celebrated, difference is valued and nurtured, and bullying, harassment and violence are never tolerated.
As a county council, we have an important role to play in this. Each day we work hard to tackle inequality, protect the vulnerable, and help support the life chances of the many communities that live in Oxfordshire.
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