TOP TEN TIPS ON DEALING WITH RACIST INCIDENTS IN YOUR
COMMUNITY
Racist incidents can take many forms
including verbal abuse, violent assault, graffiti and other types of
damage to property and other acts which are threatening, abusive or
annoying. Racist incidents should not be suffered in silence and you
should not put up with them hoping they will stop.
Racists , and those they influence
can and do maintain a reign of terror over other people’s lives.
The intention may be to drive them out of a neighbourhood, but often
there will be no clear motive. There are a number of steps you should
take if you or a member of your family is the victim of a racist incident.
Since the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry all
police forces, local authorities and other agencies have agreed that
a racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist
by the victim or any other person .
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