Theme of the Week - Challenging Racism

This week's whole school theme is 'Challenging Racism' What does this theme mean to you? How do these quotes relate to your life and your world?

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day the General Assembly called on the international community to “redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination”. Thirty years later we’re still trying...

Monday 14 March 2011

“Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason"
Abraham Joshua Heschel


Tuesday 15 March 2011

“Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by colour"
Author Unknown


Wednesday 16 March 2011

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself"
Leo Tolstoy


Thursday 17 March 2011

“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty"
Martin Luther King

Friday 18 March 2011

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world"
Mahatma Ghandi