Everyone
is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth
in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind,
such as race, colour, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth or other status.
Article 2
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Discrimination takes on as many forms as
the biases, prejudices, stereotyping, scapegoating,
bigotry, and hatreds of individual people do.
Discrimination can be passive, as in failure to extend
the benefits of society to groups of certain ethnic
origins or beliefs. Discrimination also takes the form of
some of the most brutal violence in recorded history. Get more background
information . . .
Act Now:
Request and Read
Explore the words
of Martin Luther King, Jr., and read mysteries in which a
black investigator and a white investigator team up to
solve crimes in South Africa.
Act Locally
Fight
discrimination in your town by eliminating architectural
barriers that deny persons with disabilities access to
services, buildings or other public areas.
Act Nationally or Internationally
End discrimination
within the U.S. justice system by writing to U.S.
Attorney General Janet Reno and requesting action to end
legal disparities.
Grab a Partner
Join the
International Human Rights Law Group or Minnesota
Advocates for Human Rights in ending discrimination
against racial minorities and immigrants.
Raise Your Voice
Stop racially
motivated assaults like the one Abdelkrim Boumlik was
subjected to when French police officers beat him for
riding his motorcycle without a helmet.
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