International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2021
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination seeks to abolish racism and xenophobia. This day serves as a remembrance for the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa in 1960.
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March 21 1960, apartheid police opened fire on a peaceful anti-pass laws protest, killing 69 people. The #SharpevilleMassacre61 is a milestone on SA's liberation & is remembered as #HumanRightsDay in SA & International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination globally. https://t.co/QgwQ7tFLyu
March 21 1960, apartheid police opened fire on a peaceful anti-pass laws protest, killing 69 people. The #SharpevilleMassacre is a milestone on SA's liberation & is remembered as #HumanRightsDay in SA & International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination globally. https://t.co/BKAVhbxQgW
Yesterday marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. On this day in 1960, 69 people were killed protesting the apartheid regime in South Africa.
We stand in solidarity with those fighting racism around the world.
#UnitedAgainstRacism https://t.co/iryx5hcOvc
On the @UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we urge everyone to #FightRacism. Each and every one of us must stand up against racial prejudice and intolerance. https://t.co/3vkJdIzuL3
Today in South Africa's it's #HumanRightsDay and around the world it's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #FightRacism
Image: Nelson Mandela statue at Union Buildings, Pretoria https://t.co/ZUzqL8gFP2
— Captured In Africa Safaris (@capinafrica) March 21, 2021
Human Rights Day also coincides with the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. https://t.co/wGJbHjjiDH
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination!
This day commemorates the lives of those who died to fight for democracy and equal human rights for all in South Africa during apartheid, an institutionally racist system built upon racial discrimination. https://t.co/kYoMtxVa3m
— Travelforchangeadventures (@Travelforchang_) March 21, 2021
March 21 was declared “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” in 1966. As unionists & Canadians, we must lead by example, through our words and deeds and continue to #fightracism and #Standup4humanrights https://t.co/1lbenKkoWi
Today on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I lift up all the young people speaking up for equality on Turtle Island & around the world.
Systemic racism obstructs equitable access to opportunity. We must support all efforts to #FightRacism https://t.co/Np78bbia0D