Facts about racism:
Employment:
Racism strongly influences the possibility of getting a job
USA: Unemployment among black people is about twice as big
as white people.
Great Britain: The Unemployment rate for ethnic minorities
is twice as large as for white people. For some minorities the rate is even four times as
large.
Australia: The percentage of uemployed native Australians
is three times as large as that af white people.
Canada: Native Canadians are three times as exposed to
unemployment as the rest of the population.
Photographer: Thomas Yde |
Violence caused by racism:
Racist violence is increasing in several perts of the world:
Great Britain: 90% of racist motivated act of violence are
committed by white people against ethnic minorities.
In 1993 it is estimated that there was 130.000 racist episodes.
USA: In 1993 seven out of ten fights were motivated by
racism
Germany: In 1993 at least 52 persons were killed in racist
acts of violence.
Italy: It is estimated that more than 100 racist assaults
were committed in Rome in 1993 |
Justice:
Racism increases minorities’ risk of being convicted.
USA: Black people make up 12% of the population, but 48%
of the prison inmates.
Australia: The percentage of native Australians in the
prisons is 14 times as large as the national average.
Great Britain: Ethnical minorities make up one tenth of
the population, but half of the prison inmates.
(Statistics from October 1994)
| Equal to the law?
In Los Angeles in 1992 five white police officers were prosecuted for having brutally
beaten a black person because of a parking violation. The whole episode had been filmed,
but in court the five policemen were found not guilty by a mainly white jury. This caused
an explosion of violence that developed into a riot in south and central Los Angeles. In
three days 52 people were killed, 8000 were wounded and 12 000 were arrested. More than
1000 buildings burned down. The real reason for the riots were poverty, unemployment, bad
housing conditions and a tradition of police brutality. The trial was just the last straw.
The most brutal organization in the United
States
In the USA the best know racist movement is called Ku Klux Klan (KKK). KKK was founded
in 1870 and has ever since fought for white supremacy. They have tried to reach this goal
by any possible means, including threats and even murder. |
Photographer: Jacob Holdt |
