Show Racism the Red Card

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Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism education initiative founded in England in 1996 to use the role model function of high-profile footballers to raise awareness of the issue of racism in UK society. The initiative, which started in North Tyneside , now has offices in England, Scotland and Wales and uses DVD, educational magazine and poster to prevent racism across the UK . The basic concept of the Show Racism the Red Card campaign was taken up in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Ireland through the establishment of further associations.

Mission statement

The declared aim of the English show Racism the Red Card Initiative is to convey an anti-racism message to young people. This is done through role models who predominantly, but not exclusively, consist of footballers.

Background and activities

The origins of Show Racism the Red Card in Great Britain go back to 1995: with the help of a donation of £ 50 from Newcastle United's goalkeeper, Shaka Hislop , a local anti-racism campaign grew in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne . The campaign was founded by Ged Grebby, an active member of the Youth Against Racism Association in Europe. The international anti-racism campaign was sending educational packages to schools at the time and caught the attention of Hislop, who was immediately enthusiastic, donated £ 50 and ordered more copies for the future. The basic idea of ​​the Show Racism the Red Card campaign was born from Hislop's positive response. Political education was combined with the role model function of professional footballers in order to ensure better awareness-raising of young people in Great Britain on the subject of racism. The basic concept was taken up by branches in Whitley Bay, Glasgow and Cardiff in Great Britain as well as in Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany and Denmark and made internationally known through different working methods. The common goal of the campaigns is to get the message across and educate them through sport, supported by various local resources.

“When I was filling up at my gas station, a few boys started shouting racist slurs. After a while, one of them recognized me and told his friends. Then they came over and asked me for an autograph. That really hurt. "

- Footballer Shaka Hislop on the experience that inspired him to participate in the show Racism the Red Card campaign. At the moment he was described, he was only perceived as “a simple black person”.

The main resource of the international show Racism the Red Card campaigns is an English-language DVD with the protagonists Thierry Henry , Derek Ferguson , Mustapha Hadji , Ryan Giggs , Rio Ferdinand , Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o . The top-class footballers report in "A Safe Place" on racism against asylum seekers , refugees and Islamophobia . The message is intended to sensitize children and young people from the age of eight to the issue of racism and also to provide teachers with new points of discussion for further activities. The campaign also works with the “Out of Site” education package. This should point out racism against Sinti and Roma and refugees.

education

The main part of the work of SRTRC takes up regular workshops on the prevention of racism and discrimination in cooperation with professional sports clubs. Young people are invited to the stadiums and work out an anti-racism message with their sporting role models. The workshops are offered in North East, South and South East England for young people and adults. In most cases, soccer and fitness sessions with ex-soccer pros such as Gary Bennett , Gordon Dean , John Anderson , Curtis Fleming , Olivier Bernard , Luther Blissett , Paul Mortimer and Leroy Rosenior accompany SRTRC's events. SRTRC holds an annual competition for students in the UK, giving them the opportunity to create their own anti-racism work in the form of posters, poems, animations and films. After all applications have been submitted, a jury will select the winners and hold the award ceremonies in football stadiums of well-known English professional clubs. Popular soccer players like Theo Walcott have already given awards to the winning students. It is noteworthy that a school from Ouston, not far from St. James Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, has already won the annual SRTRC anti-racism competition twice.

Show Racism the Red Card - Germany

Show Racism the Red Card - Germany e. V. is a non-profit association founded in Augsburg in 2010 , which is based on the educational initiative of the same name in England. With the help of top athletes, the educational initiative does preventive work against racism and discrimination for children and young people. In addition, communicating and strengthening democratic values ​​should ensure a preventive effect in order to identify options for action and approaches against racism in everyday life. Football serves as a medium for anti-discrimination work. The office of Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. is located in Berlin. Maria Böhmer , Barbara John and Romani Rose are the patrons of the association .

Working method

As a core work, Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. in cooperation with Bundesliga clubs throughout Germany workshops for 9 to 14 year olds to take preventive action against racism and discrimination. These take place primarily in the football stadiums of the cooperation partners, but also at schools and in youth facilities. The involvement of people from football is an important part of the workshops. The former or active football professionals report on their personal experiences with racism at the events and achieve a sustainable learning process among the young people through their role model function. The workshop work, as a central feature of the political education work of Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V., is supported by various campaigns. The “Red Card Teamposter” campaign started in 2011 and has been carried out annually since then. Teams of the German men's and women's soccer league, but also clubs in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th league, can be photographed with "Show racism the red card" cards before each season. For the 2013/14 season, more than 30 clubs from the various leagues had agreed to take part in the campaign. In 2013 there was also the campaign “Our team against racism” for the first time. Eleven people from the world of football introduced themselves in an interview and set a photo against racism.

Differentiation from the DFL campaign “Show racism the red card”

The symbolism of the red card in connection with racism and the slogan "Show Racism the Red Card" were independent of Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. has already been used by the German Bundesliga during previous seasons, for example in the 2006/07 season.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Show Racism the Red Card - main idea ( memento of the original from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Homepage Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved August 26, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srtrc.org
  2. ↑ Show Racism the Red Card - Biography Shaka Hislop ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Homepage Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved August 26, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srtrc.org
  3. ↑ Show Racism the Red Card - Educational Factsheets ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.6 MB). Homepage Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved August 26, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theredcard.ie
  4. ^ Show Racism the Red Card - School winners . Homepage Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  5. ^ Jordan, Costello - Gordon Smith backs Show Racism the Red Card . Homepage of theglaswegian.uk. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ Show Racism the Red Card - The project  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. Retrieved August 26, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.theredcard.de  
  7. ^ Show Racism the Red Card - Patronage ( Memento from December 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  8. ^ Show Racism the Red Card Progress Report . Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  9. ^ Show Racism the Red Card - Team poster campaign . Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  10. ↑ Show Racism the Red Card - Our elf against racism . Show Racism the Red Card - Deutschland e. V. Retrieved August 26, 2013.