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It is important for practitioners to develop

                                                              informed, effective approaches to tackling
                                                              racist behaviour.



                                                              Like approaches to bullying generally,
                                                              identifying and dealing with this behaviour

                                                              does not mean labelling a young person as

                                                              'a bully' or as 'racist’.


                        TACKLING                              Key questions to ask in order to identify

                                                              whether a racist incident has occurred
                      INCIDENTS                               include:


                                                               ➢ Does anyone feel that the incident was

                                                                    racist?

                                                               ➢ Does the behaviour reflect stereotypes

                                                                    based on colour, nationality or ethnic or
                                                                    national origin?


                                                               ➢ Does the behaviour include use of racial

                                                                    slurs or racist language?







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