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• Staff and students should create collective goals.

• Linking back to the need to have policy, it is important

that the organisation has collective goals for the school

to work towards as a community.

Recognising and understanding racist bullying/racism

Unfortunately, it is a fact of the world that bullying is a
common action that takes place in schools between pupils. It

is important that all members within a school are able to

identify and understand the signs of racial bullying. In the

1999 MacPherson Report, racist bullying was defined as "any
incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any

other person.”

Racial bullying can include:

• Being called racist names or being sent insulting

messages or threats

• Wearing provocative badges

• Having belongings damaged or having to see racist

graffiti

• Personal attacks, including violence or assault

• Being left out, treated differently or excluded

• Inciting others to behave in a racist way

• People making assumptions about individuals because
of colour, race or culture

• Racist jokes, including colour, nationality, race or culture

• Making people feel that they have to change how they
look

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