international day for the elimination of racial discrimination

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Recently in Edmonton four men were charged with assault and criminal harassment, among other charges, after a string of racially motivated attacks. With this in mind, I thought I'd take a minute to share a few resources and information about racism, especially since the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is coming up this Monday.

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was created by the UN, and has been around since 1966. The official website has a lot of info and links to relevant resources.

Racism Free Edmonton is a local organization committed to fighting racism. One of their partners, the Centre for Race and Culture, is holding a bunch of events and seminars next Monday.

I know this is a little bit different from what I usually talk about, but it's another issue that is very important to me. The recent events prove that racism still exists, so we have to keep on fighting!