Showing racism the red card in Blakestown

‘Show racism the red card’ is an initiative set up to tackle the problem of racism in society through the medium of sport. It is an educational project which hopes to harness the profile of sports personalities and others to communicate an anti-racism message.

The project, which is a registered charity, is supported by all major sporting organisations in Ireland as well and its sponsors included the Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform.

The organisation recently launched a DVD and education pack aimed at educating secondary school students and the event was attended by many of the big names in Irish sport. Present also were students from Erne class in Blakestown Communiuty School. They were impressed by the presence of a number of well-known names such as Irish international Kevin Kilbane and Dublin football star Paul Casey.

The students took part in a question and answer session and were horrified to hear their sports personalities speaking about their experiences of racism while playing sport.

Show Racism the Red Card is a resource that is now being used amongst the teaching staff of Blakestown Community School in the subjects of religion, civic social and political education (CSPE) and social, personal and health education (SPHE). According to teachers the resource is proving invaluable as it reaches out to children both in class and outside on the sports field.

The latest campaign will see 5,000 DVDs and packs being distributed to schools and community groups around the country, with the intention of the students getting involved in projects of their own.

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