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Stand Against Racism: Uniting Tamaqua Area Students Against Racial Hatred

Take a stand against racism by pledging your support to the "Stand Against Racism" initiative. Racist behaviors and incidents in recent times highlight the pressing need for unity and action to combat prejudice and discrimination. Join hands with your fellow students to make a difference and create a more inclusive and respectful community in Tamaqua Area. Sign the banner, make a pledge, and together, we can combat racism and build a better future for all.

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Stand Against Racism: Uniting Tamaqua Area Students Against Racial Hatred

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  1. Stand Against Racism

  2. Goal: • To have the student body pledge to support the “Stand Against Racism.”

  3. Examples of Racist Behavior • Unfortunately, in the past month, there have been many examples of racist criminal behavior. • There are even well-known hate groups in our area. – Eastern Hammerskins (racist skinheads) Allentown – Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ (black separatists) Allentown – National Socialist Movement (neo-Nazis) Lehigh Valley (http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map)

  4. Suspect claims he attacked white teen because he was angry over Trayvon case, police say

  5. • College Park, MD • A noose and hate messages were left in two classroom buildings on the University of Maryland campus. • Type: Intimidation • Reported: 03/31/2012

  6. • Zebulon, NC • Michael Stanley Mazur, 48, and his wife, Anne Marie Mazur, 46, were charged with ethnic intimidation for allegedly using racial epithets and taunting a black neighbor. • Type: Legal Developments • Reported: 03/31/2012

  7. • Toledo, OH: An elderly white man was allegedly beaten by a group of six youths, white and black, who made anti-white remarks. • Type: Assault • Reported: 03/31/2012

  8. When is it going to stop? • People are not born racist. • Racism is a taught behavior.

  9. You can make a difference.

  10. Making Tamaqua Area a better place • Please sign the “Stand Against Racism” banner as a showing of support for a unified student body.

  11. The future… • Signing a pledge is only a start. • Together we can stop racism. • In unity, we have strength.

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