This act was designed to eliminate racial discrimination and promote race equality and relations. Settings are provided with guidance in a publication from the equality and
human rights commission.
This act means we should take account of race equality in all our monitoring, reviewing, evaluation systems and our policies procedures eg inclusion and race policies.
Ref “Martin Luther King” “I dream of the day when people are judged by their character, and not by the colour of their skin, skin colour is of no great importance he said.
Helping young children and young people accept this and understand this and to act against inequality is a challenge for schools and settings ref race equality and education Robin Richardson. Research has shown that by the age of two children are aware of differences such as skin colour and between 3-5 yrs begin to learn the values associated with them, what to respect and what to condemn, the effects of racism can have a serious effect on a childs self esteem, attitude and behaviour, racism damages all children, legislation provides a framework for good practice, but practioners need to implement the practices in their inclusion and racial policies to help children acquire the skills to develop and succeed in our multicultural society ref tackling racism Cambridgeshire county council
or something along those lines i wrote hope that helps
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